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NEW YORK -- With her baby nearing birthday number one and her Nuala business heading toward its fifth, Christy Turlington sized up the apparel collection and is making changes accordingly.
Nuala, a Puma-backed brand that started out as a yoga-inspired collection, is being repositioned as a lifestyle label for spring. Mahanuala, which was unveiled by Puma last year, is now its primary label for yogawear even though some of the Nuala pieces still could handle a downward dog. But Nuala also has a dress, jackets, camisoles and pants in its 30-piece spring collection.
During an interview last week at the Futurenet showroom, where Nuala is being sold, Turlington said, "When Nuala first came out, I had a very serious yoga practice, classes [at NYU] and meetings. It still has that capacity, but as the range grew, it became very difficult to put under the same roof."
The new, two-tiered approach is better suited for stores that prefer to house yogawear and everyday attire on different floors instead of in the...