Weekly Vibe #194

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

It's Weekly Vibe #194 and Black Friday today! And what does that mean!? Shopping time!! People will shop for toys, gifts and tights(for us) for their family and friends! Below I have compiled some awesome Black Friday hosiery promos!

1) UK Tights

If you are looking to try something new get these from UK Tights too!

2) MyStockings

3) Emilio Cavallini

4) Stop & Stare Co

Have fun shopping friends! That's all I have for you this week! I will be back at the next Legwear Fashion video review soon!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas

Weekly Vibe #181

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Welcome to Weekly Vibe #181! Sorry for lack of activity, I was struck with a horrible bug that rendered me sick for a week and currently today I'm still not totally recovered! :(

This month is going to be really busy for me as me and my studio will be covering the pre-school children shoots! The week has been really really warm! Wearing tights had to be reserved for evening workouts and saber practices! :( 

Anyways! Wolford fans take note! Now Wolford's Autumn/Winter 2016 collection is here! And our friends at UK Tights have them in stock! Check it out!

Here are some eyecandies!

They got some really interesting patterned tights! This season looks really good and I believe will look good on the ladies!(Guys if you are brave..LOL)


One of my favourite tattoo tights brand Stop & Stare Co have more new patterns in stock! Check them out too!

Emilio Cavallini fans rejoice!! Emilio Cavallini is having a 40% off their products in their main store! Don't miss out!

That's all I have you this week! Check out this video of me doing some double saber spins from last Sunday! Have a nice week ahead!

Time to get back to getting better!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas

P.S Sorry for your loss Rob.. :(

Outfit of the Week #91

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Welcome to Outfit of the Week #91 and this week we are featuring my own outfit for the week I did!

This was the outfit I did for June's Street Legwear Fashion post and it featured Emilio Cavallini's Spiral Tights and this is the first time I wore out a pair of patterned black sheers out!

I pulled out an all-black outfit to blend into my tights and I felt that it was a good combination, I actually really liked the spiral pattern on the tights! I'd definitely wear them out again! Question is.. will you?

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Weekly Vibe #134

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

This week has been really awesome as the tights I ordered and given by UK Tights have arrived!

I have passed on the tights and leggings to my girlfriend and she was really delighted!

This week on a Friday I had an awesome dinner outing at a Korean BBQ restaurant with my cellgroup members! Look at the food! Mmmm!!! 

On the coming Monday(tomorrow) I will be wearing out the Emilio Cavallini Firenze Tights(as seen on top) with my girlfriend to do Street Legwear Fashion June and we are gonna watch The Minions film! To be honest I'm feeling pretty afraid but screw it, I will just do it anyways hahaha!

UK Tights is having an awesome deal on Le Bourget products and Cecilia de Rafael Chacal 50 tights both are Buy One and Get the Next Pair 1/2 Price

Big fan of Wolford products? Tightsplease is having a special flash sale deal with up to 75% off on selected products!

Do note that they end on 5th July!

Well that's all I have for you! I will be posting up Street Legwear Fashion tomorrow!(Monday) Look forward to it!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Weekly Vibe #132

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Welcome to Weekly Vibe #132! This week was pretty fruitful for me as I carried on with my conversation on the subject of legwear with our Malaysian friend named "Wong" and on Saturday another Malaysian friend started contact me as well! Looks like I'm really forced to improve my mandarin!!

Wong has introduced something really unique and truly pretty out of this world... Waterproof tights!

Look here!

I went to the link which the video suggested and after trying my best to read traditional mandarin which I wasn't taught as a child I found the link on the Taiwan online shopping site!

These are 80 denier that gives a 110 denier opaque look, they have support properties for the calf area of the legs, they also "breathe" well and they stretch really really well as seen in the video, I like the fact that there is a gusset as well, good for durability! It also appears that the waterproof properties is the result of German engineering. Woot!

Regular size : Hip = 85cm-110cm Height = 150-180cm

Add on size : Hip = 90cm-115cm Height = 155-185cm

They come in black, navy blue and grey.

Best news is that they currently cost 149NTD which happens to be only 3.14GBP or 4.79USD a pair! Woot! I really want a pair NOW... but looks like I have to see if they even ship overseas and I hope they do after I get my head around reading traditional mandarin! Trust me the google translator gave me bad translations.. 

A few days ago I made a few orders with UK Tights, I got myself a Golden Lady 60 denier tights 2PP in Medium/Large for myself and Tiffany Quinn Kiss Kiss for my girlfriend!

I also for the first time ordered from Zohara, an Israeli based hosiery company that also makes their own unique line of fashion tights, though however I ordered an Emilio Cavallini product well because their site was down and I got were these!

Emilio Cavallini Spiral tights(Zohara's link) and Emilio Cavallini's official online shop link

I'm really looking forward to having these when they come to prepare for the next Street Legwear Fashion! To be really honest with you, wearing those Spiral tights will be a real challenge for me I feel.. Hahaha! 

Anyways talking about fashion tights.. UK Tights have started selling new Tiffany Quinn fashion tights and leggings not forgetting as well new Silky leggings and footlets!

Best part! I have been really looking forward to the Tiffany Quinn Sheer Front Stripe Tights and they are here!!! AWWWWWWWWWWWW YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! 

Don't they just look so cool!? Man!!! Would like to get 2 pairs! One for my girlfriend and the other for me! Heh! I'm so looking forward to the coming week as I believe the tights I ordered would be here soon! :)

Well that's all I have for you!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Outfit of the Week #70

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Welcome to Outfit of the Week #70! This week we are featuring this outfit!

I chanced on this image when I was in Pinterest, the model that posted the actual link on Lookbook is missing but at least we got this photo! 

He is definitely wearing one of Emilio Cavallini's tights and I really like them! This outfit is actually pretty fresh, from the shirt to the vest, shorts, tights and his shoes altogether a very nice summer look, who says you can't wear tights in summer? Cool star patterned tights!

What do you think?

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Outfit of the Week #69

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Welcome to Outfit of the Week #89! This week we are featuring this cool oufit!

Photo courtesy of Men's Fashion & Style.

First look on this outfit I thought the Swiss Guards of the Vatican had a informal uniform for their guards! Well mainly because of the Emilio Cavallini Vertical Stripes tights he is seen wearing here. His coat seem pretty interesting, in a funny way it kinda looks like a short black bathrobe, I assume that he is wearing pair of really short shorts, this look very reminiscing of the Renaissance era, his coat acting as a tunic in this case. Pretty cool actually I must say! However it's an outfit that will definitely draw attention but hey who cares?

Would you do it? Tunic and tights?

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Outfit of the Week #61

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

This week for OOTW we are featuring this outfit!

This photo was shared on Tights4men tumblr page from Stefan PS' flickr page. The model featured here looks pretty hip! Black, navy blue, grey and white, were the colours he picked for this outfit and I'd say it's very well put together. Although I felt that he would have done better without the hat, I really liked his top! Nice colours! His shoes are really cool! Really would like to have something like that for myself too! I personally felt that it would have been nice if he had on one of Emilio Cavallini's patterned tights like these.

What do you think?

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Outfit of the Week #47

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Welcome to the 47th edition of OOTW! This week we have this!

This look is braved by the "Godfather" of Men's hosiery fashion Chan Kraemer with one of Emilio Cavallini's cult edition Stars tights. You just can't fault Chan Kraemer in his outfits and all of the outfits he does have gone through considerable fashionable decisions. He is meticulous about the right coloured shoes, right coloured clothes and even accessories! You can't go wrong with Godfather Chan Kraemer! I really want Emilio Cavallini's tights!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Weekly Vibe #84

Hi Creative and Fashionable people! 

Welcome to the 84th edition of Weekly Vibe! This week as I was once again exploring Legwear Fashion as Unisex on Delphiforums and I stumbled a upon a very cool video uploaded on YouTube by Emilio Cavallini's production titled "Dreaming of a New Man" Check it out here!

It features some really radical outfits and some conventional ones, now I think I probably want to get my hands on one of Emilio Cavallini's tights or is someone kind enough to donate me a pair or two? Hahaha!

I recently received news from UKTights that Wolford has released their new line of hosiery products and are on sale at UKTights. Here are some sneak peeks!

Wolford Brit Tights

Wolford Laureen Tights

Wolfords Evelyn Hold ups

Wolford Niki Hold ups

To see and order the new UKTights products, click here!

If you are not aware, Activskin is still having their Spring Cleaning Clearance sale, they are also having a discount code ONTHEFLY of 15% for their line of pantyhose with a fly opening! If you haven't tried Activskin before you should! Click here!

That's all I have for you! Have a great coming week!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Special Spotlight: Interview with Rare Tights

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

For today we are having a special feature on Rare Tights, a very unique one of a kind online hosiery retailer that offers unique fashionable styled hosiery products! Let's get on with it!

Hi Sakhi!

Thank you so much for responding to us at Legwear Fashion For Men! I just checked out your online store and it seems like you got a nice collection of legwear products there! And I would like to ask you a few questions!


1)Can you provide the readers at Legwear Fashion For Men with some background information about yourself and your shop Rare Tights? 

Hi l am a married mum of two (lovely babies) who loves fashion; raretights was born out of my love for fashion. I have a partnership with someone in China who sources the products for us. In future when we grow we want to expand into hosiery for children, men, & lingerie. 


2) What was your inspiration to start Rare Tights?

My inspiration, Wow so many!! I always wear tights and people ask me where l got them from. I like to be the trend setter; getting different things and standing out in the crowd. That's what we want our rare tights to make everyone feel!

3) Oh nice! I love babies too! I happen to have a day job as a baby photographer! It's always nice to have a partnership in business! Anyways I would like to find out, how long have you been running Rare Tights? 

Oh what a coincidence; child photographer!! In future we might use you for the photos! 

Been running Rare Tights for over 3 years. We started selling on ebay first as a shop Pattymoonlight then we moved on to opening website! 

4) What are the general demographics of your customers? Eg. Adult women, young women or men? 

Our customers are mainly women; interesting fact is we are UK based but have a lot of interest in USA! We have men too who enter our competitions & Follow us on Twitter & Facebook. We want to grow and be a global brand to satisfy all hosiery needs. Our sourcing partner is working on getting us more variety stock so keep checking us out; you will not be disappointed.

5) Ohh! I don't mind if you flew all over to the UK! Hahaha! It is nice to know that Rare Tights is open to all customers! For years there has been a recent hype on men's hosiery or "Mantyhose" top hosiery fashion designer Emilio Cavallini caught up with it and created a few lines of tights for men, what do you think of hosiery as a fashion or as an everyday apparel for men? 

Yes tights for men there is definitely a niche market there! Fashion is taking notice and its no longer shameful for men to wear tights. Men have always worn tights for years and years. The tights were called thermal tights to keep them warm in winter. Nowadays we are seeing hosiery for men; which is a step up! Go fashion. 

6) Thanks! That is nice to know Sakhi! Does your husband also sport this form of legwear? Would you encourage him to do so? Oh and are there any suggestions for the guys out there for which kind of products they should go for in your catalog? 

Oh no my husband it's only thermals in the winter for him. our hosiery will be probably marketable to men and you can try fishnets too!

7) What do you plan to do for RareTights foreseeable future?

Future sees us having more variety; stocking more unique tights! 

Thank you so much Sakhi for agreeing to do this interview with us at Legwear Fashion For Men! We wish all the best in what you do! 

Do follow Rare Tights on Twitter @TightsRare and check out their products at their website http://raretights.com/

Thank you all for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Outfit of the Week #4

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

It's 4th edition of OOTW! And today we have this!

For most of you people here I don't think this picture is anything but new, since you can find it on wikipedia, and it is a photo of famous model Tyson Beckford wearing Emilio Cavallini's line of male tights. 

But why focus on this? 

Well what makes this outfit tick is because of the way Tyson Beckford pulled it off, he didn't wear really short shorts but capri length denims or probably rolled them up so, but being at capri length, what it does is that the capri length shorts gives off an "illusion" that this guy probably isn't wearing tights at all but long socks! And this look my friends will suit men who are just trying out for a start, I remember starting out with a look like this first and then I started rolling up my pants higher and higher till it went knee cap length! This outfit would really help "train" your guts to starting wearing tights openly with typical male threads! 

Why not try this over the weekend?

Thanks for the reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Special Spotlight: Interview with Brain&Beast - Barcelona

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Legwear Fashion For Men has recently done an exclusive interview with Spanish Fashion label Brain & Beast from Barcelona. Enjoy the read!

1)Can you provide the readers at Legwear Fashion For Men with some background information about yourself, your label and your career as a Fashion designer? - I have studied fashion design at Madrid and London. After finishing my studies and working for different mainstream brands, I decided to start my own project. First I was established in Madrid but after 5 years I moved to Barcelona and I found Cesar and Veronica ... my partners in Brain&Beast. Since then, we show our collections in 080 Barcelona Fashion Week and at every six months we sell our clothes in Paris , we also have recently launched our ONLINE STORE, www.brainandbeast.bigcartel.com

Brain&Beast Collection otoño-invierno 2011/2012

2) What was your inspiration behind the Brain&Beast Collection otoño-invierno 2011/2012? - The name was MAGIC. Things that hide things, illusions, the main topic was "everything is possible"!

 
3) In your Brain&Beast Collection otoño-invierno 2011/2012, I have noticed that with some of the male models, you have used tights as part of the style with shorts. As we all know that tights are usually worn by women, what motivated you to use tights as part of your designs? - It was part of the inspiration ... girls will be boys and boys can be girls, sometimes ,,, there is no border between masculine and feminine ... Lets try to pass old ideas about whats right in your wardrobe ,,, fell free!
 

Brain&Beast Collection otoño-invierno 2011/2012

4) In the recent years many designers such as Givenchy, Antonio Azzuolo, Prada, Miharayasuhiro, Agnès B. and also another Spanish designer Selim de Somavilla have been using tights/hosiery for their menswear collections, did their works influence you to feature hosiery or were you inspired by other factors? - We really admire all of them but someone´s work has never been part of our inspiration ... we try to follow our own concept and we think its part of a normal development in menswear fashion to take things from classic womenswear attitudes ...
 
5) Did you use any particular brand of hosiery for the Brain&Beast Collection otoño-invierno 2011/2012? - Thick ones! Winter is cold!



6) Has there been any positive feedback on your inclusion of adding hosiery as part your collection for male models? Also how did your male models react to putting them on? - They were behaving quite normal! It was not a handicap!

Brain&Beast Collection otoño-invierno 2011/2012

7) Tights were, of course, originally won by men. In recent years they are clearly to be coming popular again - for their comfort and practicality, as well as a fashion trend. Do you see this trend continuing and tights for men becoming more mainstream? - Straight guys could be more openminded but ... there is such a big social pressure about the right man ... u know ...

8) There has been a huge amount of media coverage of 'mantyhose' (tights and pantyhose for men) in recent months, with some brands, such as Emilio Cavallini, now marketing tights as unisex. Do you have any plans to create a line of men's or unisex tights? - We would love to....

9) Do you think collections such as yours are encouraging men to be more adventurous in how they dress? - We try to offer pieces that help you to be happier ... getting a Brain&Beast item should be a pleasure...

10) What plans do you have for the future? Are you working on ideas for further collections? 
- Actually we are currently working on our new resort collection that will be launched in Nov 2012 and next winter 2013-2014 collection, the show will be on Jan 2013 and it seems far ... but january will arrive soon!

Thank you Angel for taking the time to answer these questions, I hope that our readers at Legwear Fashion For Men Blog will enjoy reading and looking at your works and we hope to hear more from you in your future collections where you might feature men's hosiery in your works!

Take a peek at Brain&Beast's online store at www.brainandbeast.bigcartel.com

Thank you for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh 

Emilio Cavallini's Cult Edition

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Emilio Cavallini has launched his Cult Edition For Men and Women this September! There are many new patterned tops, socks, bottoms and his unique line of unisex tights

Here are some pictures on his website

All photos belong to www.EmilioCavallini.com

 For more details please visit Emilio Cavallini's Official site: www.EmilioCavallini.com

Well I do hope and look forward to owning some of Emilio Cavallini's collection to do some styling suggestions and reviews!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Givenchy's Fall/Winter 2011 / 2012 / 2013

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

I saw videos on Youtube on Givenchy's Fall/Winter 2011 / 2012 / 2013 for men and I was really intrigued that they actually used what it looks like to be tights!! 

Givenchy's Fall/Winter 2011/2012



Givenchy's Fall/Winter 2012/2013

I have checked out Givenchy's website www.Givenchy.com and according to the descriptions for some of the outfits from the Fall/Winter 2012 that they actually used Jersey Leggings and "wool socks"(see the Pre Collection page and you will know they aren't just wool socks) I have found a link from Luisaviaroma(www.luisaviaroma.com) that sells popular fashionable brands from Givenchy, Emilio Cavallini, Yves Saint-Laurent and etc. I'm really glad seeing that many popular fashion designers are looking at incorporating tights into their designs!

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