Darkening the Offskin Silky Legs

After the first offskin shade experience yesterday, it came to my mind it was not too bad an experience afterall.   The only difference is about going public in a shade that's going to be noticed.

Decided to go for a darker shade this evening, hence I visited my favourite departmental store after work, hosed up in Propeds Sheer Support Pantyhose, Suntan Shade.  Had an early dinner prior to this, walking past crowded places as normal without any unusual stares.  The skintone shade hose must have been naturally flattering on my legs, and the norm crowd don't bother noticing.

After visting the hosiery section, I went on to sample through the colors, looking specially at Nutmeg and Toffee.  The former is a darker and warmer grey shade, which makes the skin beneath more natural in appearance.  This was probably the color which I saw an OL in during the morning rush hour, with black dress, grey hose and blue flats.  The combination looks classy, yet with a hint of sensuality.

As I was sampling through the colors and looking for the actual item, the brand promoter lady happened to return from her meal break, and asked if I've found what I want.  I asked if she had the stock of Nutmeg as I couldn't locate it; and it appeared to be in the same shelf behind Toffee.  She went on to help by guiding my hand to slip into the sample hose to see the color, before asking if the wearer is fair/dark skin-toned.  My reply was "she's not that dark, but prefer dark colors" while the brand promoter wanted to recommend me a skintone shade.  In the end, I got a pack of Nutmeg and Toffee (they come in 2-pair packs).

Had my fitness regime done and after washing up, nightfall came, and so is my evening hosewalk for the 2nd attempt in this arena.  Sampled both the Toffee and Nutmeg as follows (picture available soon):

Toffee is a little brownish, with shade similar to Color 803 of Su.Soku's Sheer Support Pantyhose.   Nutmeg appears better as compared to Smoke Pearl, hence I decided to go with this pair as the Toffee Shade can wait for another day.  Matched the Nutmeg with slimcut berms, triple rolled, and boat shoes, a simple top and went to the grocer for some simple errands cum hosewalk adventure.

Walked around the grocer several times to find what I needed, while observing the shade of hose on my legs under the bright lights here.  Shade appears much better, as it doesn't give the legs pallid look (picture available soon):

After I found what I needed, paid at the human cashier and took my leave naturally.  There was a security guard on night duty but I wasn't too bothered by his presence, or if he took a glance at my hosed legs.  Up to the main entrance, taking the main, populated entrance / exit and made my way back.  Passed a few OLs and none of them were bothered with my hosed legs.

Made in home after a short walk, passing regular pedestrians who were glued to their smartphones on the move, Home James.

Hosed Mission Successful.

Shading Offskin

After months of hosing out confidently, I decided to go into the next arena, which is moving off the skin shade.  This is not a measure to seek "excitement" in another color of hosiery, but rather, optimizing the range of hosiery colors made by manufacturers, but making it public on men.

This is the first attempt of hosing out in an offskin shade, hence I took sometime to rummage through my inventory of hosiery, making tries on a variety of shades before deciding what to go out in.

Here are the various shades I have chosen (picture available soon):

Propeds Smoky Pearl - under electrical white light.

After some consideration, I decided to go out in Smoke Pearl as the color appears subtle to the skin shade under the white light at home.  My favourite combination was to go with my slimcut berms, triple rolled, and dark grey canvas-top loafers which I commute in everyday.  From the lighting at the lift lobby, it was still quite alright.  Went to an eatery which was on the other side of my estate as it was less crowded, and to also taste some food which I have not ate for awhile.

Propeds Smoky Pearl - under electrical warm light.

At the eatery, made my order, had my meal, all these with my grey hosed legs in full view, but no one took notice.  Since it was still a little time before shops closed, I took my walk to the mall.  As I was walking through the mall (which was reasonably crowded) to reach the grocer's, the shade became more obvious, giving my legs a silvery hue.  Window browsed some stores without getting special notice, before heading to the grocer's for some resupply run. 

No doubt the shade is nice, the combination with my skintone wasn't too flattering.  However, since I've already walked through the grocer's normally as anyone would, I went on to the human cashier to make my payment, before heading off in a normal pace.  Throughout the time I was around the grocer's, I noticed no one actually bothered to look at my hosed legs.

Propeds Smoky Pearl - Last shot for the evening.

Took my time to walk back home.  The feeling was like that of when I first hose out in Nude shade some time back.  Probably I'll go for a darker shade at the next attempt; for now, keeping this off-skin shade for nightfall will be a good start.

Hosed Mission Successful.

Decommissioning the Wornout Nylons

This pair of Su.Soku Sheer Support pantyhose have been serving me well for more than 5 wears so before I decommission it, here's a couple of shots taken of against natural window light:

Full legs shot: Su.Soku Sheer Support pantyhose in Color 803. 
They really do flatter the legs nicely.

There's a run down the toe area as the reinforced toe construction isn't that solid as Propeds or other makes I've tried.  I still love this pair  of hose, but since the runs are decaying the garment, I have to let it go.

While it's a pity to dispose the entire hose, I snipped off the legs a couple inches below the panty line, converting it to a comfortable pair of boxer briefs; this is useful on days / occasions where it's not suitable for me to hose out openly.  The yarn of this definitely make an extremely comfortable pair of briefs.

Outdoor Hose Report - Maximum Hosed Exposure 1/2

I have been working in my chamber for the longest hour for this weekend.  As my partner is going to her relative’s place in the evening, I had to take care of my own dinner and made plans to fetch her at night after she was done with the visit.

As with the practice of No Bare Legs, I took the first walk to a nearby eatery, with double rolled up berms and favorite boat shoes.  Completed the look with Propeds Sheer Support pantyhose in Beige shade.  Took my time to walk over via the “detour”, ie properly marked pedestrian crossing. Being a weekend dinner time, typical folks could be seen crossing to and fro just like I do.  Throughout this walk, the daylight  being bright, not thermally glaring was well enough to put my light-hosed legs in full view of anyone who will take note of it.

This eatery uses a pre-loaded card and qualifies for a little discount when used; and I had to reload as there were insufficient balance.  The reloading machine was situated near a dual-seater small table, and I took that machine infront of it since another patron was using the other.  Ordered my food, waited at the stall for awhile as these were freshly cooked stuff.  A table behind me was occupied by middle-aged women who are probably there for an early dinner like me, or simply sitting around to chat with their peers.

Had my meal, returned the tray and took a slow walk back via the detour route.  Everyone was passing me as usual without any “sight catchers” noticed.


Home James.  Hosed  Mission Successful.

Outdoor Hose Report - Triple Hoseswap 3/3

It was dinner time and my partner was packing it back for me.  After the ETA was established, I quickly ran through all my “in service” hose and picked the pair of Funfit Nude Look Sheer to Waist Support pantyhose, Suntan shade for this run.  Overall outfit was similar, except the berms this time had been triple rolled, to show more hosed legs.

This pair is by far the glossiest among the medium range of Funfit but I’m putting it on anyway.

The liftdoor opened and I bumped into a neighbouring family who just came back; they were busy with their kids, hence didn’t notice my glossy legs.  The lift went down smoothly without any other passengers and soon, I was making my way to meet my partner nearby. 

Glossed up Night: Nicely bronzed legs for the windy evening.

These Nude Look hose are pretty comfortable as they grip the skin well.  But in my review about the garment’s construction nature, these are not made for long duration, as there is a lacking hold at the panty area.  The gloss was definitely noticeable even in the evening light; hence that’s I used this as another opportunity to gain more glossed hose confidence before letting go “live” in daylight.

Took the regular journey back and soon, Home James.

Hosed Mission Successful.

Outdoor Hose Report - Triple Hoseswap 2/3

It’s a good thing knowing another true hoser who wears it confidently as one should.  Afterall, these hosiery started off with men; but for some reasons, they made a comeback over time in the women’s side.

There were a few errands to run so I had changed into several pairs today after the regular working hours.  First was the Funfit Light Support, Color 29, which for some reasons, appeared pinksh under this lighting condition, while appearing with a neat, glossy yet beigey hint in that lighting condition.  Since I had already made it home and detached the mental worry about how others will look at my hosed legs, here comes the rest for the remaining part of the day.

SLEEK with my favourite boat shoes.

Ran some errands for the home resupply after I settled things down after I got back from the accidental lightening journey home.  For this run, I changed into another of my yarn-favourite, which was the SLEEK Full Support Sheer to Waist pantyhose, in Flesh shade.  I still have 3 of these left that I bought many years back from a local drugstore.  There’s a tiny “burst hole” at the rear of my calf of one foot due to an incorrect place I sat sometime back outside, but it wasn’t obvious; otherwise the hose is all nominal.

Paired this with the same sky-blue berms, double-rolled, and made my way to the grocer.  As this was a commuting hour, the place was healthily crowded, so in the main entrance of the mall I went, after passing the regular pavements, schools, pedestrians and got what I need.  Since I was already comfortable hosing out publicly, I tend to make my payments at the self-help kiosks.  The casher machine quirked, so a female staff on duty had to come forward to “bypass” it.  I wasn’t bothered whether she will take note of my hosed legs.  Done with my purchase, took my time up the escalator and reached home after a short walk.

Hosed Mission successful.

Silky Feature

Since the first day I went public with my hosed legs, I have found that my legs definitely look nicer in hose and started taking photos in a variation of situations, lighting conditions, along with different footwear and bottom combination.

Being physically public about it was the first step after making it known in cyberspace with words.  Another step I took was to pictorate these writings, with images of my silky legs in pantyhose, hence I have started sharing them on IG with a dedicated account.  It’s really a good place where one can see all sorts of hosed pictures from all “genres”.

Since DM was introduced in IG, I have received some messages which I responded on those which aren’t lewd, and came across a guy who lives in HK, that wears hose openly, as well as a Singaporean who is on the bolder side, being into patterned and opaques more.  The latter is a nice guy, Andreas, whose posts have been pretty attractive here: legwearfasshionformen.blogspot.com.  Thanks to Andreas for featuring me in his blog, with a collage of my recently hosed legs!