Time for a brutally honest review of Whitney Simmon's new collection with Gymshark! Plus, we have a chat about WHAT HAPPENED in this launch and why I think Gymshark does what they do. In this unsponsored Gymshark review, I tell you all there is to know about the new Gymshark x Whitney Simmons collection! I love Whitney just as much as anyone, but I had to be brutally honest and give you all my thoughts! (even though I do really like the collection hehe). Are these Gymshark leggings really align dupes?! Are these the best Gymshark leggings yet?
✮ MY MEASUREMENTS ✮
➡ Chest: 29 in, 73cm
➡ Bust: 35 in, 89cm
➡ Bra size: 32 DDD (70DDD EU sizing)
➡ Waist: 25 in, 64 cm
➡ Hip: 37.5 in , 95 cm(widest part)
➡ Thigh: 22.5 in, 57cm
➡ Calf: 15in, 38 cm
➡ Height: 5’9”, 175cm
➡ Weight: approx. 145 lbs/65-66kg (changes all the time tbh)
✮ MY MEASUREMENTS ✮
➡ Chest: 29 in, 73cm
➡ Bust: 35 in, 89cm
➡ Bra size: 32 DDD (70DDD EU sizing)
➡ Waist: 25 in, 64 cm
➡ Hip: 37.5 in , 95 cm(widest part)
➡ Thigh: 22.5 in, 57cm
➡ Calf: 15in, 38 cm
➡ Height: 5’9”, 175cm
➡ Weight: approx. 145 lbs/65-66kg (changes all the time tbh)
Category
🛠️
LifestyleTranscript
00:00 It's super flattering on the butt.
00:01 It's not very sweat proof.
00:03 Gymshark loves to sell out quickly.
00:05 That wasn't by accident, people.
00:07 It's not restricting my motion like at all.
00:10 This top needs to be a little longer.
00:12 Hey guys, and welcome back to my channel.
00:14 And today we are talking about
00:15 the Gymshark X Whitney Simmons collection fiasco,
00:18 sorry, I mean launch, that happened a couple weeks ago.
00:22 And usually I'm really on top of it.
00:24 I get my videos out ASAP.
00:26 But as I said, it was a fiasco.
00:29 There are a few things I wanna talk about first.
00:31 Some issues I had with this launch,
00:33 some issues I had with Gymshark,
00:36 and just kind of like clear in the air a little bit.
00:39 Because this was not a normal Gymshark launch
00:41 where you go on, you get things,
00:42 they may or may not sell out,
00:44 and then you're on your way.
00:45 No, no, this was not.
00:47 So if you did not take part in this launch
00:49 and you don't know what I'm talking about,
00:51 basically, apparently this launch was projected
00:53 to not sell out for weeks.
00:55 And it sold out, at least on the US site,
00:57 within probably about 10 minutes.
00:59 First of all, the collection actually opened up
01:01 three minutes before the projected launch time,
01:04 or sorry, the announced launch time,
01:06 which doesn't seem like a big deal,
01:08 but people were already starting to buy things.
01:10 Long story short, things sold out really quickly.
01:11 People who expected to get items ended up not
01:14 because the website would crash and kick them off,
01:15 which happened to me.
01:16 They had different stock for different countries,
01:19 so the US and Canada sold out really quickly.
01:21 But the rest of the world site and the UK site
01:24 still had sizes in everything right after the launch.
01:27 Whitney was really upset about this
01:28 and she posted on her Instagram story,
01:30 clearly upset at the situation.
01:31 She was in tears.
01:32 It was honestly heartbreaking,
01:34 'cause this isn't her fault.
01:35 And Gymshark said they will not be restocking,
01:37 but there's more to come from Whitney.
01:39 So I think she's releasing more items coming up,
01:42 but I don't think these same items are launching again,
01:44 which is kind of silly
01:45 because a lot of people still want them.
01:47 But Gymshark makes weird marketing choices.
01:49 These are made on purpose.
01:51 I think it creates hype around products.
01:53 Flash forward a few days later,
01:54 the items magically come back in stock
01:56 on the Canada website.
01:57 And then a few days after that,
01:59 they magically came back in stock on the US website,
02:01 which means I was able to get a few more items.
02:04 It took over a week for my first package to come,
02:06 which was a long time.
02:08 It didn't ship for a long time either,
02:09 which is weird for Gymshark,
02:10 'cause usually they're on it.
02:12 My second package actually came in three business days,
02:15 so that was pretty good.
02:16 Okay, something I wanna talk about.
02:17 I talked about this in my Instagram story,
02:19 but I want everyone to know
02:20 that none of this is Whitney's fault.
02:22 Gymshark has had multiple launches
02:24 where their website has had issues.
02:26 It has crashed completely.
02:28 It's had a lot of problems and they refuse to fix it.
02:30 And there's literally no excuse for this.
02:33 Look at Facebook.
02:34 They have a website that supports
02:35 millions of users at every moment.
02:37 And Gymshark has maybe a few million on at this launch time
02:41 and they can't handle it.
02:43 There are web platforms that are robust enough
02:45 to handle lots of people.
02:47 And Gymshark refuses to invest in that.
02:49 And the fact that they told Whitney
02:51 that the stock would last for weeks makes me really upset
02:55 because having taken any basic level statistics course,
02:59 I could have told you that the amount of stock
03:02 they purchased would have sold out.
03:03 First of all, everyone knew this was going to be
03:05 the biggest Gymshark launch in a long time.
03:07 Like, there was no mystery.
03:08 It's Whitney Simmons, she's huge.
03:10 The items were really cute.
03:11 And Whitney has millions of followers
03:14 and Gymshark has millions of followers.
03:16 Her followers are loyal.
03:18 There's no excuse for this selling out so fast
03:20 because they knew.
03:21 They knew how much stock they needed.
03:23 Gymshark is a big company.
03:24 These companies know these things.
03:26 Like, this is so important to their functioning
03:28 for them to know how much product to make.
03:30 Yet, they did not make enough.
03:32 That wasn't by accident, people.
03:34 My theory that they intentionally didn't make enough
03:36 so only a few people could get it,
03:37 it's limited edition, it creates hype.
03:39 Gymshark loves to sell out quickly.
03:41 Which I hope they just eventually end up fixing this
03:44 because if they have customers that want their products,
03:46 I don't know why you wouldn't want
03:47 more customers buying your products.
03:49 I don't know all the details behind
03:51 the consumer psychology that they're doing.
03:53 But it's something else, okay?
03:55 It is not Whitney's job to do market data research
03:58 and figure out how many products of these items to produce.
04:01 Like, it's not her job.
04:02 She was just designing it with Gymshark
04:04 and she's like the face of the brand.
04:06 It's not her fault.
04:07 Anyways, now we're going to get to the review.
04:08 I just wanted to say that this is unsponsored.
04:11 It is unbiased.
04:12 Whitney is one of my favorite influencers
04:14 but it is very important to me on this channel
04:15 to be honest with you guys.
04:16 So I will be giving my full honest feedback.
04:19 I have already worn the set to the gym
04:21 so I will insert some clips throughout the video
04:24 of how I felt about everything.
04:26 I also want to say that for the first time,
04:28 I think, ever on Gymshark,
04:29 they used more inclusive models
04:32 on the actual website for the stock images.
04:34 So the models were actually sized medium to large
04:37 which is very unusual for Gymshark.
04:38 Usually it's always small.
04:40 So I think that really does help people
04:41 who are those larger sizes to figure out
04:43 is this going to look good on me?
04:45 What is going to fit me?
04:47 So I think that was probably Whitney's doing
04:49 so I think that's really awesome
04:50 that they're starting to do that
04:51 'cause not everyone buying gym clothes
04:52 is a size small, okay?
04:54 Also, I just checked the Gymshark website
04:56 and they're no longer displaying this collection
04:58 so it must have completely sold out.
05:00 Okay, the first thing I'm going to talk about
05:01 is the leggings.
05:03 So these leggings are a 7/8 length.
05:04 So the leggings are made of a polyamide elastane blend.
05:08 Basically, Whitney made herself
05:10 a pair of Gymshark Lululemon Aligns.
05:12 We all know Whitney likes Gymshark
05:14 but we also know that Whitney loves Lululemon.
05:16 Even more probably because she wears Align pants
05:19 way more than she wears Gymshark.
05:21 And that's just the tea, people.
05:22 That's the tea.
05:23 All right, so here are the leggings.
05:25 The waistband looks super small.
05:26 This is the extra small but it did end up fitting me
05:29 and the waistband actually isn't bad.
05:31 So it does have a little seam at the top of the waist
05:33 but it's not an elastic.
05:35 There's no actual elastic that I can really feel
05:38 and it doesn't squish you in
05:40 so that you're spilling over at the top.
05:42 It's actually a pretty flattering waistband.
05:44 It feels really just tight around this region
05:47 and it really just holds you up very well.
05:49 So yeah, we have a high waist.
05:50 We have this little gold bar detail
05:52 and I'm going to insert a photo
05:55 of one of my friends on Instagram.
05:56 I guess as soon as she put on these leggings,
05:58 the little gold bar immediately ripped off.
06:01 So I think that might have just been a one-time thing
06:04 but I'm just saying there have been some quality issues.
06:07 There's this really cute little breathable detail
06:10 in the back here.
06:11 My favorite part is that the seams on the butt
06:14 are slightly curved so it just really enhances that booty.
06:17 She does have her signature
06:18 it's a beautiful day to be alive on the inside.
06:21 So it's on the inside of the leggings
06:24 and then on the outside of a lot of the other items.
06:26 Okay, here's the fabric.
06:27 As you can tell, it is brushed
06:29 and it is super, super soft
06:31 but I feel like it's a little bit off from Align still.
06:34 I don't know what it is
06:35 but it definitely is incredibly stretchy.
06:37 Like the fact that I was wearing an extra small
06:39 and it didn't restrict me in any way
06:41 during deadlifts or squats, I'm on board.
06:45 There is no front seam but there is a back seam
06:48 so you can kind of pull it up your booty a little bit,
06:50 give a little enhancement to the butt.
06:52 But no front seam means no camel toe.
06:54 There's a slightly extended gusset crotch
06:56 but nothing crazy and they are a true 7/8 length.
06:59 So I'm filming this as I just got
07:01 the first package yesterday, which took forever, whatever.
07:05 And I got these both in extra small,
07:07 the top and the leggings.
07:09 Your girl is not usually in extra small
07:11 and it honestly fits just fine.
07:14 Like the waist isn't cutting into me too much.
07:16 It's not restricting my motion like at all.
07:19 I'm gonna go do a little leg workout in these
07:22 and I usually sweat the most on leg days.
07:24 So we'll be able to see if they're sweat proof.
07:26 Okay, so just got back from the gym
07:28 and as you can see by the little clip I took,
07:30 it's not very sweat proof.
07:32 I was already like, I know like I sweat a little bit
07:35 from my pits but I'm not like the sweatiest
07:37 of all sweaty people.
07:38 Like I do sweat as a normal person
07:40 but you know what I mean.
07:41 We got some pit sweat immediately.
07:43 So I took the top off.
07:45 I didn't actually get any sweat marks on the actual leggings.
07:47 Didn't get any sweat marks here.
07:49 There was a little bit of a sweat mark in the crotch
07:51 but I'm not gonna show you 'cause of all the creeps
07:53 who may or may not be watching this.
07:55 But it stayed on really well.
07:57 It just collected a ton of lint.
08:00 Like I showed, I'll insert a little clip.
08:02 Like any kind of lint that was around, it got on these.
08:05 Like it got on like really a lot.
08:08 There's still some lint left over.
08:10 There's still definitely some lint here
08:12 but I did use my hip band or like little glue band
08:15 and it didn't fuzz up the leggings.
08:17 So it did stay sturdy to that.
08:19 They also didn't fall down very much
08:21 because this waistband is just really nice
08:24 and holds it up.
08:25 So, okay.
08:26 So here are the leggings.
08:27 I am wearing these in a size small
08:29 and honestly I think I like the smalls a little better
08:33 than the extra smalls.
08:34 A small is my normal size.
08:35 So I think my sizing recommendation
08:38 is to stick with your normal size.
08:39 The extra smalls, I had a lot of trouble
08:41 getting the waistband over my waist
08:42 because this waistband doesn't have a lot of stretch to it.
08:45 But because it doesn't have a lot of stretch to it,
08:47 it actually provides a good amount of compression
08:49 in the waist.
08:50 But this compression is only at like this part of your waist.
08:53 So if you're looking for a legging
08:54 with lower tummy control, this probably won't be it.
08:57 The whole legging in general,
08:58 I would say is a very light compression.
09:00 Very similar to Lululemon Aligns.
09:02 Comparing them to Aligns,
09:03 I think the feel of the fabric is very similar.
09:06 It's also super, super stretchy
09:08 and not restricting at all just like Aligns.
09:10 But Aligns do not have a seam at the top
09:12 of their waistband.
09:13 They also don't have any compression in their waistband.
09:15 So I do actually like that these Whitney leggings
09:17 have this compression at the top
09:19 'cause it kind of just sucks you in.
09:20 I don't feel like it stays up super well.
09:23 Like I think it could stay up a little better,
09:24 which is why the extra small is nice.
09:26 I love the gold band.
09:28 I think it's super cute.
09:29 A little more sophisticated
09:30 than the regular Gymshark logo.
09:31 It's super flattering on the butt.
09:33 I think that these little booty seams do such a good job.
09:36 So definitely high on the booty scale.
09:38 The seams also come well above my butt.
09:41 So there's no cutting off of the booty coming on here.
09:44 I really love this little perforated detail.
09:46 And I just think it's really unique
09:47 to not have the front seam.
09:49 That's another difference from Aligns.
09:50 Aligns do have a front seam.
09:51 So they can give you camel toe.
09:53 These are really not gonna give you any camel toe.
09:54 In terms of length,
09:56 they are just like a little bit short on me,
09:58 but like they are supposed to be a 7/8 length.
09:59 So they're just kind of like a long capri on me,
10:02 to be honest.
10:03 We're gonna come down here.
10:04 I had a few people message me saying
10:06 that like these leggings really weren't made
10:08 for people above 10% body fat.
10:09 And they just felt like because the fabric is so thin
10:12 and it doesn't have any compression,
10:14 that it wasn't really doing them any favors
10:16 in terms of cellulite,
10:17 just like holding them in.
10:18 So if you do have cellulite
10:19 and you do like leggings with some compression,
10:21 I don't know if I would go for these.
10:23 Maybe in the black because they won't show the cellulite.
10:25 But I don't think these are cellulite friendly leggings.
10:28 At least from what people have told me.
10:29 I personally don't really have a lot of cellulite.
10:31 So I'm not a good one to tell.
10:33 But I mean, it's flattering on me,
10:35 but I also don't really have cellulite.
10:38 As you can see with the waistband here,
10:40 when waistbands are too tight,
10:41 I do get them kind of digging into me.
10:43 And I just don't really feel like this is like
10:45 really making me, you know,
10:47 it's not like creating rolls.
10:48 It's just holding me in.
10:49 So I think I actually really like this waistband.
10:52 [upbeat music]
10:54 This is the extra small.
10:57 As you can see, the waistband is a little tighter,
10:59 snatches me in a little more.
11:01 But honestly, these leggings are so stretchy.
11:04 There's still no restriction in a size down.
11:07 And I feel totally fine like squatting and everything.
11:10 So I really like these leggings due to their flexibility.
11:12 The waistband though,
11:13 because it doesn't have a lot of stretch,
11:15 was hard to get on over my butt.
11:17 But now that they're on,
11:18 it's totally fine in the extra small.
11:20 [upbeat music]
11:22 Lastly, we have the hot fire pink
11:26 or whatever it's called in a size medium.
11:28 Definitely just like a little bit of room
11:30 in the waist for me.
11:30 So it wouldn't really hold me up very well.
11:33 Teeny bit of extra fabric around the crotch.
11:35 But honestly, the main issue here is just the waistband.
11:37 The rest of the leggings are so stretchy.
11:39 I think the sizing is honestly probably pretty similar
11:42 just because it has so much stretch.
11:44 So I think if you have a smaller waist,
11:45 I might go for your size down.
11:47 And if you have kind of like a little more weight
11:49 in the midsection, maybe size up.
11:51 But you're probably gonna be fine
11:52 with like your normal size.
11:54 Honestly, I like my size small.
11:55 [upbeat music]
11:58 I also got the sports bra.
12:01 And the sports bra is made of the same
12:02 super soft material as the leggings.
12:04 It has a little cutout detail in the front
12:06 that's pretty subtle.
12:07 So it's not gonna like show any crazy under boob.
12:09 The signature, it's a beautiful day to be alive
12:11 going up the left shoulder.
12:13 And then in the back, it has a cute little cutout ring.
12:17 We will see if this like hurts my back or anything,
12:19 but it should be between kind of like your shoulder blades.
12:21 So it shouldn't really affect anything.
12:22 I like that the Gymshark logos
12:24 are a little more subtle on these
12:25 'cause sometimes Gymshark can be a little crazy
12:27 with the logos like at the flex leggings.
12:29 But yeah, this seems really cute.
12:31 On me, I just feel like the sports bra,
12:33 it's not really showing this little thing down here.
12:36 Also, I feel like you will get some under boob sweat
12:38 in the sports bra just 'cause they're not super sweat proof.
12:40 I don't know how I feel about this little like gold bar
12:43 being on the side here.
12:44 I think it could have been like right there or something.
12:46 I just feel like it's a little weird.
12:47 I think the back is super, super cute.
12:49 Honestly, I don't even feel this little gold bar.
12:52 Like I don't think it's hurting me in any way.
12:54 And I think you'd be totally fine working out in it.
12:56 I haven't heard anyone have any problems
12:58 with that specifically.
12:59 I'd give it a solid light to medium support.
13:02 It's not super supportive because the fabric is so soft,
13:05 but it's actually a little more support than I figured.
13:07 You can kind of see the cup pads in it,
13:10 but it's not too bad.
13:11 So yeah, I think that there's definitely
13:12 a little squishing going on in the sports bra,
13:14 but I don't feel like super compressed or like really tight.
13:18 The small on me is my normal size
13:19 and I think this is a good fit,
13:20 so I would say true to size.
13:22 It is giving me a little bit of cleavage here,
13:24 which is nice, but it's not anything crazy.
13:26 And I think the straps are a nice thickness
13:28 and because they come in a little bit in the back,
13:30 you don't have to worry about the straps like falling off.
13:32 They stay on really well.
13:33 The band is also really comfortable here
13:35 and the fabric in general is really soft.
13:37 So I don't think you're gonna have any chafing issues.
13:39 So I think this is a solid medium-ish support,
13:42 comfortable sports bra.
13:43 I also got the long sleeve crop top in a size extra small.
13:47 This top again is made of the same material,
13:49 super, super soft.
13:50 Subtle Gymshark logo on the back below the neck.
13:53 It also has the gold bar on the back.
13:55 And one detail that I really like about this
13:57 is they added this little mesh layer to the bottom.
14:00 So it kind of just peeks out underneath the shirt.
14:03 Those same little perforated details
14:05 that the leggings had are on the crop top too,
14:07 kind of towards the ribs.
14:09 And then they have long sleeves
14:11 and more little mesh detail at the bottom.
14:14 It's a beautiful day to be alive,
14:16 is on the cuff of the sleeve.
14:18 Here is the long sleeve crop top.
14:21 I actually think it's really flattering
14:23 and I really like this little side,
14:24 little pokey through guys.
14:25 You can actually see some of the beautiful blue sports bra
14:29 I'm wearing underneath through the holes.
14:30 I think the mesh detailing is really cute
14:32 and I just have a few problems with it.
14:35 I am wearing it in an extra small.
14:37 It doesn't feel too tight though,
14:38 but I just feel like it's really trying to ride up a lot.
14:42 Like every time I raise my arms,
14:43 I feel like I'm risking exposure of the sports bra,
14:46 which I just did.
14:47 It also shows major pit sweat
14:49 because this isn't very sweat proof.
14:50 The sleeves are also,
14:51 I know I think they were meant to be extra long,
14:53 but I'm pretty tall, I'm 5'9".
14:55 And I still have some gathering in the sleeves.
14:58 So I don't know.
14:59 I think the sleeves could have been a little bit shorter.
15:01 And you can just see the sports bra poking out in the back.
15:04 I just think this top needs to be a little longer
15:07 so it can actually cover what's underneath it.
15:09 So yeah, I think the top is cute.
15:11 It's comfortable, but it's super cropped
15:13 and it shows the sports bra underneath.
15:15 Sleeves are a little long and it shows sweat.
15:17 So I'm not a huge fan.
15:18 And lastly, I got the sweatshirt.
15:20 I was kind of expecting the sweatshirt
15:22 to be made of the same material as the leggings,
15:24 but it's kind of just regular sweatshirt material.
15:27 It's actually not super soft or anything.
15:29 So it's a little bit disappointing
15:30 'cause I was expecting it to be super soft.
15:33 You have the Whitney Simmons gold bar up here.
15:35 You have drawstrings up at the top of the sweatshirt.
15:39 The sleeves are supposed to be extra long.
15:40 So I know some shorter girls are kind of complaining,
15:42 but they do have also these little cuffs at the end,
15:45 which I don't know how I feel
15:46 about the cuffs at the end of the sleeve.
15:47 I don't think I really like that.
15:49 I think it looks kind of weird, but they're there.
15:51 Little mesh at the bottom of the sleeve as well.
15:53 And there also is a drawstring at the bottom
15:55 of the actual cropped hoodie with the mesh again as well.
15:59 And last but not least, here's the sweatshirt.
16:02 So I kind of thought that it would be a little more
16:05 cropped and go to the top of the leggings
16:08 'cause if I'm walking into the gym, I don't know,
16:10 this is just a little bit more
16:11 than I would like to expose of my stomach.
16:14 I kind of just wish this went right
16:15 to the top of the waistband.
16:17 Maybe it's just because I'm tall and I have a long torso,
16:19 but just for you taller ladies,
16:21 it might not go all the way to the top of your leggings.
16:24 So yeah, the sleeves were made intentionally long
16:26 so that you could put the little drawstring there.
16:28 I don't really like that these hang off the edge,
16:30 but I actually think it's kind of cute
16:31 to have the little poofy sleeves.
16:33 So not too bad.
16:35 This definitely feels like
16:36 a more athletic material sweatshirt.
16:38 If you were expecting the kind of sweatshirt
16:39 with that super, super soft brushed interior,
16:43 this isn't it.
16:44 So yeah, it's definitely more, I don't know,
16:45 it's probably better for the gym
16:46 that it isn't one of the super fuzzy ones, but still.
16:49 Peach!
16:51 I don't want to hold her too close to me
16:52 so I get cat fur on this, but Peach is, hi.
16:55 Give me girl.
16:55 So this bottom part also ties down,
17:01 which kind of makes it a little too short for me.
17:04 I just, I don't know.
17:05 If I'm throwing on a sweatshirt,
17:06 I just don't really like it to be super cropped.
17:08 So this is a little too cropped for me,
17:09 but if you like cropped sweatshirts,
17:10 I honestly think it's really cute.
17:12 So yeah, it also has a little hoodie in the back.
17:15 I know it's kind of hard to tell in the black, but yeah.
17:17 So I think it's cute, just not personally for me.
17:19 All right, that is it
17:20 on the Gymshark Whitney Simmons Collection review.
17:24 I'm really excited to see what Whitney will be back means
17:26 from Gymshark because they're kind of dropping hints
17:29 that more Whitney is coming,
17:31 but it's not going to be the same.
17:32 So interested to see what's going to happen.
17:34 Will there be a restock?
17:36 Will there be new products?
17:37 Who knows?
17:38 Give this video a thumbs up if you liked this review
17:40 and make sure to subscribe
17:41 if you want to see more activewear reviews coming up.
17:43 Also, let me know down below if you got any Whitney stuff
17:46 and what your thoughts are on it.
17:47 All right, thank you guys so much for watching
17:49 and I will see you next time, bye.