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Delta Air Lines is reminding potential flight attendants that they need to be wearing proper underwear. According to Forbes, the Delta AFA union represents over 28,000 flight attendants, of which we can safely presume that more than half, are probably female. In Delta’s official online uniform style guide, it covers…
Although pantyhose, tights, and stockings may have fallen out of style and popularity America at the end of the 20th century as a ubiquitous and standard everyday article of apparel, they has now transformed into a high fashion item, as well as being commonplace globally due to etiquette, fashion, or customs,…
We’ve come a long way since the early days of flying, from the rough-ride commercial airliners in the early 1900s to the glamorous, smoke-fogged flights of the 1960s. Now, flying has lost some of its sparkle. Whether traveling for work or vacation, we no longer see air travel quite like the special…
The LYCRA Company, a global leader in developing innovative fiber and technology solutions for the apparel and personal care industries, today announced that a group of financial institutions, comprising Lindeman Asia, Lindeman Partners Asset Management, Tor Investment Management, and China Everbright Limited (“New Shareholders”), have gained full equity control of…
The LYCRA Company, a global leader in developing innovative fibre and technology solutions for the apparel industry, launches its highly anticipated legwear trends forecast for AW22/23. With the ongoing effects of the pandemic, this season the legwear sector shifts its focus to self-empowerment and innovation, bringing enlightenment and liberation to…
Each look features innovations offering the latest fit and performance benefits. The Lycra Company, a global leader in developing innovative fibre and technology solutions for the apparel industry, has launched its highly anticipated legwear trends forecast for AW22/23. With the ongoing effects of the pandemic, this season the legwear sector…
The tights are described as beautiful, innovative and responsible, and GRS (Global Recycled Standard) and OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified, as they are made with recycled yarns. Calzedonia has chosen products from the Iluna Group’s Green Label collection for its new Eco Collection of tights. The tights are described as beautiful,…
First Gucci, then Chanel – logo tights are a favourite of fashion girls like Camille Charriere and Stephanie Arant this autumn/winter. Even if logomania’s not your thing, preppy patterns are an easy way to inject some fun into your wardrobe. Here’s everything you need to know about the trend… The…
For Autumn/Winter 2019 an Italian fashion brand Calzedonia presents a new line of eco-friendly tights. New line of eco-friendly tights made using Q-Nova.© Calzedonia/Fulgar For Autumn/Winter 2019 an Italian fashion brand Calzedonia presents a new line of eco-friendly tights made using Q-Nova, the innovative recycled yarn produced by Fulgar, a leader…
The Italian designer’s looks are completed by new-concept stockings and tights, all made using recycled yarn by Fulgar. Innovative green fabrics are playing an ever-greater role in the runway shows. A commitment to sustainability is now a must for fashion designers and brands. Fulgar, an international leader in the production…
The ‘unbreakable’ pantyhose are powered by Sheertex knit, made with ballistic grade fibres often found in bullet-proof vests. Sheertex, the brand formerly known as Sheerly Genius, has created “the world’s first pair of unbreakable sheer pantyhose”. Named one of Time’s Best Inventions of 2018, Sheertex pantyhose are made with Ultra…
Canadian brand Rachel launches two tights styles for the North American market, made using the innovative Q-Nova by Fulgar fibre. Canadian brand Rachel launches two tights styles made using Q-Nova. © Rachel Feminine and elegant tights under a name Rachel, a Canadian brand boasting thousands of North American customers, are…
Tights season is well underway. But if you thought fashion girls were still braving bare legs in sub-zero-temperatures, not so – the likes of Giorgia Tordini and Pernille Teisbaek are officially making them cool again. The trick to making them work? Finding a decent pair – something our Features Ed…
London based brand Heist Studios, is on a mission to transform the industry with its innovative tights collection. A London based brand Heist Studios is on its mission to transform the underwear industry with its innovative tights collection, designed to provide women with an ultimate solution for comfort and style….
Tightings is a technical innovation that is said to be inspiring a new product category. Duelegs, a brand of the Gambetti Group, which boasts long history in the legwear sector, has chosen the upcoming Interfilière Paris trade fair to launch a unique new garment that its developers say is destined…
The story of pantyhose runs in the Gant family. Since the late Allen Gant Sr. introduced the first pair in 1959, his descendents have watched the garment move from high fashion to optional accessory. Three generations of women have now experienced waist-to-toe stockings, and few would be surprised to discover…
For well over a half century almost every woman who has ever worn stockings, pantyhose, or tights... has suffered the same inevitable fate or consequences... their hosiery (more often than not... brand new), is going to catch or snag on virtually anything... an un-filed fingernail, a bracelet, a chair or table, or even something simple-- like someone stepping on their toe... and BAM... there it is.. a ruined pair of stockings or pantyhose... that begin to run (or "ladder" as the Brits call it), either way, a verb.. and not a good one.
This is the dread and plight of women who want to look perfectly put together and exude confidence, and expect their legs to look flawless... not homeless.
Almost every mature woman in the modern world will have experienced such fashion catastrophe, angst, and distress of snagging and running pantyhose or stockings at the most inopportune and inconvenient, and confidence-disrupting moment!
Since the mid-20th century invention of sheer hosiery (originally stockings until the invention of pantyhose in 1959) to enhance women's legs, the short life span of hosiery was a certainty.
To prevent the ensuing progressive run or ladder from a snag, women have resorted to emergency triage application of clear nail polish-- which is viscous (thick), and dries into a noticeable and unsightly glob that sticks to the skin, and renders the hose unsuitable for any future use.
There is now a better and simpler solution called Pantyhose Run-Stop® that comes in a convenient lip-gloss dispenser/ applicator, and is a fixative that "welds" the microfibers together and dries almost transparently. While it won't restore the hosiery to showroom condition, application of the fixative (not adhesive), will secure the woven mesh from unraveling, and minimize the damage before the stockings start to irretrievably run-- thereby preserving the hose for continued wearing (if caught soon enough), or even additional wearings if the snag is in a concealable spot (covered by a skirt, dress, pants, or the bottom of the foot).
The challenge:
This patent-pending product, is in a category by itself, and in the 50 years or more of sheer hosiery embraced and worn by women world-wide, there has never been a product commercially marketed to specifically treat a compromised woven microfiber textile to prevent the progressive unraveling of the fibers or filaments... commonly called a "run" (or a "ladder" in the UK).
Additionally, carrying a nail polish bottle in a purse-- is inconvenient (because it is bulky), and a concept that is generally not planned for such eventuality. Women will always grab a tube of lip-stick or lip gloss to toss in their purse as SOP (standard operating procedure), and maybe a couple of other cosmetic items as well.
In the war of the survival of pantyhose beyond a single wearing, Pantyhose Run-Stop® is a new product that combines a modern bio-compatable acrylic polymer as a fixative that penetrates and "welds" the microfibers together and dries almost transparently, into a convenient lip-gloss tube that can be carried along with other cosmetics in a woman's purse, and can be applied as triage in a moment's notice-- before a run begins developing. This is like the combination of a missile with a warhead-- an effective and transparent fixative, contained in a handy dispenser/ applicator.
This composition commonly used in other applications, differs from adhesives and clear nail polish in that it is water-based, and thin enough to deposit the acrylic micosphere particles which selectively bond with the different synthetic-blend fibers (nylon/ elastane/ polymide, etc) in the woven mesh, and lock (or weld) the fibers together... which prevents unraveling.
In comparison, the antiquated traditional method women use-- clear nail polish or other adhesives (like super-glue), are unsuitable and undesirable-- as it's thickness creates a noticeable and unsightly glob, patch, or sheath-- essentially ruining the hosiery for any future use, and as well-- it sticks to the skin, and is difficult to peel off.
Pantyhose Run-Stop® is specifically for the application to pantyhose, stockings and tights, and is blended with a black pigment to blend with black or grey hosiery, and a tan pigment to blend to be used with nude and flesh colored hosiery, both contained in a double-ended dual cartridge lip gloss dispenser, each capsule containing the different shade. Although the composition when dry is practically transparent, the shading is simply an extra step in the indetectability of the application. Obviously, with dark or black hosiery, lighter skin will obviously show through the hole, so the Pantyhose Run-Stop® is more effective on smaller snags before they progress to larger holes.
