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Hot fashion trend: The leopard print I love leopard pattern – now that fall is coming, I don’t want to wear anything else! After all, it awakens the wild cat in you in no time and anyone who knows me knows how infatuated I am with all kinds of cats….
Retro jackets for fall Collecting chestnuts, flying kites and walking through the rustling leaves – nature is simply wonderful in autumn and the activities in the fresh air remind me of carefree childhood days. The only problem: What should you wear when it’s too warm for warm winter coats but…
Polka dots for late summer At the end of August/beginning of September I always feel melancholic. It’s officially still summer, but the light is slowly changing. We can almost see autumn on the horizon, but I’m not really ready to let summer go yet. That’s why I’m enjoying these last…
Luckily I haven’t had to go to school for a long time, but in September I still get that back-to-school feeling. September is a kind of new beginning for me, even more so than January 1st. It marks the end of summer and slowly but surely autumn is coming. Now…
A perfect shirt dress for summer Oh how I love the lightness of summer – or maybe I should say summer vacation! Seemingly endless hours of sunshine, long days and even longer evenings. We spend our days on the beach, the sound of the sea in our ears. Our favorite…
The hottest tights trends for 2024/25 The hottest tights trends of the season remind us of ballerinas, sassy French CanCan dancers and hip street style stars. Trends for pretty hosiery have not been as different and classic as this year for a long time. In this blog post I’ll tell…
Cheeky and stylish 1920s summer fashion The 1920s were a time of change and revolution – also in terms of fashion. The beaches of this era became venues for a new, more revealing and stylish way of dressing. Beach outfits, which were rather unpractical and bulky in previous decades, evolved…
These are the most beautiful outfits for late summer Late summer is my absolute favorite time of year! This unbearable heat is finally a thing of the past. The days are usually pleasantly warm, while it cools down at night. Sometimes the first low fog sets in early in the…
Retro beach outfits: Stylish, practical, unique Summer is in full swing and the beaches are filling up. This also raises the question of the right outfit. In my case, it should be retro and stylish. So it makes sense to be inspired by past decades. Retro beach outfits, with their…
Collectif Clothing Shop is closing: Get your hands on the brand’s last retro clothes now In the fall of 2014 I went on a short trip to London. Our hotel was close to Spitalfields Market. While walking around the hotel, one shop immediately caught my eye: Collectif Clothing. To be…
An elegant late summer look As soon as August starts, I slowly but surely get into the mood for autumn. Somehow midsummer is almost over… Der Beitrag Stylish late Summer Look: The Giorgia Dress by Lena Hoschek & matching Accessories erschien zuerst auf RetroCat. This blog contains affiliate links (marked…
Summer in the country in a pink gingham dress from The Pretty Dress Company Summer is finally coming to us in the south of Bavaria. This year it took some time, but now the weather is at least a little more stable and the sun is appearing more and more…
The most beautiful vintage looks for summer Summer is the perfect time to delve into the fashion archives and be inspired by the glamorous and playful styles of decades past. From the breezy flapper dresses of the 20s to the colorful and experimental outfits of the 70s, each era brings…
The most beautiful summer outfits in a retro look Summer is just around the corner and that means you can finally dig out the very light clothes from the closet. From a fashion perspective, I find autumn the most exciting, but the warm season also has a lot to offer….
Nylons and tights for spring and summer Spring is in sight! Really! I have already spotted the first crocuses and the sun is shining a little longer every day. So I can finally swap thermal tights for more delicate hoseriey again. And even when it gets really warm over the course of…
The black pantyhose is one of the trend tights of the year Brightly colored, patterned, loud and often with a message – the tights trends this year are anything but boring. While I’ve already shared the season’s hottest styles with you, there’s one trend that’s particularly classic and understated. Black hosiery! We probably all…
I wrote about nylons, the most glamorous seamed hosiery, the latest tight trends, and how to take care of your hoses, but I somehow never managed to publish a blogpost about my favourite brands for hosiery. This is definitely something I want to change with this blogpost, as I wear a lot of stockings and…
Let’s be honest: delicate nylon stockings don’t really have a long life. There are some tips, though, that help to prevent them from getting ladders or being destroyed ways too early and help to give them a longer life. Depending on their quality, they can even survive several times of…
Did you know that stockings have keyholes? And women once fighted against each other to get just one pair of nylons? The world of hosiery and stockings is exciting, glamorous and fascinating. Moreover, it looks like you, my dear readers, are very interested in this topic. This is why I…
THE HISTORY OF NYLON STOCKINGS Relased in 1940 they immediately were a great success is the USA. When the United States entered into World War II in 1941, nylon was needed for the maufactoring of parachutes. But women back then were imaginative: They painted the “seam” with a pen on…
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.
