19 Activewear brands you need to know in 2024

Your workout wardrobe isn’t just about looking good (though that’s a nice bonus). But with countless brands vying for your attention, finding the perfect fit can feel like its own endurance event.

Whether you’re looking for new yoga gear or supportive clothing to make you feel good during HIIT classes, we’ve got you covered with 19 activewear brands that deliver on both form and function for 2024.

Our top picks

Here are our top picks across a range of categories:

• Best budget: Fabletics
• Best for yoga: Alo Yoga
• Best for running: Tracksmith
• Best for the gym: Gymshark
• Best for the outdoors: Vuori
• Best for sustainability: Girlfriend Collective

1. lululemon

Established in 1998, lululemon’s founder, Chip Wilson, set out to make stylish, dependable, and comfortable athleisure wear.

lululemon is best known for its buttery-soft, breathable materials and body-enhancing silhouettes. The brand focuses on technical wear, encompassing everything from activewear and loungewear to footwear. In fact, you could call lululemon a pioneer for those who like to double up their activewear as an everyday athleisure look.

Its women’s Define Jacket sold out after going viral on TikTok and the lululemon Align High-Rise Pant 25″ are constant best-sellers.

2. Nike

Founded in 1964, Nike is one of the dominant activewear brands and is still at the top of our list.

The Nike Well Collective is the brand’s latest mission. Beyond providing the best quality training and wokrout attire, they have made a “commitment to deliver expertise and guidance across body, mind, and life through Nike’s global community of trainers and coaches.”

Its Well Collective products include activewear, trainers, sneakers, and streetwear-inspired clothing. Nike is perfect for anyone who loves to a yoga flow HIIT class, or explore just wants the perfect leggings for a spot of brunch.

3. Fabletics

Fabletics has done a remarkable job combining fashion and activewear. It also aims to be accessible to everyone, ensuring its products are affordable without sacrificing quality. Fabletics activewear comprises bold colors and prints and is well-suited to high-performance exercise.

Its women’s range includes tops, bottoms, accessories, and sports bras, but their printed leggings are crowd favorites.

4. Public Rec

Public Rec specializes in men’s technical leisure apparel. It has taken minimalistic, tailored, and high-quality men’s clothing and turned it into comfortable pieces you can wear lounging at home, running errands, or playing golf with the boys. Its collection spans work, travel, lounge, golf, and workout clothes.

This is not a high-performance activewear brand but, instead, focuses on comfort and style, catering to lighter exercise and lifestyle wear. Its best-sellers include their tailored VIP Chinos and Dealmaker Shorts, perfect for a golf round.

6. while on earth

while on earth™  was founded for those who move, go, and do, aiming to fill a gap left by existing brands that have struggled to keep up with evolving wellness trends.

Industry veterans with decades of footwear and apparel experience designed its products, while professional athletes spent hundreds of hours meticulously testing and providing feedback to hone designs.

6. Alo Yoga

Alo Yoga aims to provide yogis with the highest-quality and most comfortable yoga clothing, priding itself on the quality and flexibility of its activewear, which is great for both on and off the mat.

Alo Yoga caters to yoga (primarily), running, tennis, lounge, and gym wear. They offer a wide range of tops, sports bras, tennis dresses, leggings, shorts, knitwear, and everything in between.

7. Sporty & Rich

Sporty & Rich is “vintage sportswear tied with luxury”. It caters to women, men, and kids, offering a wide range of comfy sweats, denim, jackets, t-shirts and shorts.

However, its activewear caters solely to women. The range includes gorgeous leggings, shorts, and sports jackets, and if you’re looking for the perfect sports bra, you’re in luck. Its tennis wear offers some of the most elegant, old-money-chic-looking pieces, ranging from cute pleated skirts to classic tennis dresses and velour tracksuit sets! Sporty & Rich epitomizes “looking good and feeling good”.

8. Sweaty Betty

Sweaty Betty is a global activewear and lifestyle brand for women, by women. The brand specializes in squat-proof leggings, sports bras, tops, and yoga wear, as well as  a fantastic assortment of lifestyle clothing.

9. Rhone

Rhone creates high-quality activewear and everyday clothing with minimalistic, less is more approach. It offers a wide ranges of staple pieces to add to your everyday and activewear wardrobe.

Its men’s activewear best-sellers include the Atmosphere Tee and 6″ Base Training Short. And for the ladies, the Revive Longline Bra, Revive 7/8 Pocket Legging, and Revive 6″ Short are must-haves.

10. Vitality

Vitality specializes in bold, innovative athleisure. This activewear brand is based on body inclusivity (with sizes from XXS to XXXL), sustainability, and ethics. It also uses recycled materials, eco-friendly packaging, and carbon-reduced manufacturing processes.

Vitality caters to men and women and even includes a swimwear line so that you can take your physical activity from land to water.

11. Girlfriend Collective

Girlfriend Collective is a woman-owned brand that prioritizes body inclusivity, sustainability, affordability, confidence, and comfort. Its products and packaging are made from sweat-wicking and sustainable materials, including recycled plastic bottles and fishing nets.

Its products range from leggings, sports bras, and everyday apparel to socks and underwear. Girlfriend Collective  is the ideal, affordable activewear brand for women who love practicing yoga, running a marathon, or doing some heavy lifting.

12. Vuori

Vuori is a lifestyle and fitness brand that makes performance apparel inspired by the outdoor coastal lifestyle of California. It caters to men and women who love the outdoors, running, and working out in the gym. Vuori’s extensive product line ranges from essential activewear pieces to athleisure apparel and accessories.

13. Tracksmith

Tracksmith was founded to serve the amateur running community and offer products for training, race, and rest days. This running brand offers a wide selection for both men and women who love the sport. Its best-sellers include the Session Speed Shorts and Twilight Tee.

14. Beyond Yoga

Beyond Yoga is a female-founded brand that launched in 2005. Its caters to everyone and firmly believe that body inclusivity is vital to making activewear that inspires healthier lifestyles.

Its products include men’s, women’s, and children’s activewear and athleisure wear. If you haven’t shopped with them, their Spacedye collection is an excellent place to start.

15. Skims

Skims is a loungewear, shapewear, and underwear brand that can double as activewear (for less intense workouts). Founded by Kim Kardashian, it has gained intense popularity over the last couple of years. Skims’ materials are known for being buttery-soft and exceptionally figure-enhancing.

16. Athleta

Athleta aims to inspire women and girls to build a community of strength and confidence through the power of movement. Whether you’re a runner, yogi, or outdoor enthusiast, Athleta’s products are made to suit all forms of movement. It’s also B Corp-certified, keeping the planet clean while providing the highest quality to their customers.

17. Gymshark

If you’re looking for high-quality performance gear and activewear at an affordable price, Gymshark is where it’s at. As their brand name emphasizes, this activewear brand caters to gym fanatics. Its Everyday Seamless Sports Bra is a best-seller for women, and the Power T-Shirt is a great option for men, both in and out of the gym.

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18. Oiselle

Oiselle is an environmentally-conscious women’s running apparel brand, founded by women. Its mission is to “Make a great product, improve the sport, and build the sisterhood.” Oiselle strictly uses only the best quality materials, characterized by softness, stretch, durability, and technical properties that help keep you cool, dry, and UV-protected. Its High Rise Roga Shorts, Pocket Jogger Tights, and Flyout Bra are some of its best-sellers.

19. Peloton

Best-known for its stationary bikes and treadmills, Peloton also offers a range of activewear and accessories. And, although its activewear is best suited for gym workouts or your favorite HITT classes, it has a comfortable and stylish look that can be worn when lounging around the house or running errands.

Some of its best-sellers include the Cadent High Rise Legging and Dreamblend Jogger.