I found a company called Nuu-Muu through a blog I follow (you may be familiar with her too), the absolutely adorable, and hard-core barefoot runner…..Barefoot Angie Bee. Nuu-Muu makes some super sassy little exercise dresses. Angie hosted a Nuu-Muu giveaway last week and I was so intrigued by their product I had to contact them. I got an almost instantaneous reply from Enid at Nuu-Muu who was kind enough to send me a dress to try out. I was super impressed by the AWESOME communication with Enid, super fast and helpful……they have some GREAT customer service at Nuu-Muu!!!! I also really love their philosophy. Just an overall great company!!!!
I had a really hard time choosing which dress I wanted, they are so cute…..I want them ALL!!!! But I finally chose the “Soiree” dress. A purplish dress with white and pinkish dots. I thought the pattern would be super flattering and hide the “mommy belly” a little better than a solid color. When I pulled the dress out of the package, I could hardly wait to put it on. The material is so soft and silky, and feels soooooo good on. Very flowy but fitted in all the right spots.
It fits very true to size. I wear a 6-8 and chose a medium. I am, however, 6 ft tall and this dress is a bit short on me. I must wear compression shorts under it if I do anything other than run in it………as in going to the grocery store, picking up the kid from school, etc….anything where I don’t want to show off London and France (see picture below). Otherwise I think I could get away with just runderwear (my term for running underwear aka; rundies) I honestly would wear this dress most places, its just that cute!!! When I first put it on, I was a little shocked by the shortness, but then when I compared it to my running skirts I realized it was the pretty much the same length. I think the length just felt different because it is a dress.
How does it perform you ask???? Like a dream!!! I’ve worn it on two different runs this past week, one with and one without my hydration belt. I was worried the hydration belt would cause the dress to ride up, but it stayed put the whole time. It does an excellent job of wicking the sweat away and keeping me cool and dry (well, relatively dry, in this heat and humidity you are never completely dry). It is super comfortable while running, no scratchiness anywhere from seams or tags, no tugging or pulling on the dress to keep it in the right place either. That’s the beauty of the dress, no more of that awkward “shirt riding up exposing the belly” phenomenon going on. I felt super confident in it the whole run (even with the back flying up showing my shorts!!!).
I can’t wait until Fall and Winter, this little puppy is going to be so cute with some long tights or capri tights underneath it. It is super sassy…..and I dare say, a little sexy. And we all know feeling good in what you work-out in is essential. Of course, I am primarily a runner, but this would be a perfect outfit for tennis, walking, hiking, golf, biking, swimsuit cover-up, yoga……the possibilities are endless!!!!
‘Channeling my inner barefoot runner’
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