In Focus: Sarah Borghi Line 50 den Tights

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Here is the highly anticipated Sarah Borghi's Line 50 Den tights review!

I ordered this pair of tights from Newlook awhile ago in mid January and they arrive promptly due to the fact that the vendor is also located in Singapore. These were packed in a traditional hard paper envelope and had a little of a nice scent to it as well. When I let loose the legs of the hose, I realised that these seem pretty short. Compared to the sizing of this Sarah Borghi tights and the Charnos tights, it should technically fit a person 1.85m or 6"0 which I am actually 1.75m I didn't consider much of the weight category in the size chart due to the fact that I don't really have very big broad legs. 

When I hung them up for drying after washing, my mum actually commented to me saying that these tights seem pretty sheer which I didn't thought they were until I actually put them on and boy did I realise these were actually semi-sheer! Putting them on wasn't really that difficult but compared to wearing the Charnos 80 denier, it was pretty much a world apart in comfort. The Line 50 den tights actually felt a wee bit rough against my legs. The material coverage was pretty even. but these were just too sheer for me which I believe the reason being that these were kinda short. When I wore it out I actually wore one of my Activskin opaque black ribbed tights under and wore the Line 50 den tights layered on the top and boy did I feel the warmth! A little too uncomfortable for me actually. I will probably get a similar denier pair of tights just for wearing with these Line 50 den tights. You could see semi-sheer-ness of the tights in these photos:

Close up of the top area reaching to the waist band 

As some women know that it isn't easy the easiest thing to keep the backseam straight, it is the same with wearing the Line 50 den tights, in fact when I tried layering these tights, the lines looked pretty crooked and didn't look the best due to the fact that there wasn't much of a glide in these.

Line 50 den tights layered

I matched these pair of tights with a line patterned shirt:

Shirt : SLENO GOLD Cargo Shorts: UNIQLO  High-cut Shoes: ANDROID HOMME  Glasses: H&M  Legwear: Sarah Borghi Model & Photographer:  A. LUCIUS. KUNSTWERKE FABRIK

Here are more close up photos:

Price: GBP 7.11  or USD$11.22

Material content: 90% Nylon 10% Elastane

Sizes offered: L to XL (These are the sizes available in Newlook) 

Colours: Line (Light grey with white line pattern)

Pros: Keeps legs warm, Cotton gusset, waistband doesn't roll, Flat seamed & decent pricing.

Cons: It isn't as opaque as how it looks on the product packaging, keeping the line patterns straight isn't the easiest thing, feels a wee bit rough, not the most comfortable pair. 

Overall I felt the Line 50 den tights were okay but I would most likely not be wearing them too often, due to the fact that I would most likely have to wear another pair under these and also having to keep the lines straight. I would rate these pair 2.5 out of 5 stars. 

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Weekly Vibe #14

Hi Creative and Fashionable individuals!

Welcome once again to the 14th edition of LFFM's Weekly Vibe, it is the Lunar New Year season hence I was pretty occupied over the weekend, had a great time with family and relatives! Here are some photos:

I will be writing on a review on the Sarah Borghi  50 den Line tights and will be posting it up later today!

Wishing you all a Prosperous Lunar New Year!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Weekly Vibe #12

Hi Creative and Fashionable individuals!

Welcome to the 12th LFFM Weekly Vibe! This week was pretty awesome actually, I carried on with Hosiery Advocate +Eugene Wong's interview with me on the subject of men and hosiery. Do keep a look out for his blog hosieryadvocate.blogspot.com he is one of the pioneers in advocating men to wear hose openly and has boldly wore them openly and publicly in shorts and has gained recognition over the internet on the subject of pantyhose for men.

Personally I have been actively looking out for a new Canon DSLR to buy as I'm finding my Canon 500D insufficient to my professional engagements outside of working in the baby photography studio. I made a trip to Vivo City Singapore's Canon showroom and handled one of it's new mid-range Full-Frame sensor camera, the Canon EOS 6D and boy was I unimpressed.. well due to the fact that I use a Canon EOS 5D MK III in my studio which obviously surpasses the 6D in terms camera performance. It was smaller and gave me the toyish plastic feel.

So needless to say I'm going to buy the 5D MK III, and for those Nikon users out there.. no I won't buy Nikon, I won't even consider it at all... It's a photographer thing. I'm sure all the photographers get what I mean.. Anyways of course I wore tights out! And needless to say.. no one really cared or stared at me like I was some freak or anything.

I was thinking how I could match my Charnos 80D Navy Opaques with my clothes, I went with a black long sleeved shirt which I rolled the sleeves up, along with the army green cargo shorts, checkered flat hat and topped it off with a lenseless plastic black glasses and accessorised with a black tote bag. I kinda liked the look, but unfortunately no photos of the outfit because I do not have a front facing camera on my phone so I could only take photos of my legs.. :(

Meanwhile I'm still working on getting some time to do a review on the Sarah Borghi's 50den Line tights, I might probably be able to work it out during the Lunar New Year Season. That's all for this week!

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