Blog Hop!

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

A few weeks back a good blogger friend of me Hosiery For Men threw the Blog Hop baton to me, you can also read his blog hop as nominated by Fashion Writer Linda Hobden 

So here we go!

1. What am I working on?

Like all if not most fashion bloggers, we strive to get as many attention and readership as possible, and I personally believe that fashion bloggers are the ones who impact fashion as a whole on the streets, because people are likely to be more convinced through words. Ultimately blogs are also media outlets and that I strive to bring to the public that men's legwear fashion are the "in" thing! I currently also am working on some backlogs of product reviews mostly from Activskin. 

2. How does my work differ from others?

Most male hosiery blogs focus more on hosiery product reviews in detail but what Legwear Fashion For Men does here is building up on the reviews by providing a fashion edge to things and the flow goes like this... "now that I know how well it fits, now how should I go on about wearing them out." Other than product reviews, Legwear Fashion For Men does weekly outfit posts(Outfit of the Week) for outfit inspirations and weekly updates(Weekly Vibe) for weekly updates on hosiery offers and happenings to my personal life to inspire other men to wear their legwear confidently. 


3. Why do I write what I do?

I always believe that there is more to it than just suits, jeans, pants to men's fashion, sure who doesn't like a woman with well turned legs in hosiery but like a quote from Legwear4men "Because Men Have Legs Too!" and indeed we do need warmth and support for legs, we work just as hard too! Most men would have worn hosiery but wear them under their jeans and pants, and gosh do you know how warm and uncomfortable it can be? Here we encourage our male readers to wear them with shorts and pair up them with shoes and clothing and accessories

4.How does my writing process work?

When I go hunting for outfit ideas, I will consider a few factors: 

1)Will I try something like that? Well if I wouldn't, why would my readers do it?
2)Would the outfit be too visually striking? 
3)Certain outfits only suits a different kind of audience. 
4)Everyone has a different level of boldness openly wearing tights with shorts.

As for Weekly Vibes, I will share noteworthy life events and also good hosiery products deals over the internet. Twitter is also a platform I use to promote this fashion movement, together hand-in-hand with other male hosiery blogs, we break new grounds for Men's legwear fashion!

I would like to thank Hosiery For Men for nominating to do this blog hop and also the support I get from various hosiery retailers and businesses like Activskin, UK Tights, Tightsplease, PantyhoseHQ and Legwear International that have supported this blog over the 2 years! Not to forget the fellow bloggers and most importantly the readers from all over the world!

Now I am passing the baton to Rob Speedking for this bloghop! Looking forward to read his post!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Happy 1st Birthday Legwear Fashion For Men!!

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Wow!! Can you believe it? Today's Legwear Fashion For Men's First Year Anniversary!!! It isn't just for me the blogger but for every reader of this blog to celebrate!!! And for the interesting fact this blog is still very much alive and good after a year! Thank God for all of you who read and support this blog everyday! You are all that make this blog alive! 

We have reached over 48,000 views over the span of 1 year! AMAZING!!! We average about 100 views a day from all over the world, reaching out mostly to the Americas, Europe & Singapore! And we have had sponsors from Legwear International, PantyhoseHQ, and G.Lieberman & Sons, Ltd we also made friends with various other related bloggers such as Hosiery For Men, Hosiery Advocate, Tights For Men, Fantasy Stockings & so many more to name! One of our biggest supporters portal Legwear as Unisex Fashion or LAUF that really brought in a lot of traffic to the blog! 

So what's going to be new for the blog? 

We will be starting something new called Outfit Of The Week or "OOTW", this will feature both male or female styles for the week and it every week an outfit will be featured ! They will feature photos found from all over the world wide web worn by real people! 

More features will be implemented in the future!

And for this special 1st Year Anniversary, G. Lieberman & Sons, Ltd or Activskin as your know it has graciously given all of you readers out there a special Legwear Fashion For Men 1st Year Anniversary discounts! All you need to do is use this code LFFM2013 when you checkout your shopping cart this code is valid for all Activskin products, usable 3 times till the 30th of September 2013! To start saving and shop click here! 

As you all know that we have started a special retweet competition on Twitter and the 2 winners that walk away with 1 pair of A866 full support tights are.. @VanMan1973 & @Hasanaraba! Congratulations!

Please remember to DM to @LegwearFash4Men your height, waist circumference, inseam, name, & address. Please DM as soon as possible! 

Once again a big thank you for all of you that support us! And that's all I have for you today!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Special Focus: Silky Dance Shimmer Full Foot Tights

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Today we will be taking an in depth look of Silky Dance Shimmer Full Foot Tights!

These were one of the pairs of tights that were graciously sent to me by Legwear International. I gotta say that seeing these kinda fascinated me because I have never tried or ever thought I would get dance tights because personally I don't dance nor am I involve in dancing in any capacity. I was really thinking how these would feel on me.

First look

I really like the packaging for these tights,they were packed inside of a big cardboard slip with the clear plastic slip containing the hose.I was given a pair of Light Toasted coloured ones in L by Legwear International. As I took them out they felt pretty smooth and soft. These are 70 denier, had reinforced toe sand, tights were dyed to match gusset, sheer to waist(I doubt it would be nice to show your audiences your control top..)

Putting them on

It was pretty easy and smooth to put them on, although these were L, they could stretch pretty well and not beyond the point overstretching and these are indeed very durable feeling as these are made for dance.

Feel and look

These indeed felt very smooth and smooth to touch, they provide very good glide under bottoms as well. As you can see on the photo above, these are indeed shiny and it's shine is being enhanced with light reflected on them. 


Here is a look I have came out with the Silky Dance Shimmer Full Foot Tights:

Jacket: Thrift deal  Shirt:  Model's own Shorts: HUSH PUPPIES   Shemagh: Thrift deal   Shoes: ANDROID HOMME  Eyewear: H&M  Legwear: SILKY   Model & Photographer:  A. LUCIUS. KUNSTWERKE FABRIK

The following properties such as Comfort, Warmth, Elasticity, Compression, Durability, Opacity, Shine & Price will be rated by numbers. Eg.0 being the lowest of its property and 5 being its highest property.

Comfort: 4 out of 5 points

Compression: 0 out of 5 points

Warmth: 3 out 5 points

Elasticity: 4 out 5 points 

Durability: 4 out of 5 points

Opacity: 2.5 out of 5 points

Shine: 5 out of 5 points

Price: 5 out of 5 points

Price 4.99GBP

Material Content: 68% Nylon, 31% Elastane & 1% Cotton

Sizes: 

•          S = 150cm - 162cm / 4' 11' - 5' 4"(Height) 82cm - 92cm / 32"- 36"(Waist)
•          M = 152cm - 172cm / 5' - 5' 8 "(Height) 92cm - 107cm / 36"- 42"(Waist)
•           L = 162cm - 178cm / 5' 4"- t 10"(Height) 107cm - 122cm / 42" - 48"(Waist

Colours: Light Toast and Toast

Pros: Very elastic and very durable, clings to you like second skin, soft, comfortable, smooth, shiny(good for dancers who want it), very decently priced, although the sizes may seem kinda limited however because of the good elasticity, it isn't difficult to fit into them & very suitable for dancers or performers looking for decently priced and durable tights & keeps legs decently warm.

Cons: These shimmer style probably won't be very popular with men who wanna wear them out with shorts and it will cause even more eye drops to their legs.(However if women are looking for durable yet shimmery tights, these are for you!)

To buy them go here! 

Conclusion

These dance tights were indeed very interesting and it was a great experience trying something new like these and now at least I know what dancers and performers wear! Also if you are looking to try something new, I recommend these tights!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Special Focus: Future Ladder Resist Tights

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Today we will be looking in depth at Couture's Future Ladder Resist Tights.

These pair of hose were graciously sent by Legwear International and today's feature will be on Couture's Future Ladder Resist Tights. To start off, I have to say that I'm not a very big fan of sheer hosiery, I prefer seeing it on another person's legs as I kinda knew the super extra care I need to have while putting them on and taking them off and I know because of some I have ruined before!

First look

I really like the packaging for these tights,they were packed inside of a big cardboard slip with the clear plastic slip containing the hose.I was given a pair of near black ones by Legwear International. As I took them out, these felt pretty soft and nice to touch. These are 10 denier, had reinforced toes(but you don't see an extra layer of nylon over the toes) and a Panel Gusset for XL, feature a control top and were shape boarded. 

Putting them on

I was given an XL for these pair of pantyhose, these felt pretty short on the legs(probably because I got pretty toned up legs)when I put them on and pretty tight, I was quite afraid I would ruin them, it's durability is pretty good but I felt that I have kind of overstretched them. 

Closer look to the finish of the legs.

Feel and look

These felt really smooth and soft, these give you a feeling like a second skin and you will forget that you have them on after wearing them over a period of time. The tights don't give off any shine at all and they are really sheer, the most interesting and the most important feature of these tights are that they are ladder resistant tights made with a dynamic bonded yarn technology.

Here is a look I have come out with the Future Ladder Resist Tights.

Double breasted jacket: H&M  Shirt:  Model's own Shorts: THOMAS SMITH  Shoes: NORTH STAR  Eyewear: H&M  Legwear: COUTURE   Model & Photographer:  A. LUCIUS. KUNSTWERKE FABRIK

The following properties such as Comfort, Compression, Durability, Opacity, Shine & Price will be rated by numbers.

Comfort: 4 out of 5 points

Compression: 0 out of 5 points

Durability: 3 out of 5 points

Opacity: 0 out of 5 points

Shine: 0 out of 5 points

Price: 5 out of 5 points

Price 4.99GBP

Material Content: 68% Nylon, 31% Elastane & 1% Cotton

Sizes: 

•          S = 148-168cm, 81-92cm Hip
•          M = 152-172cm Height, 94-109cm Hip
•           L = 168-179cm Height, 109 -124cm Hip
•         XL = 168-179cm Height, 124 - 140cm Hip

Colours: Black, Near Black, Natural Tan & Nude

Pros: Ladder Resist technology, clings to you like second skin, soft, comfortable, nude colour should be a good "stealth" for men who wants to wear them with shorts, makes a good combination for women who wear hosiery to work as they would last for a good number of wears & easy on the wallet.

Cons: Sizing in terms of height isn't the best, these mostly wouldn't fit men of my stature as these are usually shaped accordingly to women's sizes, it mostly wouldn't fit men and women beyond 1.79cm or 5'10". & extra care has to be taken when putting them on(put on gloves or do some pedicure before putting them on)

To buy them go to this link! (As of now 29th of July 2013 they are currently out of stock)

Conclusion:

Unfortunately these tights didn't fit me too well, anyways I'm on my way getting to a better shape. I'm sure that if did fit me well these would have been really awesome tights to have. These are really suitable I believe for the working women who struggle with horrible quality sheer tights they get from drug stores and supermarkets and I really believe these are for you ladies!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Weekly Vibe #37

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Welcome to the 37th edition of Weekly Vibe! I hope you guys had a great week! Although I was down with a cold but it didn't prevent me from celebrating my good friend's wedding on Saturday! I was glad to be part of it and did something extra by helping him photograph some really special moments of that special day, here are some photos!

Earlier this week I watched Despicable Me 2!! It was adorably great! I really love Agnes as she is so adorable!!! Coolest part was that I watched it with a co-worker whom I'm starting to like a lot.. Hahaha!

Today I helped cover the co-worker whom I'm starting to like at work as she was down with fever after she had a fall.. poor girl. Worked about 3/4 of a workday, my boss was nice to give me time back for work today and I'm gonna be using that time for writing up hosiery reviews!!! I know right...

StockingsHQ is giving a 25% all Nylonica products this week so don't miss out!

UK Tights has got new patterns released from Pierre Mantoux Fashion and Le Bourget Fashion. I'm looking forward to review Pierre Mantoux's legwear the next time.. after clearing my backlog of reviews with Legwear International and PantyhoseHQ.

That's all for this week! 

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Special Focus: Silky Medium Support Tights

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Today we will be looking in depth at the Silky Medium Support Tights.

These pair of hose were graciously sent by Legwear International and today's feature will be on the Silky Medium Support Tights. To start off, I have to say that I'm not a very big fan of sheer hosiery, I prefer seeing it on another person's legs as I kinda knew the super extra care I need to have while putting them on and taking them off and I know because of some I have ruined before!

First look

They look pretty good actually, these were packed in a small cardboard printed box and nicely packed inside. I was given a pair of nude ones by Legwear International. As I took them out, these felt pretty soft and nice to touch. These had reinforced body and toes, and a gusset for better durability

Putting them on

I was given an L for these pair of pantyhose and usually I'm wearing XL ones, putting these on definitely gave me some butterflies in the stomach! However I realised that these have very very good stretch and they fitted pretty well!

Closer look to the finish of the legs

Feel and look

These felt really smooth and had a slight shine to the legs(even though it is mentioned to have a matte finish) which I believe will appeal many to women who want good shiny looking legs. These have medium support as well but they don't squeeze legs very badly either.These really benefited me as I was out the whole day taking photos and went home with my legs not feeling the aches at all! Amazing!! These sheer tights also feel very robust and will seem to last for many wears!

Here is a look I have put up featuring the Silky Medium Support Tights

Jacket: ReWorkz  Shirt:  UNIQLO Shorts: THOMAS SMITH  Shoes: NORTH STAR  Shades: H&M  Legwear: SILKY   Model & Photographer:  A. LUCIUS. KUNSTWERKE FABRIK

The following properties such as Comfort, Compression, Durability, Opacity, Shine & Price will be rated by numbers.

Comfort: 3.5 out of 5 points

Compression: 2.5 out of 5 points

Durability: 3 out of 5 points

Opacity: 0 out of 5 points

Shine: 4 out of 5 points

Price: 5 out of 5 points

Price 3.79GBP

Material Content: 80% Polyamide & 20% Spandex

Sizes: 

•          M = 152-172cm Height, 94-109cm Hip
•           L = 168-179cm Height, 109 -124cm Hip
•         XL = 168-179cm Height, 124 - 140cm Hip

Colours: Diamond, Nude & Sherry

Pros: Provides very good support, feels durable, provides for some "stealth" for men who intends to wear them with shorts & wallet friendly.

Cons: Sizes are quite limited, sizing doesn't seem to cater for both men and women who are on the taller side. extra care has to be taken when putting them on(put on gloves, do some pedicure before putting them on)


Conclusion:

These are indeed great value for money medium support sheer hosiery, I recommend for guys roughly my build to get XL, these make very good tights for wearing when you know you're gonna have a long day at work be it prolonged standing, walking or sitting. You might feel that your upper body maybe be tired but your legs still feeling energised!  If you're looking for decently priced sheer support tights, these are for you!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Weekly Vibe #30

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Welcome to the 30th edition of Weekly Vibe! My apologies that I couldn't post this up yesterday as I was working extra on a Sunday for a baby related exhibition throughout the weekends. I also took the opportunity to test out the legwear that I was sent by Legwear International.

UK tights are having a discount on their hold ups just use this passcode at checkout HOLDUPS10, you can check it their hold ups here 

So far I'm having an adventure wearing reviewing the hosiery products Legwear International sent me. I'm absolutely looking forward to my off day on Wednesday so I could do the photo shoot looks for the products PantyhoseHQ sent. 

That's all for today!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Weekly Vibe #29

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

It's Weekly Vibe again and it's the 29th installment!! This week was indeed pretty neat for me! I was really pleasantly surprised by Legwear International for the samples I have received on Wednesday! I'm still in the midst of planning how to match my clothes with the sheers and some of the sheer patterned tights they have sent me, indeed really challenging to me but I'm really excited!! 

Friday was a public holiday and I was invited for a World of Tanks party event at a friend's place with my fellow clan members, we had a lot of fun, booze, food and games!

I met up some friends again on Saturday for some games and met up my good friend Alvin and he suggested having a photo of me as we were both wearing black! And obviously I'm the guy with the legwear!

I also had a lot of pain and joy as I finally received my shipment of my Panzer uniform insignias and I had to hand stitch them... I broke 2 needles and got my finger tips sore along with a nip from the needle on finger too but it was really worth the pain because here is how I look!

I'm intending to do a cosplay for this uniform I got! 

Recently I came into contact with a form of art called Kigurumi, but specifically Anime Kigurumi or Animegao(doller) which is essentially dressing up as an anime character but not just dressing up as them but also having their faces, which is aided with a kigurumi mask. Anyways this is how it looks like.

I felt that it would be pretty interesting and exciting to be portraying as one of these, gives me an art trip, sort of like tickling a person's funny bone as tickling my artistic bone. Some see it as a fetish due to the zentai suit one has to wear, and its crossdressing elements. Well I take it as a challenge and something new, it's also challenge to me as I have to go through radical physical body changes.. like working out extra so I could look better and leaner. Kigurumi Cosplaying is something really unique and is a closely knitted and yet secretive community due to the fact that Kigurumi cosplayers would never unmask in the presence of the public and keep shrouded about their real identity. Well I'm pretty straight upfront of wanting to do this, I mean come on.. I'm wearing hosiery proud and free, my friends and family embrace my fashion choices. Instead of saying "Why", I'd say.. "Why not!?" and asking me "Why?" again will lead me to saying, "because I can! and I'm rising up to the occasion being myself!" Why try to be other people when you are unique? Take a deep thought about it..

That's all this week! Thanks for tuning in!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Special Arrival: Legwear International Samples

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

The sample hosiery products Legwear International kindly sent me have arrived.

They include:

Future Ladder Resist Tights

Signature Large Spot Tights by Silky

Medium Support Tights by Silky

Dance Shimmer Full Foot Tights

Shine Luxury Lace Top Hold Ups by Silky

I will be reviewing these products one by one as they are unique individual products. Thanks to Legwear International once again!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Weekly Vibe #28

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Welcome to the 28th edition of Weekly Vibe! It's been a great week for Legwear Fashion For Men! Ever since the inception of our Twitter account, many good contacts have been made, namely with StockingsHQ/PantyhoseHQ, LegwearInternational & NylonWarehouse and of which PantyhoseHQ and LegwearInternational will be sending us hosiery samples for Legwear Fashion For Men to do reviews on! Wow! And also we will be doing an interview with NylonWarehouse! It is great that both fashion bloggers and retailers can collaborate and in turn help us fashion bloggers generate more traffic and for retailers to generate more business! 

Personally if it wasn't for creating @LegwearFash4Men twitter account, I probably wouldn't have had known so many other hosiery retailers, sites, other fashion bloggers and individuals who are into legwear.

One thing that was really good about Twitter for me was that I could post things that I would probably not post up in the blog as those posts would just be just too short to be posted up as a blog post. So if you haven't followed Legwear Fashion For Men's Twitter, please do follow @LegwearFash4Men for the latest updates on hosiery tips and hot sales!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Legwear International Sale

Hi Creative and fashionable people!

Legwear International is having a 25% discount in their products for today! Follow this link for more info! 

http://legwearinternational.co.uk/email/may2013-eshot.html

Start saving today! :)

Thanks for reading!

Andreas Lucius Loh