Charcoal Tights & LBD's

Brrrr it's certainly time to stock up on the winter tights to keep out the chill! Switch up your formal-work wear and throw some slick grey tights into the mix. These Jonathan Aston Radiance Tights will transform a little black dress and heels in a flash. Add subtle sparkle tights to your AW wardrobe with radiance tights to ensure your little black dress shines! 

Jonathan Aston Radiance Tights

Shop the look:

Rib Tights

Zara Dress

Shoes

Attavanti Bag

Victoria x

Picture credits:
http://www.vogue.co.uk/search?q=grey%20tights

Colour Pop at New York Fashion Week 2014

Since it began last week we have been on NYFW watch here at Essex'ee Legs! I've been devouring the press updates from each show, the street style snippets of glamorous celeb spectators and keeping an eye on newly emerging trends.

One trend that really jumped out was the pops of vibrant colour used by designers Brian Wolk and Claude Morais (the designers behind Ruffian) and Altuzarra.

Shining like a welcoming beacon amid the shades of grey, black and other neutral tones that have so far dominated the runways, both labels presented a refreshingly vibrant and beautiful AW14 collections.

Altuzarra AW14

Ruffian AW14

We were excited to see coloured tights featuring heavily in Ruffian's collection. Lots of block colouring and clashing brights made up the ultra-feminine line and illuminated the runway. A cinched in waist and flared skirt was my particular favourite recurring look!

Get ahead of the fashion pack and colour block your wardrobe to cheer up a winter day with Jonathan Aston 40 Denier Opaque Tights...

Victoria x

Picture credits Mercedes-Benze Fashion Week- http://www.mbfashionweek.com/designers/ruffian

Daily Mail- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2554908/Altuzarra-brightens-wintery-New-York-Fashion-Week-technicolor-shearling-coats-eye-popping-shades-blue.html

Brrr... it's time to add some stylish layers!

A freezing cold snap has certainly arrived and took us all by surprise! Due to being spoilt with a rather mild, by British standards, last few months, we are now in need of layers!! Layers are just another great excuse for adding more splashes of interest and style to your outfits. So when you peel off each layer after your coat, it's time to show off that chic printed scarf, a chunky knit or that new colour pop cardigan you got for Xmas. Your indoor layer, i.e. dress, skirt, top, obviously stays on, don't get too carried away with the unwrapping!! But please note, that the only new winter layer that isn't peeled off once inside, is your cosy warm tights ! So be sure to make your hosiery the most stylish extra layer, for your winter wardrobe!

A stylish alternative to high denier opaques are these toasty, but ever so pretty, winter tights from Gipsy...

The Gipsy Cotton Ivy Pattern Tights are the perfect addition to any winter outfit. The on trend charcoal colour matches and compliments, pretty much, every colour. The ivy pattern climbing from your toes to your knees is subtle, but adds that something special to simpler outfits. The grey tights are thick enough to keep the cold out but because they are 66% cotton, they also let the skin breath when you are indoors.

In the world of social media I recently came across some utterly beautiful, hand painted, silk scarves by London based Choulachou Here are just a couple of designs from their extensive and unique collection...

Essex'ee Legs LOVE the floral tights that the Choulachou model is rocking on their website...

Here's what Choulachou say about their designs -

Choulachou collections mix fashion and art into a powerful formula of unique accessories that expresses individuality.
We take inspirations from our passion for women, life and those fantasy stories that capture our imagination, turning them into hand-drawn illustrations on beautiful scarves.
We believe that what we wear is a reflection of our individual personality and attitude towards life, our beliefs and desires.

Another luxurious layer sorted to keep you warm and to turn heads! The scarves would make perfect birthday gifts too. Beautifully wrapped with a pair of carefully selected printed, coloured or patterned tights from Essex'ee Legs, you'll have a thoughtful gift that matches your loved ones personality to a T...

So, hi Mr Frost, we welcome you with open arms and our gorgeous new layers! :)

Victoria x

Merry Christmas!

Left to Right- Jonathan Aston Radiance Tights, Pamela Mann Original Tartan Tights, Pamela Mann Fairisle Printed Tights, Pamela Mann Wool Tights, Jonathan Aston Lucia Tights

With only 2 more sleeps until the magic of Christmas day begins, the Essex'ee Legs team would like to wish all of you lovely hosiery lovers and blog readers a very Merry Christmas! xx

Stocking Filler Marathon Part 1- Gifts for Mums

As we're now on an exciting countdown to Christmas Day, Essex'ee Legs have put together lots of gorgeous stocking filler ideas for all of those, special, people in your life. We will be posting gift ideas, in the coming days. Gifts for friends, your lovely mums and also, from him to her ideas, so watch this space guys! We will provide prices and links to take you to every item featured to make your Christmas shopping a little easier! 

Today we are starting our stocking filler marathon with ideas for your dear mum's. As our mums are all one in a million, we have provided pressie ideas to cater for all different styles and tastes!

So, here goes. First up is for the...

Mother Hen featuring Pamela Mann Wool Tights & Gipsy Cable Over The Knee Socks

Gorgeous gifts to keep your mum as snug as a bug in a, luxury, rug! Warm tights, toasty long socks, luxurious velvet ruby slippers = BLISS! Your mum will love the beautiful hand crafted chocolates and decadent scented candle. The photobook can be designed by you and be packed full of priceless memories for her to treasure. A few little homeware gifts to make her palace look, even more, special and I think you'll have yourself one happy mum on Christmas morning!

Click the links to shop the items:

The Christmas Stocking-NotOnTheHighstreet

The Winter Tights £8.99- Essex'ee Legs

The Over the Knee Socks £6.99- Essex'ee Legs 

The Scented Candle £28- Graham & Green

The Personalised Photo Book £29.99- PhotoBox

The Apron £20- Cath Kidston

The Velvet Slippers £40- Graham & Green

The baubles £30- Niki Jones

The Luxury Chocolates £25- Hotel Chocolat

The Owl Bunting £10.75- Sass&Belle

Glamour Mum- featuring Jonathan Aston Contrast Seam Heel Tights

Champagne and some seriously gorgeous bling is the way to your glamorous mums heart!  Treat her to some make up essentials, and a luxury scented candle to burn whilst she is getting ready for an evening out. To keep her feeling fabulous, some timelessly elegant seamed tights are an essential accessory for all of her formal attire!



Click the links to shop the items:

The Seamed Pantyhose £9.75- Essex'ee Legs

The Candle £39- Jo Malone

The Necklace £49- Jigsaw

The Earrings £15- Coast

The Lip Gloss £21- House of Fraser 
The Nail Varnish £18- House of Fraser
The Eyeliner Pot/Brush £17.50/£22- Bobbi Brown
The Champagne Flutes £25- House Of Fraser
The Mini Photo Frame £7.50- Marks and Spencer
The Compact Mirror £17- Etsy

Elegant Mother- featuring Jonathan Aston Hope Tights

These vintage style photo frames, perfume, elegant jewellery and hand crafted sign, will make your mum smile when she opens her stocking. The gorgeous pearl trimmed scarf and pretty patterned grey tights will add style and elegance to your mum's wardrobe.

Click the links to shop the items:

The Lace Tights £13- Essex'ee Legs 

Also available in black:

                                                                     

  The Scented Candle £28- The White Company

The Photo Frame £15- House of Fraser

The Necklace £55- Jigsaw

Nail Varnish £18- House of Fraser

The Earrings £12- Coast

The Scarf £35- Coast

Hand Painted 'Beautiful Mother' Sign £17.50- NotOnTheHighstreet

The Perfume £32- Debenhams

Look out for our Stocking Fillers for Friends post, coming soon, to continue your Xmas Shopping!
Victoria x

Day 4 of our Festive Fashion Five: Winter Wonderland

The penultimate outfit from our #FestiveFashionFive is shaking things up a little and features a pretty LWD instead of the usual LBD Christmas party uniform!  

Winter Wonderland- Featuring Jonathan Aston Faith Tights

Fresh and formal, the beautiful prom dress has a subtle metallic jacquard design, that looks magical teamed with the gorgeous pastel grey lace pantyhose and silver accessories. This party outfit is unique and pretty and would suit the formal and festive events that are pencilled into your diary this party season.

Where to shop these items:

The Lace Tights £13: Essex'ee Legs

The Dress £25: TK MAXX

The Bag £55: Dune

The Shoes £75: Dune

The Earrings £13: Topshop

The delicate lace tights have an ornate, oriental, design at the back and are available in pewter (grey) or black.

 

Join us tomorrow when the fith and final festive ensemble will be revealed!

 

Victoria x

 

Baby you're a firework!

All from Essex'ee Legs - coloured tights, coming soon and new arrivals

All this week the Essex'ee Legs team will be celebrating all things sparkly and colourful to join in the festivities of bonfire night! Reminiscing about fireworks and huddling round a bonfire with family and friends, always brings back childhood memories! I'm sure we all remember being told the story of Guy Fawkes...caught red handed ready to light 36 barrels of gun powder in the Houses of Parliament on the 5th of November 1605, Guy Fawkes was captured and executed. Such a heart-warming story! Bonfires were lit to celebrate the kings safety, so the 5th of November has been traditionally celebrated every year since, albeit a little more elaborately.

If you're attending a friends bonfire party or a spectacular firework event, be sure to wrap up warm and wear some colour tights to add an explosion of vibrancy to your outfit ;) Jonathan Aston 40 Denier Opaque Tights are cosy and are available in 4 bright colours.

If you're throwing your own bonfire bash then here's our idea of firework party heaven...

String as many lights and bunting along your fences and tree's as you can for some enchanting decor. Lanterns and blankets will keep you warm along with the bonfire and hot chocolate :) Hot spiced apple rum punch for the adults wouldn't go a miss too! Stuff yourselves with hot dogs, pumpkin pie and smores! Whoever came up with the idea of smores is a genius! Simply toast your marshmallows on the bonfire, take a piece of chocolate and sandwich between to biscuits- Delicious!


So layer up with some fabulous colour hosiery and cosy knits, have fun and enjoy the fireworks, safely :)

Inject some colour with rainbow brights

Following the beautiful sunshine and soaring temperatures in London, yesterday, today the sun has took her hat off and the heavens have opened :( Here's a burst of colour to brighten up your day and your wardrobe on any grey autumn day.


Pictures from Pinterest, Vouge.co.uk and Essex'ee Legs. All colour tights shown are available on the EL website now.

Colour tights are lighting up the catwalks at many of this seasons AW shows. Perfect for adding a splash of style and colour to an otherwise neutral outfit, brightly coloured tights will ensure you brighten up the dullest day. Fearne Cotton, Rachel Bilson and SJP demonstrate how to liven up an  outfit whilst taking the lead in the style stakes with their block colour tights. Style queens, Blake Lively, Leighton Meester and Alexa Chung show us how to work colour tights more subtly, with grey tights and pastel tones.

Brighten up your day with a colourful treat from our coloured tights collection at Essex'ee Legs. Meanwhile lets hope the sun puts her hat back on for us and we get to see one of these beauty's..

Ombre Tights

The two tone ‘ombre’ look is capturing the attention of fashionista’s everywhere. Forget the ‘ombre’ look for hair, check out these stunning ombre tights.

Jonathan Aston Vignette tights have unique shading with darker shade beginning at the toes, evolving to a lighter tone at thigh, creating striking ombre hosiery.

Lovely grey tights that are soft to touch. A stunning addition to your hosiery drawer.  50 denier ombre hosiery with a slight sheen.

Jonathan Aston Vignette tights feature a band of reinforced fabric at the upper leg, ensuring ultimate comfort and fabulous wear, plus sheer to waist brief, gusset and sheer toe.

If you would like a light legging check out these footless grey tights from Pamela Mann.

Amazing footless ombre tights with dip dye gradient design. 

Pamela Mann Ombre Footless Tights are a great compliment to any outfit this Spring Summer.  Team these grey tights with a short dress or a pair of shorts, plus platform or killer heels. Or create a cool grungy look with military style boots and a jumper dress on cooler days.

Both of these 'on trend' ombre tights are a must for every girl’s hosiery drawer.

Lace Pantyhose

Let's get ready for Spring/Summer with gorgeous lace pantyhose in a choice of two colours, from Jonathan Aston.

New pretty lace tights, a lovely addition to the Summer Dreams Collection 2013. Jonathan Aston Faith Tights are stunning Pewter (light grey tights) or Black.

Lace pantyhose with back seam detail that is inspired from utopian ideas given to this new collection.

Jonathan Aston Faith tights have ornate, oriental, design at the back. Pretty pewter (light grey tights) for a great look with floral and print outfits this Spring/Summer. Plus black lace pantyhose that is a 'must have' for nights out teamed with your favourite LBD.

Ombre Tights!

Ombre Tights! by essexeelegs featuring miss selfridge

Miss selfridge
missselfridge.com

Steve Madden black heels
$75 - newlook.com

Monsoon polka dot handbag
monsoon.co.uk

Swarovski pearl earrings
lordandtaylor.com

Matte eye shadow
karmaloop.com

Ombre Tights

Jonathan Aston have been synonymous with style since the swinging 60's, and the latest trends, offered, are fabulous. Forget the ‘ombre’ look for hair, check out these ombre tights. Jonathan Aston Vignette Tights in gorgeous two tone grey.

Stunning ombre pantyhose with unique shading. Grey tights with darker shade beginning at the toes, graduating to a lighter tone at thigh.

I wore these tights myself, on a recent night out and, to be honest, the picture doesn't even do them justice. Lovely ombre tights that are soft to touch and feel so luxurious when they are on. A stunning addition to your hosiery drawer. 50 denier grey tights with a slight sheen. Day wear through to nights out. I teamed these with a navy pencil dress and the look was great.

Jonathan Aston Vignette Tights feature a band of reinforced fabric at the upper leg, ensuring ultimate comfort and fabulous wear. Versatile ombre tights with a flat 3.5cm waistband, and sheer to waist brief, plus sheer toe.

Gipsy Cotton Ivy Over Knee Look Pattern Tights

Don't compromise on style this Winter, choose these Gipsy Cotton Ivy Over Knee Look Pattern Tights, they are gorgeous!

Lovely warm tights with a high natural fibre content of 66% Cotton that will keep you extra warm.

I love the overknee look and these are a welcome change from black. Grey tights with a striking ivy pattern, and the charcoal colour of these cotton rich winter tights is stunning. The ivy design starts on the foot and lower leg climbing to over knee height.

Warm tights for a great look this Autumn Winter teamed with Boots or Shoe Boots. Charcoal grey tights with composition of 66% Cotton, 27% Nylon, 5% Elastane.

Gipsy Cotton Ivy Over Knee Look Pattern Tights are one size to fit:  Hips 34" - 42" (86-107cm), Height 5'0" - 5'10" (152-178cm)

Gipsy Back Front Seam Detail Tights

What a change these gorgeous Gipsy Back Front Seam Detail Tights are from black tights?

New for the AW 2012/2013 Season these Gipsy tights ooze glamour and style. Striking grey tights with a floral design incorporated into the bold seam, which also has it's own unique pattern.

This lovely grey pantyhose is ideal for wear with deep coloured outfits, or teamed with a navy blue pencil dress.

These Gipsy tights have a  very clever twist! The seam can be worn at the back or front of leg, whichever your preference these grey tights will make any outfit look stunning.

Black boxer brief, and gusset, made from 93% Nylon, 7% Elastane. Gipsy Back Front Seam Details Tights are One size:  Hips 34" - 42" (86-107cm), Height 5'0" - 5'10" (152-178cm)