Outfit of the Week #93

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Welcome to Outfit of the Week #93! This week we will be looking at this outfit! 

This image was featured on Caroline's Mode.

Nice patterned tights he has on in this photo! They look tie-dyed to me here.. what do you think? I personally haven't really gone overly colourful the most colourful I had were argyle patterned tights but the tights he is seen worn here isn't overly fancy either, dark coloured and with some seemingly grey patterns on them. I like the fact that his grey pullover matched the grey patterns on his tights, his scarf is really unique! They look huge and nice way of tying them to his neck! I'm not a fan of beanies but I think they look good on him(I personally don't think beanies look good on me anyways) colour combination here is monotone and I think it suits well for men who don't want to look too colourful in their outfits. What do you think? I like this outfit!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Outfit of the Week #64

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Welcome to Outfit of the Week #64 and this week we got a pretty rad outfit!

Photo from ILOVELEGWEAR Flickr page

At first having a first glance with this Agnes B Autumn/Winter collection, I felt it looked pretty common, nice patterned tights and interesting socks, cool jacket and scarf and then.. Oh!!! He is wearing a skirt! (or a kilt if you like) and I really didn't really realise it. Well not that I'm against men wearing skirts or kilts, as it is tradition for certain cultures. Well I personally don't think I'm rather to wear that... partly because I think I will look weird but.. am I ready? Girls as they are young know they should sit down with their legs closed when wearing skirts and I fully understand this as I'm a photographer for babies and children, and trust me, I have to keep telling little girls to close their legs or cross their legs so I don't get photos of their undies. And personally for me, I don't like sitting with my legs closed.. I mean seriously guys would know how uncomfortable it would be..

Anyways.. back to the look, I really this look, though I would wear shorts instead of a skirt or a kilt.. I probably should get one of those tights that he has, I'd probably chuck away those socks though... What do you think?

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Outfit of the Week #63

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Welcome to Outfit of the Week #63! This week are featuring this outfit!

This week the model is me! Hahaha! As you can see I'm wearing very ordinary clothes with extraordinary accessories eg. Tiger head bag, lenseless frames, patterned tights and high cut sneakers. These are Miss Oroblu Omnia tights, you can read a review I did on them, I posted on twitter that I bought them from UK Tights but it was inaccurate, I actually got them from Tightsplease, sorry for the inaccuracy! Well for now they seem to be out of stock everywhere! But anyways patterned tights can go well too! You should try it too!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

P.S Thanks to my girlfriend for taking this photo!

Outfit of the Week #13

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

This week's 13th OOTW is unique as it features a friend Otto from UFASH

I have been admiring this outfit for quite awhile and I believe it deserves to be featured here! If you're a consumer of ADRIAN hosiery products, you would instantly recognise the ADRIAN Grating tights Otto has on, I really like the black sweater he has on and along with his black hat, the shorts give a rugged look with the boots complimenting with the rugged look. Overall the outfit gives a feeling of going out on a golf tour but not on any golf tour but the sort with the great outdoors. Really nice outfit altogether! My compliments to Otto!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Just Arrived: Sarah Borghi Line 50 Den

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

I ordered a pair of Sarah Borghi's Line 50 denier patterned tights from Newlook on Monday night and they just arrived today!

I will be doing a review on them soon! Keep a lookout for it!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

New Tights Order: January 2013

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

I recently ordered a pair of tights from Newlook Marketing a Singaporean online hosiery store, this time I only ordered one and it's a Sarah Borghi 50 denier patterned tights called "Line". 

I have ordered from Newlook Marketing before, and the time it takes to deliver is pretty fast, it takes about 2 to 3 days for them to arrive. They costed me SGD$13.90 or US$11.33 or GBP7.05. I ordered a Size 4 which is an XL for these. 

Close up of material.

http://www.newlook.com.sg/sarahborghi.asp?style=SB10915

If you don't know, Sarah Borghi is an Italian brand is widely known to produce good quality hosiery.
Also Newlook Marketing has a wide range of legwear, socks, lingerie, undergarments for both male and female on sale, they ship internationally and are sold at good prices. Have a look!

I will post up a review soon on the Sarah Borghi's Line tights when I get my hands on them and put them on myself!

Thank you for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Weekly Vibe #10

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Welcome once again to Legwear Fashion For Men's Weekly Vibe! This week felt pretty slow for me, especially for the work week, but thank God somehow I managed to "pull through" the week, I'm always looking forward to the weekends like any other working adults. After taking up the leadership role of Commander in my World Of Tanks clan, I found myself having more commitments and responsibilities to my clan tank commanders to lead them to excellence and empowerment. Well with this aside, my passion for Legwear still keeps the same! My budget has been pretty tight lately and I haven't bought any hose for the month of January, in fact being a fan of FPSRussia on Youtube, I actually bought myself one of his shirts with the slogan "PROFESSIONAL RUSSIAN" and also being a huge fan of Epic Meal Time, I'm actually gonna buy myself some of their T-shirts and maybe a sweater!

Today I wore my Bottlegreen Charnos 80 den opaques to service, I actually really liked the look, I matched them with a blue green checkered flannel shirt, Cargo foldable pants, hi cut shoes and a checkered flat hat!

Actually I feel that having legwear as part of my accessory is gradually becoming a very non-event thing(which is good) and no one in my cellgroup even talks about what I wore anymore, compared to when I started having legwear for the first few weeks. And the response I was getting from strangers is almost non-evident, and it is usually responses in our own heads. For example, I got myself a new pair of jeans and it's a pair that I really like and I subconsciously expect passer-by's to take notice my jeans because of my knowledge of it being new and nice! Now, obviously to the average passer-by.. they wouldn't know that those jeans are new and neither would they know the jeans were my favourite. We just think too much about ourselves, especially for the men who are trying out legwear with shorter pants. The fact is society is becoming self-absorbed, I mean isn't it true? We are also self-absorbed to also think that people are noticing us.. which is usually not the case.. I mean unless we go around wearing a mascot costume, I'm sure everyone would be noticing.. for a short while that is.

As for future hosiery orders for January I'm actually looking at probably ordering one of Sarah Borghi's Patterned Tights "Line" 

The line pattern looks pretty neat I must say! Once again I'm very thankful for the support you readers give this blog! In fact I have an appeal.. especially for the Singapore readers.. as I have noticed a big number of Singapore users reading this blog. I hope to actually hear from you through this blog or add me up on Google+ via this blog and also on Facebook.

Thank you for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

In Focus: Miss OroBLU Omnia Tights

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Here is the much awaited review of the Miss OroBLU Omnia Tights!

These actually came to me on the 21st of December in 2012, but it took me really some time to think of what wear these with the clothes I have in my wardrobe, firstly because it's actually tights made for women, it was really a HUGE step of faith for me to buy these(I usually consider a long time before buying them) I wore them twice actually, first time was to take "model" shots and the 2nd time was wearing them to Church on Sunday service last week. It was actually pretty uneventful except for some things that happened to these tights! Which I will explain later... Hahaha!

I paid these for 9.09GBP at a flash sale off Tightsplease, and to be honest when I took them off the paper board package, they smelled really good and were very long when it dropped down to it's full length. One thing I noticed that the patterns were stitched on and to be truthful didn't have good experiences with stitched on patterns before.. like the ADRIAN Grating tights with its stitched on argyle patterns because of frays and loose threads hanging out. 

Inside out view of the stitched on patterns.

Putting these on was pretty easy actually, I kinda thought they felt kinda short but with a little adjustment, it was pretty fine, the patterns started going a little expanded at the kneecap and lower kneecap area when I was seated down, which is pretty expected. the opacity coverage was somewhat good except while seated. The patterns went up all the way to the thighs only, with a plain white "control top" which made me feel like a ballerina... Hahaha! 

The accident that happened to me while wearing them was while going to the Gents, after getting done with what I was supposed to do, I unknowingly zipped up and actually part of the tights go caught in the zip and I noticed it when I went to the Gents the second time! Oh my goodness! What a disaster! The damage was too bad, good thing that it didn't leather but there was a small hole caused not by a torn but an overstretch, from zipping up. 

Damage can seen at the middle seam on the centre of the photo

These tights really kept me quite comfy in the cold air-conditioning in the Church expo hall but after service was over and was I was out in the hot sun.. I was truly feeling the heat in my legs! Also.. I realised that I could see threads hanging out.. which was the result of prolong wearing and abrasions while walking and also being pattern stitched tights. 

Stray threads sticking out from the patterns

The most appealing factor to me was actually the pattern, it's truly pretty cool and really does give a slight hypnotic impression. 

T-Shirt : PUMA  Jacket: Unknown  Shorts: THOMAS SMITH  Shoes: NORTH STAR  Shades: H&M  Legwear: MISS OROBLU Model & Photographer:  A. LUCIUS. KUNSTWERKE FABRIK

Top down view with effects done with Pixlr o-matic mobile app

Price: GBP 9.09  (Usually GBP12.99 because of a Ultimate Christmas sale at Tightsplease. However there is discount now you can get them at GBP10.39)

Material content: 96% Nylon 4% Elastane

Sizes offered: S to XL

Colours: Omnia (Black and white patterned)

Pros: Keeps legs warm, Creative and fashionable pattern, waistband doesn't roll & Flat seamed

Cons: Not the cheapest, stitched on pattern means short loose threads from the pattern would appear after long time of wearing them, fabric can easily get caught if you have slight rough surfaces on your hands, always wear gloves to put them on & very challenging to match clothes with, I recommend going for white shirts and black shorts or vice versa colour combination.

http://www.tightsplease.co.uk/brands/oroblu/omnia-tights/

Overall I'm giving these a 2.5 out of 5 stars, it won't be likely that I will be getting them again. The only retaining factor are the awesome patterns it has.

Thanks for Reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

New patterned ADRIAN Legwear for men

Hi Creative and Fashionable!

This going to be my last post for the year!! I hope you guys had a great 2012 and 2013 is going to be even better! Anyways I found out from Hosiery For Men that ADRIAN has released new patterns of tights and leggings for men, you can read more about it here!

They include these: Squares, Sport, Strips, Pixel, & Moro

Personally I would really like to get the Squares and Strips! I wished Pixels were footed tights.. Anyways have a great final day of 2012! Enjoy!

Thanks for Reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Just Arrived: OroBLU Omnia and Charnos 60 Den Opaques

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

I ordered 2 pairs of tights; OroBLU Omnia and Charnos 60 Denier Opaque tights (Bottle green colour) from Tightsplease and they have arrived! This time the shipping time was a lot faster, it came after about 2 weeks.

When I opened OroBLU Omnia tights, they looked really long! And that is indeed a good start! To be honest I am really still thinking of how would I wear my clothes with these tights... but I'm sure there would be a tasteful way to wear them! I will figure them out eventually! I will still do my reviews on the Charnos 60 den tights first before going on to the OroBLU ones. Last night I actually helped mum to order 2 more pairs of Activskin's A839, she is actually requested me to get more of them because there weren't enough for her to wear them! Wow!

Thanks For Reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh