Work It Out

I'm not a gym rat, but when I do manage to drag myself there I kind of look like one. And not in a good way. But one day last week, at 6:15am, I was joined in the weight room by a girl who had on the cutest top. It was black, I think a little DIY was involved with the neckline, and she wore it one-shouldered. I was put to shame. And if girls pumping iron at 6am are going to up the ante, I've really got to get it together.

So while at Daffy's the other day, I checked out the workout gear on the 5th floor. I have a rule about workout gear: I will not pay full retail price for something I'm going to sweat in. Unless I'm running for more than 3 1/2 hours (marathon), and then I'll splurge.

Check out this "Italian fashion dancewear" Deha:

Pants: basic black, low-waisted, so comfortable and very long, $13.99. All other pants and hooded top $16.99. Hanging pants are spandex with gathered, pull-string ankles, very cute but a little obscene on moi.












Lace trim! Flashdance! Turtleneck with bell cuffs! Fuzzy comfy with extra-long sleeves! All $16.99.









They had me at Italian, but fashion dancewear? Evokes childhood ballerina dreams and teenage Flashdance/Fame dreams. Made in Italy, Deha is so good I'm wearing one of their tops right now and I'm at work, not the gym. It's so soft, and I keep noticing little details like double layers on the hem cuff. Also, unless the fabric is by nature clingy, most of what I tried on is cut well and not so tight it gives you unsightly lumps. Ugh, hate looking at those while pumping me some iron.

Daffy's Herald Square, 5th floor, 34th @ Broadway