Archive for January, 2011

Discount Vouchers; It’s Our Treat

Monday, January 31st, 2011

We all know that February is the month of showing your loved one, a little bit of love! At Tightsplease, we love you all and we felt the easiest way to show you this, would be with a voucher! Choose from either 10% off your order, or if you’re buying a stylish pair of Red or Dead Tights why not use the £5.00 off Red or Dead hosiery voucher instead.

Gemma, our Tightsplease buyer, is using her £5.00 Red or Dead Voucher to buy The Angus Tights, “I bought a plain black, sixties inspired, shift dress with a peter pan collar at the weekend; The Agnus Tights are a real statement pair, so I think they’d look great with me new dress!”

Rebecca, our Lingerieplease buyer, is using the 10% discount voucher and she’s order the Henry Holland Superstar Tights, “I’ve been desperate for these tights since we first saw the collection in October! I’m not risking these selling out like the Wolford Tights did so I’m using my voucher to get 10% off them!”

What will you use your voucher for? Leave a comment below!

Hope you’re having a great start to the week!

Lauren x

Rock Chick Fix!

Friday, January 28th, 2011

She took career tips from her X Factor mentor, now it seems Katie Waissel’s taking fashion advice from our X Factor favourite, Cheryl Cole, too!

Celebrating her 25th Birthday last night, Katie looked outrageously cool in a rock star inspired outfit complete with bondage, strap around tights, similar to the ones Cheryl Cole wore in her video Promise This.

With denim shorts, a rock and roll print vest t-shirt and leather waist coat, she certainly rocked the bondage style!

Copy Katie’s style: order your pair of bondage, strap around tights now! For long lasting luxury try  Wolford Hero Tights, at £33 they’re a budget buster, but they look sensational! For a more cost effective alternative try the Pamela Mann Strap Around Tights, at £13.99 they’re perfect for a quick fashion fix, we love them!!!

Don’t miss out! Treat yourself to a pair of bondage inspired tights now!

Have a great weekend Guys and Gals!!

Lauren xx

Henry Holland Makes Us Happy!!!

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Getting a compliment from one person during the course of the day is enough to put a smile on anyone’s face, but getting three in the space of five minutes during a trip to Tesco is enough to put a smile on your face for a month!!! That’s what happened to Rebecca, one of our customers, who emailed us today, to tell us about her adventure to Tesco!

“I treated myself to a pair of the Henry Holland Bandana Tights on Tuesday, and they arrived to my office this morning!

Conveniently they went perfectly with the outfit that I was wearing, so I proudly paraded to Tesco with my shape patterned tights, and picked up three lovely compliments during my journey! I was so pleased with my compliments, that I’ve ordered the other three styles in the Bandana Tights collection (Henry Holland Bandana Over The Knees, Henry Holland Bandana Knees and Henry Holland Bandana Suspender Tights) , to form the whole range! The fact that they’re on sale just makes them even more irresistible! Thank you so much, I love them!”

When I asked Rebecca if she minded if I use her email as my blog, she was even happier!!!

We love nothing more than hearing how happy our fabulous customers are with their tights purchases, email us at customercare@tightsplease.co.uk and tell us all about your favourite pair!

Have a lovely evening!

Lauren xx

Jessie J’s Superstar Tights Speak Volumes!

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Since the exit of Lily Allen from the celebrity scene, Britain’s been in desperate need of an eccentric singer to fill her outrageously cool boots! With the likes of Rihanna, Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj keeping America quirky; over on this side of the Atlantic we were severely missing out. Enter Jessie J.
After being spotted in a succession of cool outfits, including Henry Holland Bandana Tights, she’s definitely set to be one of our most stylish stars of Spring Summer 2011.
She’s already ahead of the fash pack. Performing at the Blackberry Presents MTV Brand New For 2011 show, Jessie wore new season Henry Holland Superstar Black Tights.
The Superstar tights are available to order now, in Black or Gold from Tightsplease. These Henry Holland Superstar Tights are expected to be an immediate sell out! Reserve your pair now, for delivery in mid February.
Lauren
xx

Catwalk Kate Returns!

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

We all know Kate Moss as our British Queen of style. (Or is that Victoria Beckham?) Never-the-less, Kate’s been spotted in some less than impressive ensembles lately. Causing panic amongst her keen fashion followers!

But fear not fans! The Kate Moss that we know and love is back, and she’s on top form. Dressed in a masculine black and white three piece suit, accessorised with black opaque tights and knee high leather boots, she looked chic as she left the Ritz Hotel in Paris.
It follows a succession of celebrities accessorising their red carpet outfits with black tights, at the comedy awards, over the weekend.
It appears the glitterati aren’t quite ready to abandon their black opaque tights just yet!
If you’re not ready to jump into spring just yet, a pair of Black Over The Knee Socks are a great transitional accessory to dress an outfit with! Visit out black sock’s page now!
Hope you’re enjoying your week so far
Lauren xx

Black Wins Votes At Comedy Awards

Monday, January 24th, 2011

It appears black was the new … black at the comedy awards this weekend. Ulrika Johnson, chose an unusually casual outfit for the red carpet. Taking inspiration from Burberrys Biker Chick trend, Ulrika looked chic in black leather look leggings and a sequin vest.

Dancing on Ice star, Ellen Rivas, who’s recently been spotted on the arm of Peter Andre, looked glamorous in a stunning black dress and sheer black tights. Sheer hosiery is set to be a huge trend this season!

Female comediennes Miranda Hart and Ronni Ancona opted for a leg lengthening combination of thick black opaque tights and black shoes.

In black, it appears the glitterati aren’t quite ready to step into Spring. But as the evenings get lighter, it won’t be long before we’re whipping off those black opaque tights in exchange for a pair of pretty floral alternatives! Get a head start, visit our Spring Summer Look Book now!

Wild Mama!

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Making sure that we’re bang on trend with celebrity trends requires the (often distracting) job of flicking through the newspapers, web pages and

celebrity magazines on a daily basis. With a cup of tea and a Twix by my side, it can be quite indulgent … After a while, you know which ones are going to serve you best. The Sun isn’t one of them. So coming across Penny Lancaster, this afternoon, in a pair of Wolford Animal Print Tights, on the pages of The Sun online was quite a shock.

Obviously I wasn’t expecting a Vogue inspired trend report. But I think there should definitely be some form of law in place to restrict fashion un-informed journalists from writing fashion related articles lead by headlines such as ‘No Need To Fork Out On Maternity Wear When Your

Married To Rocker Rod Stewart.’

They were implying that heavily pregnant, and looking incredibly stylish, Penny Lancaster was wearing Rod’s vintage animal print tights. She was actually wearing Wolford Animal Print Tights!

It appears that this seasons accessory isn’t the new Mulberry, it’s a baby bump! Follow the style of the stars, and pair yours with a fabulous pair of patterned tights!! Order now!

Lauren x

Move Over Minaj!

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

The Team Tightsplease desk is made up of three International Marketing Degrees, and supported by Bex, our Lingerieplease marketing assistant, with an International Buying Degree. So you can imagine, that amongst hundreds of pairs of tights and socks (and the odd pair of fishnet hold ups – loving the Jonathan Aston Burlesque Tights right now!) we often find ourselves battling with fashion magazines, simply to find a pen! And when one of us sparks a slightly controversial, fashion related question, it usual turns into a debate. Fuelled by a few Google/Wikipedia searches.

Today’s question was “What is Jessie J all about, is she worthy of being compared to Gaga and Nicky Minaj?!”

Fortunately for you (we drifted off to talk about Special K after a few minutes) I’m unable to provide a word for word copy of the conversation, but after careful examination of a few recent outfit choices (we’ve got it on good authority, that Jessie styles herself a lot!) we were all in agreement, that since the exit of Lily Allen, from the celebrity scene, a British Lady Gaga is exactly what we need!

If you’re loving Jessie J’s style, you’ll find great alternatives right here at Tightsplease! The Henry Holland Lace Body Suit is similar to the Vivienne Westwood Body Suit that she wore last week for the Brit Awards and the Jonathan Aston Ripped Tights are also very Jessie J! Order your pair now, just in time for the weekend!

Also, the incredible comments that you’ve posted for the Men In Tights Blog, will be published in the next couple of days! Thank you so much getting involved!

Lauren xx

What’s better than following a trend? Leading it!

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

The magazine requests are in full swing, which means one thing: we’re officially out of transition and it’s now fully acceptable to walk around in ankle socks and denim shorts! OK, so maybe you shouldn’t go that far. Today I de-layered, and braved the great outdoors, without leggings under my trousers, for the first time in weeks and instantly regretted it!

We’ve created our online hosiery trend report, so we know what trends to expect this season, but a great way of identifying the most popular ones, is tracking the sample requests from our favourite magazines!

As always, Henry Holland’s Hosiery collection is expected to be a winner for sure. His sheer tights with star embellishments are in huge demand already. Polka Dot TightsBow Tights and Ruffled Socks are also proving to be incredibly popular with the weekly glossies!

What’s better than following a trend? Leading it! Order your spring summer 2011 tights now!!

Lauren xx

Spring Summer Hosiery Trend Report

Monday, January 17th, 2011

If you’re up-to-date with the monthly fashion magazines, you’ll be fully aware of the spring summer fashion trends, already beginning to hit the high street and fashion websites. Accessories, such as hosiery, has been touched on slightly, but definitely not enough to give you a clear indication of what you should be buying and what you should be avoiding at all costs!

As the leading fashion-hosiery website, we feel it’s our responsibility to keep our fabulous shoppers up-to-date on the latest hosiery trends. So to help you decide what tights trend’s you should be lining your hosiery draw with this season, we’ve created our very special Tightsplease Spring Summer 2011 Trend Report.

You’ll find a trend perfect for every occasion, this summer, on our Tights Trend Report. I’m particularly excited for the Henry Holland Sheer Star Tights, which will be perfect to quirk up any outfit this summer!

So when you find five minutes, grab yourself a cup of well deserved cup of tea and a Twix and take the time to visit our Tightsplease Trend Report!

Have a wonderful week shoppers!

Lauren xxx