Monday 9 May 2016

Attire-Hose Color (Offskintone Hosiery)

Hello guys, I’m back with the next part of this topic. 
Skintone shades are generally easier to go about with anything.  Like the usual saying goes: ‘find a shade closest to your natural skintone’ works well for most of us, but for those who wish to optimize the full spectrum of what hosiery makers do, this will probably not apply.
In this part, we go to the “hose route less ventured” by most of us male hose wearers who are already comfortable and confident wearing skintone shade hosiery out with your berms or shorts.  Not forgetting those who cycle/jog with hosiery!
The offskin shades generally makes the legs stand out, so there are a few factors which we may want to consider when hosing out in these:
How brave are you?
What is the color look you want to portray (fashionastias come in!)?

I’ve learnt from a few experience male wearers that have done offskin shades confidently out, for example, Andreas, whose patterned offskin hosiery attire are simply awesome, especially for the conservative Asian society.  Check out his blog http://legwearfashionformen.blogspot.com

The idea I have here is to bring attention away from the legs rather than drawing to them, so white attire with black hosiery are definitely a no-no.  I’ll split into a couple of scenarios here for easier illustration:
Light Look
Propeds Sheer Support, Nutmeg, Smoky Pearl shade
For these pale shades hosiery, I’d match with the following attire:
Top:    Black Tee / Printed Black Crew Neck long sleeves with grey trims
Bottom:    Slimcut grey berms (default or rolled up depending on how much hosed legs you want to show)
Footwear:    Flips Bare Pin Stripe Denim boat shoes / CottonOn Emblem Grey Canvas loafers

Medium Look
Propeds Sheer Support, Chocolate
This shade is tricky hence I have only matched with the following so far during a trail:
Top:    Blue, Silver variant horizontal striped tee on black
Bottom:    Black with grey checked lines knee length cargos, default length.  Rolling up isn’t advisable in view of the hosiery shade
Footwear:    CottonOn Emblem Grey Canvas loafers

Dark Look
The darker shades in this spectrum consists of the following in my inventory:
Propeds Sheer Support, Sparrow, Shadow, Black
Womanderie Anti Embolism Pantyhose, Black

My best and probably the most daring was in the following attire with Propeds Sheer Supports in Black:
Top:    Blue, Silver variant horizontal striped tee on black
Bottom:    Su.Soku Seamless Ankle Length leggings, black
Footwear:    Power PlayOn slip on runners with neon linings

The last attire had a good way to bring attention away from the leg with the heavier and bulker looking shoes.

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