Archive for the ‘Fashion Tips’ Category
I must extend my apologies, it seems I’ve missed out some important information on one of my last posts.
A few days ago, I wrote about Trasparenze and their new Winter fashion tights. Well, it seems even that mega-post wasn’t quite as long as it should have been.
Two extra Trasparenze products have been added since then, so this post will be an extra and unexpected fashion tights review!
The Italian designer is fantastic at producing all kinds of hosiery, but their mock stockings and mock hold ups are where they really specialise. Trasparenze Fay, the first pair of fashion tights for this review, are the perfect example of why they are the world leader in their field. The bows have been a feature of this season’s collection and they have proven a fantastic way to lengthen your legs, while the spots draw attention to the curve of your calf. These fashion tights are beautiful, and you can see their quality straigh away.
One great thing about writing reviews after the other Winter products are available, is that you already know what’s going well this season. The Fuyo Strip Panty has probably been our best seller so far, the Seisho became an immediate favourite and the Riki have been a very well recieved pair of Winter fashion tights. The thing they have in common? Opaque legs.
So when I saw Trasparenze Gelsey, I knew it was going to be a customer favourite! The opaque legs are beatuiful on these tights, but it’s the waist band belt-and-clasp design, and the thigh-high design that make this piece special. It really has to be seen to be appreciated. The colouring and the contrast is striking, and the thigh design gives this piece the regal look it deserves. This is my favourite opaque of the season!
But don’t just listen to me, look at them for yourself and you won’t be dissapointed. All the new Trasparenze items are available from the main brand page, so if you haven’t already, take a look! And if you haven’t subscribed to this blog yet, go for it, or you’ll be missing out on all these neat product reviews! Simply enter your email address and you’ll get all your posts sent straight to your inbox, good for you!
As Winter fast approaches, be prepared for one of my occasional mega-post on new Winter ranges.
If you’ve read my post on Trasparenze recently, you’ll know what I’m talking about!
So, for my second Winter post, we head back to Italy with Levante, their thirteen new designs and why you shouldn’t wrap up too much this season.
Levante Garda Lace is our premier design, and what a design! Lace tights are forever popular and designers will release at least one in each new range, but these fashion tights are exceptional. The larger lace pattern makes this a bold look, and makes it one of the most tasteful lace patterns this season.
Levante Contrast Circles, you can tell by the photography this was designed with smart and chic in mind. Black tights have always been a fixture of women’s suits, but the white circles on this design give work wear an eye-catching advantage.
Opaque Punto is intricate, complex and fits in perfectly this season. The mesh of diamonds and snowflake white dots make it an ideal winter design.
Italian Argyle. Fashion tights don’t get much more striking than this. The sumptuous pink and lake green mixture makes for a warming addition to your winter wardrobe.
Toning Hoops, a classic ringed look, fantastic for add colour and verve to your plainer outfits. Levante have taken an old favourite and given it the most fitting colour scheme.
Levante Airskin. With these fashion tights, you can keep your legs on show and not worry about keeping warm. Our snuggest tights yet, 150 Denier will handle winter quite nicely, I think.
Sheer Cut Diamonds use leg wear to its greatest potential. The verticals act as a seam, and keep your legs looking long and slender. But it’s the diamond mesh that provides the eye-catching element to these truly innovative fashion tights.
Opaque Window Tights. How can you hide yourself behind a long coat with these on? A gorgeous arabesque honeycomb pattern that should work very well with the tones of the new season. Ivory is always a fantastic way to give a softer edge to striking Winter whites.
A unique design, Sheer Brix is futuristic, but entirely in the minute. The brick patterning keeps attention at the calves with long skirts, but adds an interesting seem around the thighs with your shorter numbers. Levante’s most versatile yet.
Levante’s Sheer Dot Dash Tights, a design I can’t describe and one you have to see for yourself. The whole piece is a mixture of different affects that come together beautifully. Office wear? Perhaps. But for me, these were made for catwalks and Saturday nights.
Contra Punto Hold Ups, the snowflake-dotted cousin of Punto fashion tights, is a design with a warmer pink colour-scheme to complement its tights counterpart, this time including the most original lace tops I’ve seen this season.
Punto Rib Hold Ups, a subtle design using an old leg-lengthening favourite, ribbed lines. Pairing these with heels will double the effect and will result in a winning outfit!
And now for my favourite, Levante Filigree. If any of Levante’s new fashion tights make you want to throw away thick trousers and long skirts, it’ll be these. Lavish designs are always a favourite from Italian designers, but these look more like a French regal design to me. A true Marie Antoinette item, and not to be worn with anything less than the most stunning dress!
So, now you know why swrapping up take a closer look first. Unfortunately, there just isn’t enough room to put all the pictures up here. Take a look at Levante, and if you liked this review, make sure you subscribe to get free reviews by email, for reviews on all sorts of stunning leg wear designs. Until then!
I’m going to try something different with this post, something I’ve never done before.
I’m going to write a proper product review.
Most new product articles are all about the latest portfolios, and those are great for introducing new and exciting stuff like Autumn/Winter stock, but you can’t get to the heart of what’s great about a fashion piece.
So, to give you a good look at one of our most popular items, I’m going to do a piece on Henry Holland Chain Suspender Tights.
Now, I’m not a massive follower of celebrities, but this week it became obvious I needed to take a look at what people are wearing to premiers and festivals. We were getting request after request for the new Henry Holland designs, and I had no idea what was causing it, so I set out to investigate.
As it turned out, at the V Festival some days ago, Pixie Lott was wearing a pair of Henry Holland Chain Suspender Tights, and naturally the world saw this amazing slice of fashion heaven and said “I must have a pair!”
Of course, I was over the moon when I saw they were the chain suspenders, as we had already staged a video shoot for these and they are already posted on our YouTube channel. Hurray! The video is one of our most popular, and I must say one of the best looking videos we’ve made so far. The video is a review in itself, and always the best way to see a design up close. So if you haven’t already, take a look and see for yourself.
As far as the product itself goes, they are an inspired piece of design. The suspender’s are gold lurex, and are raised off the fabric. A fantastic way to make these tights that extra bit more special. The sheer to opaque contrast around the thighs is one of the best feature’s here. This immediately draws the eye to the top of your legs, and makes them look longer and more shapely. Good news all round!
These will be the season’s perfect tights for going out in and an absolute winner at parties. If you’re not a massive celebrity follower, they’ll make the perfect gift for some young festival-goer. Or, you might just look at them and say, “they are fantastic!” and fall in love with a whole new kind of style. One thing I’m certain about is, they will go off the shelves like hot cakes! So, whatever happens, give them a try… before they’re all gone!
I was watching TV the other day, and I noticed something quite interesting on Gardener’s World. I noticed that when I’m in my garden, or doing any work around the house, I throw on something scruffy, but the presenter was wearing a floral skirt and some very fashionable knitted tights.
At first I thought it might be because she is presenting, but then I realised I do the same thing. Not with skirts and tights, but I do get fed up with wearing old painting rags, and I’ll put on jeans and a button-down shirt. Sometimes, it’s just nice to look nice, even if you’re not going anywhere.
So, having realised there’s a whole range of outdoor hosiery needs I haven’t covered, I’ve set to work compiling a little handbook of great outdoor tights, Eco-friendly items and woolly knits you might want to pair with your wellies.
Now, if you’re a gardener, you might be saying “Kyle, its gonna be Winter soon, I need tights, but not for gardening!” Well, that’s true, but of course there are all sorts of little jobs that gardeners get up to at this time of year. Building little enclosures and such. So you might find your spending more time out there than you’d expected.
So, the first item I’ll recommend is Bonnie Doon Plaid Tartan Check. Yes, it’s a fashion item, I can’t help it! This piece is absolutely brilliant, both design-wise and in quality. I did pick this one based on its more natural, earthy colouring, so if you feel like wearing something particularly smart, these are for you.
Although I would keep in mind, the Bonnie Doon Plaid is an acrylic item, so if you’re searching for a more natural feel, I’d suggest the Trasparenze Gennifer. These are made from 70% Lana wool, one of the most luxurious materials in leg wear production. Lana feels as smooth as cashmere, so these thick tights will stay warm, comfortable and stylish for any outdoor activities.
If you do want to stick firmly on the side of fabulous, there’s a second Bonnie Doon product I can recommend. Bonnie Doon Uniform Footless is a fantastic design for wearing in the wilderness of your garden. The grey and heather combination will give you the perfect Highland look and keep your legs snug and cosy.
One item I must cover (for fear of being labelled a bad blogger) is knits. Every gardener or generally an outdoors person, you have to include one or two knitted items in your Winter outfits. So, if you plan on Spring cleaning like the May Queen this season, you absolutely must try Trasparenze Chopin. These aren’t strictly knitted, but crocheted. This makes them particularly insulating, and keeps any outdoors-man (or woman) warm all day long and still gives you that perfect folkish country look.
Unfortunately, I can’t review all of our woolly outdoor tights, as we have so many of them! Darn our huge selection! But the best place to go if you want some other warm and comfy items is our Wool and Winter tights section, or if you want extra cosiness around your ankles and lower legs, our Leg Warmer section might also be worth a look.
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Some days ago, I posted on how you might have to invest in some super warm tights, because the new Winter fashion tights were ages away from arriving… I was wrong.
The day after I posted on these fashion tights, the Trasparenze Autumn/Winter arrived and is now available on, of all places, the Trasparenze page.
And, oh my, they seem to have done it again. It would be best to take a good look at all the items for yourself, just so you can see the images in full, but I’ll add some snippets and reviews about these new products.
First up, Yoriki, which some of our most senior individuals (Dawn) insisted on calling “Yorkie”. Ironic, as these certainly ARE for girls. This sums up Trasparenze in one very sexy nutshell. The designers specialise in creating designs that are sensual, feminine, but still sophisticated. And it seems anything a backseam can do, Yoriki can do better. Their backseam is a chain pattern that links to a tasteful loop at the bottom of the waist, the perfect way to draw a glance to your legs.
The Yoriki also comes in two other varieties. Yoriki Strip Panty is even more eye catching. The designers have had yet another stroke of genius and added a black trim to the edging, giving this item, and your legs, real definition.
Yoriki Hold Ups are a little more minimalist looking without their mock-panties, so the seams are given full attention. Trasparenze has always been at its best creating this kind of visual attraction with their leg wear.
Another fantastic, defined strip panty is the Fuyo, but this one is more of a period piece than the Yoriki. The black stocking legs and cosmetic pin-stripes give this design a classic mafia look. Make a note of this one, it’s a definite winner for parties and nights out.
Fuyo also comes in regular tights. Like the strip panty, this comes with a mock suspender belt section. Come to think of it, with those pin stripes, this could be added to a suit or smart outfit, ready for the offce. Yep, now you can stay fashionable all day long.
Riki is perhaps the most complex design I’ve spotted amongst the new fashion tights this winter. the intricate visuals around the thigh and ankle gives this opaque item, and the wearer, a very sophisticated look. I’d say pick a pair of these up for pairing with a black dress, this is evening wear material for sure.
Joko is one of my favourite designs this season. The bow and ribbon seam is so original, this is going to be one of the best selling fashion tights this season and the birthday/Christmas gift of the year.
I like the Joko, but you have to give Trasparenze a lot of credit for Jkay. This is another gift-wrap themed design, but this time, the legs are encased in a cross-ribbon, with a fantastic seal at the top and bottom of the ribbons. I would say this design is Trasparenze’s masterpiece this Winter.
Kenzo is the one to watch out for from the Italian fashion house this season, and these are truly special. I’m finding it difficult to actually describe these. The designs on the thighs are entirely original, and the mock lace-up panties are inspired.
The last two designs I have to show you are the Seisho Tights, and Seisho Hold Ups. The tights have an attention-to-detail you rarely get to see in the fashion world. This mock-stocking has delicate floral and lace triangles on the thigh and on the hip. This kind of patterning gives these tights the perfect regal look. The suspenders even have tiny mock tassels to give the perfect, authentic edge to the whole item.
And Trasparenze haven’t neglected your hold ups. To replace the above-thigh designs on the tights, your hold-ups have smaller mock-suspenders on each thigh. This one might have to be seen up close to see exactly what I mean, but the item is definitely my favourite hold up of the season.
Well, thats all for now from one of my favourite designers. I’m sure all these will all be popular this Winter, and if I were to advice you on what to buy if you’re looking for feminine and fashionable, it would be the new Trasparenze.
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Summer is not what it used to be.
It seems that Summer is getting shorter every year, and if you live in Britain, you’ll have opened the curtains this morning and realised that it’s time for duffel coats.
So, as a dedicated fashion tights Blogger and leg wear expert, I thought I might recommend a few items to keep you nice and warm until October time, when the Autumn/Winter fashion season starts.
Kunert Warm Up Tights spring to mind. These tights are built for winter wear and designed to retain heat. If you need something to tackle arctic lows, these are for you.
If you don’t need this kind of super warm leg wear just yet, a lighter cotton pair might be better for you. Falke Cotton Touch will be just the ticket. These are our softest tights, and I recommend them to everyone looking for comfort and warmth. They’re also designed by one of the best manufacturers of hosiery in the world, Falke, and are beautifully made. I can’t recommend these enough if you want to start your perfect Winter wardrobe.
These items are all popular classics, but if you absolutely cannot wait for the new Winter fashion tights, we have the perfect item, Trasparenze Chopin, which comes in both tights and footless. This item is one of our best sellers, and as an extra treat, they seem to have both been lowered in the sale! These tights are crocheted, so they feel like a woolly jumper, and because they are made with 70% Lana wool, they are some of the comfiest of our fashion tights.
But you might be saying, “But Kyle, I live in a much hotter place than the UK, what about me?!” Well, if you’re weather is getting warmer this time of year, I’d recommend our Sheer Tights section. These are all fantastic if you still see the sun from time to time and our Fashion Tights section always has both Summer and Winter designs in it.
I hope this will keep you looking fabulous for the next few weeks until Autumn/Winter properly starts. Your best-loved brands should be arriving in no time, so keep an eye out for them on our site, or subscribe to my blog via email for free, and receive automatic updates. And don’t worry to much about those grey skies, we’ve chosen some very exciting designs this year, so you definitely have something to look forward to.
That title sounds awfully familiar.
When you commit yourself to something, for the first few hours, its all you can think about. We promised our readers YouTube videos a few days weeks months ago, but of course, you tape yourself to do a “meet the team” video, take a good look at the result and realise PhotoShop can’t help you.
But we finally got all our camera equipment, lighting, sets and props, and the most important thing of all, someone other than me to actually film.
So, after deciding that showing the products in real life would be the best use of film, and after deciding I wasn’t going to be the one who modeled them, we found ourselves some professionals.
Some of our most popular products were filmed first, so we could have more goodies to add to the product page. An image, a description and product details are essential, but whenever I’m shopping on the Internet, if there’s a video I can’t help but click it.
There’s something about little clips and a chance to see whatever you’re buying up close that everyone is attracted to.
So we thought you might benefit from seeing some of our products up close!
We’ll also be adding videos of new products in the near future, so every time new products come onto our site, all of our YouTube subscribers will recieve an update about the new videos.
So if you pay our channel a visit and like what you see, just hit Subscribe and you won’t have to keep checking for new stuff!
As of today, we already have 26 new videos posted. But what really struck me when I opened up our channel this morning was that in less than 48 hours, we’ve had over 1400 views!
Jeepers! Well, we must have done something right.
Nylon Dreams. The latest brand to hit the shelves and the brand a faithful Blogger like myself must post on!
Well, what to say? UK Tights never sells mediocre products, and Nylon Dreams is no exception.
The manufacturing of this brand is fantastic, and if you have ever had a suspender belt from some of our other brands, you’ll immediately be able to spot the quality.
Although, let’s be honest. It’s not just the quality that makes this brand stand out. It’s the design. All of the Nylon Dreams’ designs are striking and absolutely beautiful.
My personal favourite is Nylon Dreams 6 Strap White Lace Over Pink. I love the image they chose for this one and this belt is one of the best I’ve seen in a while, especially for pairing with coloured stockings.
On a similar theme, the 6 Strap Black Lace Over Pink is a great one too, but judging by the picture, this one is made with black stocking lovers in mind. The black trim gives this a deeper and more sensual tone to the design. Also, this belt comes in red, making this the perfect belt for special occasions.
But if you’re looking for sensual, Nylon Dreams goes one step further. The PVC 6 Strap is the ultimate in sexy suspender belts. This design is one of the best in their portfolio, and I suspect it will become our best selling belt very soon.
Nylon Dreams have all you could ever want from the belt department, but one thing I’m quite excited about is the other range of products we have taken on from them, the shape wear.
Finally, sexy shape wear!
This has been a big gap in the market for some time and I know beyond doubt that a lot of customers will be very excited about this.
We begin with the Bridal Waist Cincher with Matching Briefs. Yes, you heard (or read) correctly! UK Tights has its very own lingerie! Our first set of panties and cincher, and it’s one of the best made sets on the market today. Also, I must mention, the straps are detachable and adjustable, so if you’d rather just wear it as a cincher, without the usual ultra-fashionable stockings, you just have to unhook them! Marvelous!
The Red and Black 6 Strap Waist Cincher is also a detachable suspender. This item doesn’t come with briefs, but it is on of the most versatile of Nylon Dreams’ products. This is also a black stockings item, but because this also features a great deal of red in the design, some red stockings wouldn’t go amiss either.
The final design is the Black 6 Strap Waist Cincher. An item even more versatile than the Red and Black 6 Strap, I’ll bet this becomes our most popular item of shape wear in just a few short weeks. Also a great item for special occasions, this piece is perfect for wearing underneath an evening dress.
Well, we’ve reached the end of my brand review, once again. I hope you’ve enjoyed my quick review of Nylon Dreams’ designs as much as I enjoyed writing it! It’s always a little bit sad to run out of products to review. But, judging by these designs, it’s pretty safe to say we’ll be getting a few more items from Nylon Dreams in the very near future!
The excitement! The red and gold paper, that ribbon that was ridiculously hard to get past, the excess of sticky tape. I swear my parents were trying to keep me out of the Christmas presents.
When you’re a kid, there’s nothing quite like getting presents.
I still like getting them, but when you get older, you like giving them more, too.
That’s why I tend to spoil my little sister. She’s over the moon at getting a little surprise, and I feel great about buying it for her. But when you buy for a girl, it can be a bit tricky. Personally, I can never remember what Barbies she already has, which Disney Princess is her favourite and I can’t navigate around cosmetics for toffee. But one thing that never fails is clothes.
With my website specialising in tights, you might think that we’ve always had an extensive children’s section, but really, almost all of our children’s tights have been plain, coloured opaques.
Leg Avenue, one of our most creative designers, has helped us with this problem, by releasing their very own children’s range, LA Kids.
So, after seeing their designs, and realising that our gifts section wasn’t quite as massive as we’d like it to be, the powers-that-be have given the thumbs-up to expand our children’s range. That way, generous parents, siblings and other relatives can heap gifts on their little monsters, Willy Nilly.
The Californian designer was spot on when they chose the name for their new range. LA is the place of creativity and imagination, and these tights are just this. Few children’s designers go to the effort to release the kind of patterns that youngster’s might like. Where’s the stripes? The spots? The little frilly trims?! LA Kids is going to make all this a thing of the past!
Of course, they have released a coloured opaque, but their designs are what makes them stand out from the rest. The LA Kids Girl’s Opaque Tights are a great item for schools, and the coloured pairs are best for birthday parties.
These tights also come in footless, so if the parties are summer ones, your little tikes can wear flip-flops and still stay chic!
The patterned designs I mentioned is the best of LA Kids and no little girl’s little wardrobe would be complete without… stripy tights! LA Kids Girl’s Stripe Tights are the best in the range, and not only do they come in black and colours like most stripy tights, but white and colours. So you can keep the look light and summery, and still have a pair of black and red ready for Halloween.
As I have already said, we have frilly items still to come. LA Kids Sailor Socks are stripy and frilly. Yes, I know, exciting, isn’t it?! These socks also have delightful little anchors above the ankles. I dare you not to go “Ahhh!”
LA Kids Polka Dot Socks are a true little girl’s design. Black with pink spots, you can’t go wrong with this kind of cute look.
I think that the last design on our list will probably be our most popular. LA Kids Stretch Lace Footless are Ab Fab! These are an absolute outfit-finisher and out of everything we chose, this was the design I was most glad to see finally go on our website.
This is all we have available from LA Kids at the moment, but rest assured, her majesty shan’t be without fashionable socks for long. LA Kids is a fantastic brand, and so long as they are releasing these kind of cute little items, we’ll have them available for you.
Fashion is a difficult thing to predict, but there is one look that never goes out… Sexy. Sexy is always in, and we think we’ve found the perfect brand. Kiss Me Deadly is the newest brand at UK Tights and it’s all about sexy.
Over the past months, Kiss Me Deadly has been a name we’ve not stopped hearing about. I just had to find out what all the whispering was about and finally, at the latest fashion expo in Paris, we met their agent, Ginger. After she showed us some of the newest designs, and some of the classics, we knew what all the whispering was about.
Lots of brands concentrate on the sensual edge of their range, but we chose Kiss Me Deadly because they go for one specific look, and they do it better than most… burlesque.
The classic, swing era designs just blow you away and their girdles, belts and basques are the perfect tool for seduction. Some companies that make these kinds of designs don’t manage the most important task, staying sophisticated, but never fear, Kiss Me Deadly is the brand that broke the mould. They combine class, sophistication and smouldering sensuality, which lends this brand another asset, versatility. This kind of versatility means you can keep your new suspender belt for the bedroom, or you can add a pair of Cervin Seduction Couture and you’re party-ready.
Also, with the introduction of Kiss Me Deadly, UK Tights has brought on a brand new product that we have never sold before, the basque. We have sold suspenders belts and girdles for some time but now, along with our Sassy Waspies, the Kiss Me Deadly Basque is one of our few full-body items of lingerie. This item is stunning and the designers have released something we think our customers will really enjoy. The quality of the manufacturing is second to none and I was greatly impressed, both at the Paris expo and when the designs arrived with us. If there is one item of lingerie I would recommend you buy this year, it would be the basque.
The new Kiss Me Deadly Jolie Suspender Belt is also an absolutely stunning design and a great way to treat yourself. The design is also one of the best period pieces I’ve seen from a fashion designer and just screams swing era. The depth of the belt makes this the perfect item for class, chic and nostalgia.
The Pull On Girdle is another great period design. These deeper belts and girdles never leave the catwalk for long and these past two seasons they have just gotten more popular. This black item is a fantastic piece to pair with backseam stockings, the Cervin Seduction Bicolore being my first choice for showing off your legs. Or, if you really want to go for that classic nostalgic look, Cervin Swing Time is the perfect item, and one of our very best quality hosiery designs.
Well, that’s all from Kiss Me Deadly for now, but rest assured, we’ll be introducing more of their products quite soon. If you want to stay up to date with our new products, sign up to my free newsletter and get regular updates about our new products and brands.
Happy shopping!