Miharayasuhiro Fall / Winter 2012/2013

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

As I was looking through Men wearing Tights with Shorts tumblr page and started looking through at some fashion designers shows on Youtube, I watched Miharayasuhiro's Fall / Winter 2012/2013 show and I noticed some styles actually featured hosiery to a certain degree.

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Here is a video of Miharayasuhiro Fall / Winter 2012/2013 show:

One could notice that many fashion designers are starting to integrate hosiery as part of menswear. Earlier today I had a conversation with Rob Stephenson, a fellow advocate of mens hosiery about wearing tights out; and we both came to a conclusion that if there is anyway to make this trend of making men wear hosiery something of a mainstream, it is just to treat it as it is already mainstream. Just keep on wearing it out, don't act too suspicious and weird about yourself wearing it. Just treat it like as if you don't have them on at all if you want.. in fact actually you might even forget that you have them on at all in the first place if you have. worn them for hours. I'm sure you will get the looks and all.. I mean come on.. it is pretty normal. Just remember the first woman started wearing pants.. what she did was she just wore them like as if they were already mainstream though it was somehow thought to be scandalous.

I'd say.. just start wearing it out! If you want tasteful fashion tips on how to wear them out, just on a lookout for this blog or check out how fashion designers match them with various different clothing.

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Selim de Somavilla

Hi Fashionable and Creative people!

As I was exploring around LAUF I found a site of a Barcelona based Fashion Designer named Selim de Somavilla who is also active in London. Here is his site

Here are some styles from his site that I really like

Property of Selim de Somavilla

Property of Selim de Somavilla

Here is a short clip from the Valencia Fashion Week: 

 

Thanks for reading! 

Andreas Lucius Loh

In Focus : Aristoc 120 Denier Cotton Sheen Opaque tights

Hi Creative and Fashionable people! I thought I'd give a review on the Aristoc 120 Denier Cotton Sheen Opaque Tights:

As a follower of Hosiery For Men's blog I read that there was an exclusive competition in the March 2012 blog post where the winners would win a pair of tights and so I retweeted the Tweet in which Tightsplease tweeted, and I found myself one of the lucky or blessed few to have won a pair of Tights!

Priced at £20.49, it definitely isn't your cheap drug store purchase sort of tights. Being in Summer all year round Singapore, I wonder how was I going to wear this 120 denier tights.. it was definitely the sort one would wearing during colder months.. Nevertheless I did try wearing it out on days where I felt colder and it was a really nice fit! The seams were flat, "legs" were long for my legs, it gives ample warmth with its cotton blend  and it is definitely an Aristoc seal of quality. The only thing I probably didn't like was that the waist was pretty high past my navel. It is pretty long lasting and it is still lasting me through. Although it is 120 denier, it's coverage looks more of a 80 denier kind. Overall I give this pair of tights 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Material content : 120 Denier Reinforced Toe Cotton Gusset 58% Nylon 38% Cotton 4% Elastane

http://www.tightsplease.co.uk/brands/aristoc/cotton-sheen-tights/

Top Down view of Aristoc 120 Denier Cotton Sheen Tights

Cowled Collared Red checkered Shirt: NEWLOOK  Glasses: H&M  Shorts: THOMAS SMITH  Tights: ARISTOC  Shoes: TOPMAN  Photo & Model: A.LUCIUS. KUNSTWERKE

Thanks for reading! :)

Andreas Lucius Loh

The Genesis

Greetings all! I am Andreas or some may call me Lucius by my middle name, I am an Artist who works as a Photographer in a Baby Photography Studio based in Singapore. I have a website for my artistic services on here.

The reason why I came up with this blog is because I feel that there is more to menswear than just the typical suits, shirts, tie and shoes. My main focus here would be the controversial and not-so-new pantyhose for men.. or some coin it as "Mantyhose" along with other apparels for men. I have been inspired by many bloggers such as Hosiery For Men, Hosiery Advocate & Tights For Men who mostly do reviews on various hosiery that would fit men. The one thing that really pushed me to start this has got to be attending the ACA(American Creativity Association) Conference 2012 at Singapore late August in 2012. Challenged to be creative, I decided to do and start something new and creative.

I have always liked the look and the feel of tights, it gives a very nice and smooth finish to the wearer's legs portraying perfection to the legs. And of course not to mention the warmth, comfort and medical benefits some patterns would give. Most importantly, there are much more to play with in terms of mixing and matching with other clothes, now I'm not looking at crossdressing but mixing tastefully and correctly with other mens' apparel. (For the record, I am Straight and as straight as a metal ruler could be.)

I have to say that I really admire Chan Kraemer the owner of Mantyhose.net who have in a way paved the way for "Mantyhose" to be made known to the world that men too can don tights and look great and manly at the same time! I also salute the famous Italian fashion designer Emilio Cavallini who came up with bold and yet creative styles of unisex pantyhose!

Photo of Chan Kraemer from Mantyhose.net

Image from Emilio Cavalini's website http://www.emiliocavallini.com

I see Men's Hosiery like how Elizabeth Smith Miller(1822-1911) saw with pants, just in case if you don't know who she is.. she was the first woman also a Women's Right Advocate and financial supporter who wore pants and that caused a reform in women's dress code... with repercussions of course.. one could imagine the persecutions she would have faced. But look now! Women wear pants freely without being sniggered at. 

Designs by French Designer Yves Saint Laurent

I would like to end with a quote by George Bernard Shaw:

Thank you for reading as I had the pleasure of blogging it! :)

Andreas Lucius Loh