The World’s Most Expensive Hosiery

Tightsplease has just introduced what they say are the most expensive tights out there, now available for pre-order. The tights are Wolford Fringe Tights, 100 denier, with five rows of fringing down the calf and to the ankle.  They cost £199 (about $320 and €215) and only a few hundred have been made. Personally, I [...]

The Best of Hosiery for Fall at Bare Necessities!

We’ve posted in the past about the leading role that hosiery is taking in the intimate apparel world.  No longer is hosiery just pantyhose!  Today, hosiery can cover the gamut from colorful to muted or from textured to smooth.  Regardless, hosiery is one of the new ways to add flair to a fashionable wardrobe both outside and inside [...]

Elongate Your Leg with Wolford’s Spring 2009 Collection

In 2001-2002, Wolford went through a common exercise for a company that licenses the brand to franchisers. During that year, Wolford took control of some of the franchises and started a joint venture called Wolford Boutiques LLC to take ownership of some of the other boutiques. It isn’t clear which boutiques are company [...]

Consumers Turning to Hosiery in Tough Economic Times

With the markets down and no sign of a rebounding economy on the horizon, people all around the world are tightening their belts and scrutinizing their budgets.  Smaller amounts of disposable income means that most industries are seeing drops in profits.  However, hosiery is one of the few seeing increases and experiencing the lipstick effect, or [...]

Wolford: 2008-2009 Hosiery

In this abbreviated series, TLP will look at new hosiery for the 2008-2009 seasons. With fall and winter rapidly approaching in the northern hemisphere, it is time to start thinking about hosiery and leggings.

Wolford has a fifty plus year history. Wolford was one of the first to market the hold-up. This fall, Wolford [...]

Brand new Nancy Meyer website filled with goodies!

Nancy Meyer is one of the bigger online luxury lingerie retailers, and off course that means them updating their entire website is news to us. So — today we take a look at the new Nancy Meyer website, and the improvements they’ve made!
First off all, they’ve kept the central position the designers have [...]

Wolford & Valentino Design Together!

Always good to see lingerie/hosiery/intimates labels work together with the big names in fashion, and after Wolford’s cooperation with Zac Posen, this second Designer Cooperation collection by Wolford is another nice example of how two stars can shine together!
Stay-ups, tights, sexy bodies, … all with a Valentino touch!
As always — the pics will do most [...]

Alexis Boker in lingerie by Richard Warren

This editorial for a European fashion magazine was a continuation of my “Dollhouse” series. However this was not a set in the studio but a real house built to miniature scale with real wood floors, windows , staircase. It was built as a play house for some very fortunate children in New York. Alexis Boker [...]