Knee Socks & Thigh Socks – The New Look For Boots
December 05, 2011
I don’t need any more boots. Over the last couple of years, i think I have collected every style – booties, thigh boots, motorcycle boots and on and on. But, I confess to wanting all of them to look more current and modern. Well, I found my answer – wear them with socks.
It took me a while this fall to figure out how all of this works, but now that I have, I want to share it with you. The great new look is taking your skinny jeans, putting a pair of long socks OVER your jeans, then putting on a pair of tall boots while making sure the tops of your socks are higher than the boots. It’s really a smart look. My favorites are the Hue Over the Knee Sock 12417 and Over the Knee Bootliner Socks 6491.
For my shorter boots, I have found taller socks and then rolled the top down over the top of the boot to give them a kind of a knit collar. My absolute favorite socks for doing this are the Hue Luster Furry Socks 12329. They are super soft and fluffy looking. Our images are not really accurate because the sock comes up at least an inch higher than we are showing. Though they look thick, they smoosh down and are not bulky. I don’t feel like I have a really thick sock inside my boots. I have every color, but find I use the red a lot. Great fun look. I also use these socks with my clogs.
Want a new look for all your boots? The simple solution is to have a great collection of socks.
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Hosiery Will Be Getting New Sizing
August 04, 2011
Finding your hosiery size has always been a little bit of a game. I, for one, am always on the cusp, so I usually size up to the next size. Sometimes this works and sometimes not. Given a choice, I would rather my pantyhose be too big than not big enough and suffer the discomfort of a low-hanging crotch. But too big could mean baggy ankles or having to pull the excess over my toes and folding it under my foot before putting my shoes on.
The Hosiery Association (THA), a trade organization for US leg wear manufacturers has come up with a new sizing convention for women’s sheers and tights. The hope is to finally get accurate sizing across all hosiery brands.
This 4-year effort found that because hosiery has a variety of spandex content, and because certain knits and patterns can impact the elasticity, sizing accurately is quite a challenge. Specialized categories such as ultra sheers, patterned sheers, warm weather tights, body shaping tights and opaque tights can further complicate sizing.
US data collected through a 2001 survey calculated the actual body volume of a woman from her crotch to her toes, and then from her crotch to her waist. It found there are 3 forms – 2 for the leg sizing and one for the hips. They then sized by going up 1 inch in height and 5 lbs. for every size increment. The Hosiery Association feels this new standard should handle 95% of all women’s legwear products. The only exception would be the few styles like hip-huggers and others that have unique cuts.
This new standarization should go a long way in helping women get the right size. In fact, if we now get our correct size, we might follow in Princess Katherine’s shoes and actually start wearing pantyhose again.
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Laundering Lingerie
September 30, 2010
There was a scene in an old "Sex and the City" episode where Carrie was cradling a phone between her shoulder and ear while she was pulling lovely lacy bras out of her bathroom sink, then hanging them over her shower rod to let drip dry. Guess what? She had it right. This is really the best way to wash your lingerie – by hand in warm water with gentle detergent and then left to dry.
Why is this the best choice? It’s because of all the elastic and stretch fabrics used to make lingerie. Spandex has been revolutionary to lingerie because it gives a custom fit, reduces wrinkles and prevents bagging. But, spandex breaks down in heat. Keeping your lingerie away from hot water, chlorine and the dryer is the greatest gift you can give your lingerie – including hosiery and shapewear – and will exponentially increase its lifetime.
I hear women say they wash their lingerie in Woolite. Back when Woolite came in a jar, it was designed to wash wool sweaters quickly. Their advertising gave women the impression it was a mild detergent when in fact it was not. But today, Woolite products have changed. All are designed to go in to the washing machine, and they even have something now called Woolite Extra Delicates Care. I haven’t tried it, but it sounds like it is a mild version of traditional Woolite.
With our busy lives, it is less and less likely that we will hand wash our lingerie. Washing machines today have also become more sophisticated–they have delicate cycles and better control over water temperature and load sizes. So, washing your lingerie in a washing machine has become safer. That said, there are a few things you should do before dropping your lingerie into a washer. First, hook your bras shut. Those little hooks can catch on to other clothing. When this happens, you can cause damage to your bras as well as other clothes in the wash. You should then put your bras in a lingerie bag or one of these new washer bags specially designed for contour bras (bras with pre-formed cups).
Not containing your bras in some kind of washing bag can create havoc in your washer. The straps can get caught in the agitators or wrap around something and become stretched. This happens, and your bra can be stretched out and no longer wearable. Your lingerie investment is lost.
The water temperature should be warm but not hot. Cold water simply does not wash clothing as well as warm, but hot can deteriorate fibers in your clothing and loosen dyes which can then bleed on to other clothing.
Don’t wash your bras with items such as towels, blankets, jeans or other items that create a lot of lint. That lint could end up in your bras and could create pilling on your lingerie.
I wash my panties, shapewear and hosiery in individual laundry bags – and not in with my bras. Again, these items are delicate and you don’t want them catching on other clothes and being ruined.
Finally, let me close with another point about bras. Unless you are a profuse perspirer, you don’t need to wash your bra after every use. You can wear it up to 3 times before needing to launder it. However, it should not be worn 3 days in a row. You should alternate it with another bra, because a bra needs a good 24 hours to breath and relax back into shape before it is worn again. This alternating also helps to extend the life of your bras.
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