It’s offical…..

Sheer tights are back because how else in Ireland are we going to be able to carry off the two biggest office trends in god knows how long! Short suits & Bermuda shorts and no amount of buffing will get rid of our parched knees.

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Tights n Ripped Jeans

Baby it’s cold cold cold outside today and according to the weather forecast will be for the rest of February.  So to inject a bit of personality into your look under all those padded layers, why not wear some funky tights under a pair of ripped jeans?.  I came across this great article http://stylecaster.com/tights-under-ripped-jeans/ which has some fantastic inspiration - everything from coloured opaques, lace, my favourite leopard print tights and even simple black sheers.

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Winter Opaques Winners

Let’s call a spade a spade, opaques are not something we spend hours comtemplating before we spend our hard earned cash. But yet they are vital for our winter wardrobe.  For me the best opaques for the office are 60 or 80 denier with a good elastane content and a slight sheen. Meaning they’ll hug your legs and at 60-80 denier it’s not too dense a black to be too heavy with lighter fabrics. And remember wash on a low cycle dark setting. This years top colours are black (goes without saying) burgundy and mustard and here are my top picks:

Super value Pretty Polly Body Shapers  - 2pp €9.90

Aristoc luxury opaques €11.00 replaces their older polished opaques super soft with velvet finish

Pamela Mann 80 Denier coloured opaques €7.00

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Yippee it’s tights season!

We’re into September folks so stand by for a barrage of activity from yours truely for the next few months!

First off - micro trend for hosiery for A/W 14 & its embellished tights but of the hand sewn varitey! So get busy..

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Hosiery was given a luxe rework at the hands of Sarah Burton and Hedi Slimane in Paris during the Autumn/Winter 2013-14 show season, as well as additional sightings in Milan and London.

At French label Saint Laurent, Slimane styled his California Grunge collection with sheer mesh black tights decorated with crystals for a glam grunge aesthetic. Subverting their traditional ladylikeappeal, Burton offered super-sized black fishnet tights encrusted with pearls at British label Alexander McQueen. Alternatively, British fashion designer Antonio Berardi’s beaded hose leggings gave the illusion of nude tights worn under an evening dress.

For a more masculine nod to the trend, classic men’s office socks were embellished with crystals and worn with a 7/8th trouser hem and slip-on loafers at Italian brand N21.

Geometric print on hosiery

I have to admit geometric print is not my favourite fashion print - as I feel it can be quite harsh and also quite dated rooted so strongly as it was in the 70’s - but that’s just my opinion. And like it or loath it you’ll see it everywhere this summer even in hosiery!!

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These 10 denier geometric sheers from Jonathan Aston have an Aztec inspired print running down each leg creating a strong line to elongate and give structure to your pins. A snip at €16 for this season’s trend.

Sports Fashion - key trend for S/S 14

With everyone so intent on getting toned via running, yoga, pilates, the gym etc. etc. we all have some bits of sports gear in our wardrobe. So now all we need to do to get in on the sports fashion trend this Spring/Summer, is to use our creativity and work these bits!! into our social and even work wear look. The easiest way is via a t-shirt and pencil skirt or culottes:

pencil skirt, tshirt, street style

Or what about via your footwear - this look captured on the streets of Milan maintains it’s chicness (if that’s a word) via the use of sheer not too mad out there hosiery - luv luv luv - click here for our polka dots!!

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Images via chictopia and fashionising.com

Wedding Season Hosiery

There is no better way to ensure your look is unique to you amongst the sea of Coasts, Karen Millen and Ted Baker on the wedding circuit and that’s with a pair of tights. My favourite at this time of year and sheer back seams from the classic Levante back seams to the quirky Pamela Mann Bows to this super on trend floral pair from Pretty Polly.

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Blokes win at the fashion stakes in Cheltenham

Dear god what was with the fashion this year at Cheltenham? - some ladies looked like they were attending a wedding in June while others when tweed mental - for me the blokes stole the show - on trend and in context.

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One lady stood out for me - current and occassion relevant.

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Kiss Me I’m Irish

I’m so excited to introduce to you our novelty Paddy’s Day Tights, exclusive to Legslove.ie
Let your legs do the talking this Paddy’s with these unique novelty tights.
Building on the success of our Xmas Tights, our aim was to design a high quality,funky alternative to the usual twee and low quality Irish patriotic fashion products. Inspired by the ‘wordplay’ trend for S/S 2014 we have created two designs,
Kiss Me I’m Irish & Happy St. Paddy’s Day which we design &
hand screen print here in Dublin, Ireland.

The Detail

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The tights are a high quality soft 80 Denier – sourced in Italy. Our design is
hand screen printed onto the hosiery with metallic gold ink and heated to a high temperature to cure the ink.

The product is one size – up to 5’10” (178 cm) which facilitates ease of shopping.  It’s an ideal product for gifting – light weight for posting or packing!

Plus for a limited edition hand crafted product it’s a steal at €14 and
only available to purchase from www.legslove.ie