Prana Bliss Capri Pants
January 27, 2008
Just for the record, I will not be spending valuable typing time remembering to type “prAna” for this review. In this blog, it’s Prana. Spare me the pretentiousness of the ludicrous “prAna,” already.
So, the Bliss capri. I wear these pants a lot, but it’s not because I like them all that much. I wear them a lot because I wear them climbing, and climbing clothes tend to get wrecked, and I really don’t care all that much if these pants get wrecked. That said, they’ve held up really, really well for all the climbing I’ve done in them.
Regardless, I’m not excited about these. Like everything Prana, they fit weird. The low rise is nice for fashion, but sucky for climbing, as is the drawstring waist. Yep, a drawstring waist, on climbing pants. That’s quite possibly the worst design ever for climbing pants, especially ones with a low rise. When you’re climbing, things catch on other things, and if the only thing keeping you from exposing your plumber’s crack is a little drawstring around your waist, it can be a bit unsettling.
They’re very nice and stretchy, great for climbing and general comfort. However, the slick-ish nylon feel is a little yucky. Yes, those are technical terms for fabric, by the way.
These aren’t particularly flattering, either. On ANYONE. Many of my fellow female climbers wear these pants to the climbing gym, and no one looks good in them. NO ONE. No one looks truly bad, either, I suppose, but if stretchy, low rise pants can’t flatter a slender, gorgeous woman with lovely blonde ringlets and a climber’s lean physique (note: I am NOT talking about myself here), they can’t flatter anyone. See the picture above? That’s pretty much how they look when they’re on. Those don’t even look flattering when there’s no body in them. Which really doesn’t matter, but I will admit that it matters to me.
