Weekly Vibe #179

Hi Creative and Fashionable!

Welcome to Weekly Vibe #179! I hope you enjoyed the interview done with Tightso! I have also enjoyed getting to know another awesome hosiery store owner!

Recently one of our friends Activskin have released 2 new legwear products!

Firstly the A829 Thermofabric Opaque Full Support Tights

Oh my favourite.. Black Opaque Tights! These tights offer graduated compression and feature a gusset which is different from the A866 which features a fly, personally for myself I'd go for a gusset any day. They go at USD$11.99 a pair in black only and run in sizes M, L, XL and XXL.

Secondly the A539 Microfabric Light Support Sheer to Waist Pantyhose

Well if you don't really understand what "Sheer-to-Waist" means, it's basically a pair of pantyhose that has no reinforced panty or toes which is great for really short shorts kind of outfit where you don't want anyone to see you that you're wearing any form of hosiery or just looks quite unsightly(or too teasing!) anyways! The A539 features Run-guard fabric, sheer to waist from waistband, gusset(woohoo!) and sheer toes. They go at USD$9.99 a pair with 3 colours, Beige, Black and Tan, they run in for 3 sizes, M, L, XL and XXL.

Looking to restock or wanting to trying out Aristoc Ultra Bare tights/hold ups? Check out UK Tights' Special Buy One Get One 1/2 Price

There are 3 variations you can choose from, Shaper, Hold Ups and the conventional tights. Do note that they end on Saturday 11th of June!

Well that's all I have you this week! Now I gotta go prepare for my cousin's wedding tomorrow!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas

Special Spotlight : Interview with Tightso

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

We got a Special Spotlight today with Tightso!


Thank you so much for responding to us at Legwear Fashion For Men via Instagram! I just checked out your website at www.tightso.com 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 tightso (You can introduce who you are as well)
   
I'd like to thank you for the interview on behalf of all Tightso staff :) My name is Eileen, I'm the founder of Tightso. We started originally as SecondSkin-Shop in 2008 and then shorten our name to Tightso in 2010 which simply means Tights Online. Our physical stores are located in both Ottawa/Canada and Ankara/Turkey. Following 2010 we started our online hosiery department and shipping fine and rare hosiery worldwide ever since. Our journey began as really small with just two women and progressed to what it is today 10 passionate women still enjoying and learning the world of hosiery.

2) What was the inspiration to start Tightso?

After graduating at a college in Montreal I've decided that I'm not up to an 8 to 4 job. First I 
have to try to run my own business which I've said to myself and I'm glad I did. I have worked in many malls and shopping centers I don't know why but preferably in hosiery departments. Maybe because my first Summer job in high school was a counter assistant in a local cosmetics and hosiery shop :) So I've learned quite a few things about hosiery and probably decided to put it in use :) 

3) Oh wow! You got businesses in 2 countries! We noticed that you have interesting ideas like giving away free tights and we know it's something quite out of the box! We are curious, what makes Tightso unique from other online hosiery retailers?

Out of many I think, we try to maintain good relations with our customers. We always keep in touch. We have customers that we ship tights even before they place an order.We just think they might like them and if they do they will make the payment.We are a bizarre online business :)

Penti 40 Denier Tights

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

With all the crazy and fun designs I'd say young women and men. Adult women (50+) unfortunately more comfortable shopping locally. We have quite a large number of men customer as well. They mostly go for our classic tights and we try to help them as much as we can regarding sizing and colour.

5) What brands do Tightso currently carry? Are there any favourites for you personally too?

We have two lines of products. The ones we sell online and the ones in our stores.We sell the rare and hard to find ones online.  We carry Gatta, Day Mod, Penti, Oroblu, Fiore, Golden Lady, Italiana, Pierre Cardin, Mujde and etc.

We have also been working on our own brand called Nelson.We have only one product for now; 40 Den opaques and they are part of our "Back to school" promotion that we run every Fall. As for favorites, I love all. Each brand we carry have a unique wow factor of their own. But if I had to choose one I'd say Penti because they have variety .Every year we get a few new designs from hosiery companies via our suppliers but Penti send us a whole new product line with tons of new designs and colors directly nonstop. They're a real dynamo!

Day Mod 200 Den Wetlook Tights

6)Wow! It's nice to know they are many kinds of customers you have! We will also surely look out for your own brand Nelson! Any idea when will you be releasing them?

Nelson brand is available since last year. For now only in black color and three sizes but will be expanded up to XXL and more color options in near future.We have also been working on a sheer model which will come in a number of colors and sizes to choose from.

Nelson 40 Denier Tights

7)For years there has been a recent hype on men's hosiery or "Mantyhose" top hosiery fashion designer like 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? 

I think it's great to see men realising that tights are not just for women and can be for men also. I'm quite familiar to the trend. Even when I worked as a counter assistant in the 80s we had many male customers even though we carried only for women items.

I was always impressed by how knowledgeable they were when it comes to hosiery even more than us women. Today about 50% of our business is with men and it's a great number and says a lot. Not surprisingly we interact more with men everyday through emails and social media and it says a lot.

 Penti 80 Denier Tights

8)What are your plans for your foreseeable future?

Keep doing what we're doing. Everyone has a goal to reach in his/her life. I love my job and I intend to do it for a long time.

Awesome! Thank you so much! We want to wish you all the best in your business and your endeavours! Looking forward cooperate more in the future!

I hope you all enjoyed this interview, Tightso has some really unique nice patterns of tights! Do check them out!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas

Weekly Vibe #178

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Welcome to Weekly Vibe #178! We have just concluded our interview with Tightso and now doing some aesthetic improvements to it! I wore out one of the tights which they gave me, Day Mod Wet Look 200 denier in Beige!

At first look from the package they look gold in colour! At first I was quite hesitant and it was the first time I wore something like this at first one of the Singaporean blogger's Leo suggested I could layer over a pair of black sheers which I kinda did try it on but since both were quite shiny when layers and gave an odd patterned shine which I felt would give too much to my legs, I just went with these with tights I think it looked pretty cool! Here is a leg shot!

I think they looked pretty cool! If you are interested they are actually on 20% off!


If you are looking to getting some shiny Levante sheer tights, UK Tights is have a special Buy One Get One, 1/2 price deal. Most reviews rate this tights 4 out of 5 but recommend getting them at probably one size bigger to avoid getting them overly snug.

Looking for something a little sexy for yourself ladies? Or men for your special ones? Check out the Oroblu Riga promo!

Cette, one of my favourite brands and very men's hosiery size friendly released some new plus size products!

Cette Seattle Semi-Opaque 30 denier Tights

Cette Boston Semi-Opaque 30 denier Knee-Highs

Glamory hosiery products are on 10% off too! Offer ends on the 5th of June!

Glamory is one of the leaders when it comes to plus size fashion hosiery and they also have a collection of tights for the men too! Definitely worth looking at!

Well that's all I have for you this week!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas

Weekly Vibe #176

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Welcome to Weekly Vibe #176! We are currently at the last phase of interview with tightso and just 3 days ago a package from tightso arrived!

I paid for one and the other 4 were gifts from tightso! Thank you so much Eileen!

Checking out news from UK Tights really excited when they started selling this new brand of tights!

Stop Stare is what it's called, yes I literally stopped and stared but one thing that made me really stare and really want was this!

The Fish and Flower pattern really caught my attention, perhaps it's a very Chinese thing, it's what you see on some Chinese men in the past who associate themselves with the triad but now it's more of body art than any affiliation to any gang. Another pattern that caught my attention is the Black Dragon patterned tights and that is just purely because my Chinese zodiac sign is the Dragon!

UK Tights are also having a promotion for Wolford Sheer 15 Tights & Knee Highs at 3 Pairs for the Price of 2 !

Tiffany Quinn 80 Denier Tights & Hold Up are also at Buy One and 1/2 Price too!

Now I'm just really looking forward to publishing interview with tightso! Do stay tuned!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas

Weekly Vibe #175

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Welcome to Weekly Vibe #175! We want to wish every Mothers Happy Mother's Day and Happy Victory Day! We thank the soldiers of the Red Army and the Western Allies that liberated us from Fascism! My salutations to all who have fought against the brown plague!

Last week I made order of tights from tightso which included 2 pairs of 80 denier black tights, and out of curiosity I decided to write an email to them and wow! We got ourselves an interview and it's currently ongoing! Wow! 

Meanwhile if you are interested in some deals from tightso, check out on their deals with patterned and classic tights. Up to 65% Off for patterned tights and 20%-45% off for classic tights!

Our friends of UK Tights have Le Bouget Touche de Brilliance tights on a special buy one get the next pair at half price deal!

Also from UK Tights Oroblu Geo Up Tights & Hold Ups are having a 20% off! They have Semi Opaque hold ups and sheer tights+hold ups at 20% off!

Well that's all I have for you this week! I'm looking forward to presenting the interview with tightso soon!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas

Weekly Vibe #174

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Welcome to Weekly Vibe #174! Happy May Day and Happy Easter to my Eastern Orthodox Christian Friends! For most Singaporeans it is a longer weekend but for me I had to work on even a Sunday too.. but hey I still got Monday off to do this! This week I just purchased Tomy Clancy's The Division online 3rd person shooting game!

Well I do really have to say it's fun! Most of my friends have been bugging to play for ages and now I know at least I won't be playing it alone but with a lot of my friends!




I realised that after getting Legwear Fashion For Men an Instagram for some time I think one of the most awesome thing is we are able to not just advocate easier albeit not needing a person to read the entire blog to understand what we do but with pictures one can find in a smaller bite size details, not just that I found out that through the system of hashtags I actually found more hosiery vendors and potentially being able to cooperate too! Instagram is also a great platform for one to find out on hosiery deals! Take for an example the vendor Tightso that has been around since 2008, I probably wouldn't have found out about them if not for Twitter or Instagram and I wouldn't have out found out that they had this Buy and Get One Free deal!

Not just that they are providing you a Free Tights! And you have to do is pay shipping, the approach was very interesting in that page they wrote:

"At tightso we know how difficult it is to shop for pantyhose online especially when it comes to sizes and colors, We'd like to offer you free tights carefully selected by us from our inventory. All you need to do is for $6.95 shipping fee."

You would be able to select from Penti 5 Denier and Daymod 8 Denier(the latter currently out of stock) sheer pantyhose with 5 colours and sizes from Small up to X Large.

I really like their Patterned tights collection, I had my eyes fixed on these 3 products:

Cage Pattern Tights

Paola Fashion Tights

Letter Tights

I'm glad I stay connected with Tightso!

The weather is still feeling kinda cold? Get some Trasparenze Gennifer Merino Wool Tights from UK Tights at a buy one and get the next pair at half price deal! These have sizes up to XXL but if you are looking for darker tones like Black, you might have to wait a little longer!

Your wife expecting a baby and it's cold out there? Don't get her normal tights but get her some nice maternity tights! UK Tights has some stocked up some new ones from Giulia and Spanx to their collection!

Well that's all I have for you! Have a great week ahead and stay safe!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas