In Focus: Gatta 100 Rosalia Opaque Tights

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Today we will be taking a deeper look into the Gatta Rosalia 100den Opaque tights!

A little background information about Gatta, it is owned by Polish based company and was established in 1993. They are also currently one of the biggest and most modern factories in Europe. They produce a range of products such as fashion, medical, wedding, classic, children, shape wear tights and stockings, swimwear and undergarments for both genders.

The Gatta Rosalia 100 represents as one of their classic style line of tights, they are packaged with a cardboard slip with a cellophane pack which I usually wouldn't dispose of as I would reuse them for storing the tights that came with them. I ordered 3 pairs, one in XL and L in black and L in dark grey.

First feel of these tights are that they feel soft and silky for both L & XL ones, XL on the legs are really long, very generous on sizing, with a rear comfort panel, the L sized one fits just right as they actually stretched pretty well, the seams are conventional but not flat. 

However for the L ones while I had them on for awhile, walking and running for a bit, waistband started dropping and I could feel them riding down my thighs and uncomfortably feeling my inner thighs making contact which was pretty unpleasant.. I had to pull them from time to time in the Gents, and trust me that they are up above my navel, a few explanations of why they probably went down was maybe perhaps I were wearing spandex material undershorts which probably caused the tights to slip down. However I had no problems with the XL sized pair. I have to say that I really enjoyed having them on.

Opacity overage on these are 90% all around but with the bent legs at the kneecap, fabric stretches about 65% opacity. There are also a slight shine on the legs, more matte than gloss. 

Gatta Rosalia 100 den in Nero

Gatta Rosalia 100 den in Nero

Gatta Rosalia 100 den in Grafit

There is one slight inaccuracy to the product description, as it says that it is sheer to waist, unfortunately it isn't entirely true, as you can see in the picture below that you can actually see a very subtle line that marks a reinforced brief, well I got no complains with that honestly.

Subtle reinforced brief line can be seen in this picture

I decided for the future reviews, I will be rating the products in stars with features of Comfort, Compression, Durability, Opacity, Shine, Price

Comfort: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Compression: 0 out of 5 stars (these aren't support tights)

Durability: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Opacity: 4 out of 5 stars

Shine: 3 out of 5 stars

Price: 5 out of 5 stars

Here are some styles I have come out with for the tights.

Nero (Black):

Sweater: NEWLOOK  Shorts: THOMAS SMITH  Shoes: ANDROID & HOMME  Shades: H&M  Legwear: GATTA   Model & Photographer:  A. LUCIUS. KUNSTWERKE FABRIK

Grafit (Dark Grey):

Top: H&M Shorts: THOMAS SMITH  Shoes: NORTH STAR   Eyewear: H&M  Legwear: GATTA   Model & Photographer:  A. LUCIUS. KUNSTWERKE FABRIK

Price: 5.00GBP (Wardrobe Direct)

Material Content: Polyamide 95% Lycra 5%

Sizes: 2, 3 ,4 ,5 or (S, M, L & XL)

Colours: Grafit , Nero & Purple 

Pros: Very economical (itsocks pricing was 4.99 GBP and wardrobe direct at 5.00 GBP) durable, Very suitable fit for men of a taller height & warm & stretchy.

Cons: Not many online hosiery stores carry Gatta, limited availbilty & limited colours.

In conclusion, I really like the Gatta Rosalia 100 tights, If you're looking for a pair of economical tights to start with or even just something new to try, these are absolutely the ones to get!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

P.S In memory of Itsocks

Just Arrived: Gatta Rosalia & Florence Opaque tights

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

I have ordered 3 pairs of tights from Itsocks last week and they just arrived yesterday. 

I sadly found out that Itsocks site has already been deactivated and these tights will serve to me as a rememberance to Itsocks for being a great hosiery retailer for men and women. I'm sure for the customers that has purchased from them will also feel the loss. I'm glad at least I helped out to clear whatever stocks Anna has got left. I believe that Anna will be doing well in whatever she will start to do in the future! :)

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Weekly Vibe #21

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

Firstly I would like to apologise for not updating the weekly vibe on Sunday as I had a evening birthday party to attend, so I thought I would push it to be posted up today.

This week pretty a good one as I only had to work till Thursday as Good Friday was a national holiday. Good Friday up to Easter Sunday is a very special time period for me as a born-again Christian because of what God did by sending His only begotten Son Jesus Christ to die for the sins of every single humankind, whether it's the big sins, small sins and even the secret sins. I do identify myself as a sinner but I'm cleansed and made righteous by Faith in Jesus Christ, no one is perfect and neither are Christians, in fact that is why we need God and we need to attend Church right? If you do really want to ask me things regarding Jesus and Christianity, please do contact me via the Legwear Fashion For Men FB page here in a private message.

A photo I shot of the Easter Drama production put up by my Church over the weekends

I hope you guys are stocking up on the tights sold on ITSocks as they are going to end the business soon, if you really like Gatta hosiery products, do get them as ITsocks seems to be one of the few businesses that stock them. 

Sunday evening was pretty fun but tiring as I was invited to a friend's 21st birthday celebration! I felt pretty happy being invited even though I weren't really close with the birthday girl, nah I didn't wore tights these time because I knew I was gonna be in a very hot environment with barbecue and warm open door environment, I took some photos with my iPad mini, I really like the effects the Snapseed app did with the photos!

That's all for today!

When the remaining of my Gatta tights arrive, I will be doing a review altogether with the two pairs of 100 den Gatta Rosalia tights in black and dark grey. 

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

50% at Itsocks and Adieu!

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

I have both good and sad news to share, I shall start with the bad one first.. UK Hosiery retailer itsocks is bidding farewell to everyone, the business owner Anne wrote to me an email explaining to me that the recession has made the business totally unprofitable. But on the other hand the good news is, for the next few days up till the 31st of March, there will be a 50% off all Itsocks products. Just enter in the code "socks50" at checkout.

I personally will be stocking up some of the Gatta tights that itsocks still have!

I have ordered 3 pairs, 1 black and 1 dark grey sized L Gatta 100 den Rosalia and a pair of  Gatta 100 den Black Sheer Opaque Florence Tights. 

Quickly grab them as it will be the last chance to buy them at such a good price! At the same time we are also helping Anna to clear whatever stocks she has and lessen her business loss. Legwear Fashion For Men salutes and bids farewell to itsocks that has been serving us for the good many years! We wish and give our prayers to Anna and to her future endeavours!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Just Arrived: Gatta Rosalia 100 den Opaque Tights

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

I ordered the Gatta 100 den Rosalia on a previous Saturday and they just arrived. I purchased them from ITSOCKS

Do keep a lookout for a review that I will be doing for these tights!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh

Weekly Vibe #16

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

This week has got to be the best week yet!!! I really had a great time this week, firstly my colleagues at work gave me a surprise birthday cake!! Wow!! (Anyways my birthday is on the 27th of February) I also had a birthday dinner at a Japanese Ramen restaurant and later a Gelato dessert treat on Saturday. My mum gave me a hundred dollars as a present! And my cellgroup also celebrated my birthday on Sunday and also today was the day the Vertical Challenge was gonna be held and I took about 10 mins to scale up a 40 storey high housing estate! No easy feat I must say!!! But the biggest highlight has got to be me winning the 1st prize in the Lucky Draw and what I got was a brand new iPad mini!!!! Thank You Jesus!!! :) What an awesome birthday present from God!! :) 

Birthday Surprise at work!

Dinner with Mum!

I'm the happy guy! Birthday Celebration with my cellgroup!

Birthday Celebration with my cellgroup.

Birthday Celebration with my cellgroup.

Interestingly as I was climbing the 40 storey building, I was proudly wearing my Activskin A866 full support tights!! Oh and did I say was presented the iPad Mini by the Singapore Defence Minister? Cool stuff they do for lucky draws! And so yeah my legs were in full view of everyone including a Minister!! How cool is that!? As for hosiery news, I recently placed an order on a pair of tights from ITSOCKS by Gatta. I can see myself ordering from ITSOCKS pretty often, I would like to try one of the hosiery products +Eugene Wong  has up for sale in his hosiery boutique.

That's all for this week!

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh 

New Tights Order: February 2013

Hi Creative and Fashionable people!

I have recently ordered a pair of Gatta Rosalia 100 den tights from ITSOCKS.

It is my first time ordering from ITSOCKS and boy these pair of tights were priced at just 3.99GBP! I was looking out for a normal but good pair opaque black tights to match with my own clothes, as you know I have many different coloured pairs but not many plain black ones except for the A866 but that pair has full support and I would  just want to let my legs not feel too compressed all the time. These tights have very good reviews from other hosiery related blogs and I would love to review these myself when they arrive!

Alternate package photo

http://www.itsocks.co.uk/opaque-tights-rosalia-100den-black-grey-p-274.html?cPath=195

Gatta is a brand name of Polish tights manufacturer Ferax and they have been in business since 1993 and they are the leaders of the hosiery market in Central and Eastern Europe. They offer fashionable and high quality hosiery for men, women and children.

Thanks for reading!
Andreas Lucius Loh