USA Exclusive House of Holland Super Suspender in HOT PINK

PEEK Brooklyn and Who Moved my Birkin is pleased to announce the exclusive product from the House of Holland Range the Super Suspender Tight in Hot Pink. We will be the only boutique to carry this unique spin on the hottest selling product from the House of Holland Fall 11 Hosiery collection.

Pretty Polly by House of Holland has a produced yet another stellar collection for fall 11, I can't wait to showcase the rest of the collection now that the weather has finally turned. 

These super suspender tights are just the right shade of pink to wear with Black and of course PURPLE!! The illusion of a suspender stocking is the perfect addition to any hosiery collection.

I will only have a few pairs, so don't miss out on this super limited edition brought to you exclusively from PeekBrooklyn.com

Spring has Sprung...

Finally, it feels like Spring is here!

I have the next month to wear the remaining portion of my NEW spring hosiery. I want to emphasized NEW, as in the tights, over the knee socks and hold ups that I purchased this year or at the end of season last year that I have not worn.

I have boxes devoted to unopened hosiery that I haven't worn, sorted by color, type and brand. There are roughly about 50 pairs that I haven't worn that are for Spring and about 30 pairs for Fall. There are pairs that I have not  yet had the opportunity to wear, and I look at them everyday and hope that it will stay cold a little longer just to wear them...This is in addition to my 300 plus colleciton.

These are from the Spring 11Collection from Calzedonia. In a baby pink floral pattern.

Gray and White lace tights

Lace is a popular look this spring, so why should your legs miss out on all the attention  

This pair of tights I bought at Anthropologie a year ago. I also have them in black. 

They are grey with a printed white lace design. They are very eye-catching, hard to miss especially in contrast to a darker skirt. I have been wearing this skirt a lot lately. Its from H&M. 

I have love to wear full circle skirts with cardigan, it makes me feel like I am a fifties housewife. 

The cardigan is from Eileen Fisher. 

I love adding lace whenever possible to an outfit. 

As far as white tights go, I don't particularly care for them although I do personally own opaque white tights, white fishnets and a few white tights that have a crochet type feel. I will try and integrate them into my summer/spring wardrobe. I also have a pair of Cervin white seamed stockings, I wore for my wedding in 2006. . 

I feel white tights are only appropriate for small girls preparing for their first Holy Communion or for ballet or to wear with a school uniform. 

If you do wear white tights, its important to choose the rest of your outfit wisely. To wear all white, could make you look like a nurse. Pairing it with other neutrals can look both modern and sophisticated. In this grim April month, winter white can be the natural transition to a zesty crisper summer white.

This pair of white lace tights have a light floral motif

This pair of Wolford White Tight, have a Cervon design. 

Stocking Around Town-Sadie

Tights are not just for grown-ups! Some of the cutest tights come only in toddler size. One of my favorite Italian brands Calzedonia, has a great selection for kids and toddlers. Some even miniature versions of their adult range. So when I spotted this little cutie today I could resist! 

In today's Stocking Around town entry, I am featuring my favorite pint size cutness Sadie! She is looking so adorable in her pink and purple flower cotton tights! I love her multi pattern look and stylish rainboots. Sadie enjoys watching Dora, playing with MAX and loves to wear tights! She has often complimented my tights, usually the pink or purple one, she is a girl after my own heart! 

Purple and Grey Part 3

Sorry for the delay in posts, Max has been under the weather and Nathan is traveling in China...

This is the final outfit in my Grey and Purple montage outfit number 5. I didn't post Sunday's outfit, and instead of my usual tights, I wore a pair of Calzedonia men's socks. I will devote an entire post the amazing selection of Men's socks that Calzedonia carries, but again that is an entire other post...

This outfit always makes me feel like something out of Mad Men. A total Peggy Olsen look. The tights are a so ordinary for me, a sort of cross between a mesh and fishnet. A little diamond pattern, in a warm grey color. I used to be totally into fishnets before I discovered European patterned hosiery. I have fishnets in almost every color you can imagine, from hot pink, to baby pink and even tinkerbell green. That will also be another post.

I picked this find up at Filene's Basement for $7.99. At the time I didn't have any grey tights, and I desperate for any pair I could find. This is the second time I have worn them, and it will be the last. I usually get at least 4 wears out of a lower price point, but sometimes there is a reason that they are at Filene's for $7.99 Oh well, its not like I don't have more grey tights...

Grey, Purple and Teal Hue Tights

This pair of stripey tights is from HUE. Hue brand tights are the closest an American brand has come to a European style line. Their range focuses on both fashionable trends and basics in everything from a heavy Merino knit, to sheer hold ups, textured tights and even Jeggings. The got their start in a New York City apartment in the late seventies, by dying white tights in a variety of Hue's. So I guess its as simple as that...

Don't worry I haven't forgotten about my promise to wear only purple and grey which these tights are both... I will be posting the round up of my grey and purple week Sunday. 

Grey and Purple Madness Part 1

For the last few days I have worn nothing but grey and purple. Not on purpose I swear! I really do own other colors, but sometimes it feels comfortable to be in just one or two colors. Maybe I will be one of those people that only wears certain colors. Which isn't the worse thing in the world is it? There are tons of people who only wear black and no one thinks twice about that being unusual.

Purple is definitely my favorite color, it suits me and I am automatically drawn to it over any other color. If I had to pick a shade it would almost always be a warmish purple like the aubergine shade in the photo below day 1. In the colder months I am drawn to cooler purples like the mauve color in day 2 below.

Day 1

Day 1's grey tights are part of the samples I received from Jleana Calze, an Italian Hosiery manufacturer

that I am hoping to work with on developing my own line. They are the perfect shade of grey, very opaque not sure of the exact denier and have a vertical horizontal design.

Day 2

Day 2's tights are from Hansel from Basel a great little Indie brand that has a very hipster vibe with vintage twists. I really enjoy the color combos and unique look to their range. These tights are a thick knit, are very comfy and super warm. They sort of remind me of a pair of tights I would of worn as a kid. 

I think it would be fun to continue on the trend of the two color look, so I will finish out the week in only grey and purple. Lucky for me I have at least 15 pairs of gray tights and 14 of purple, so stop by for round two of Grey and Purple Madness...

Wolford Paloma Tights

No people my tights are not on backwards! They are from Wolford circa 2009. I bought them at Bergdorf Goodman and every time I wear them people feel the need to tell me that they are on the wrong way round . The look is reminiscent of the seamed stockings of the 30s and 40s, however the other way around- A twist on a classic if you like. 


They are not stockings but tights, and the seams are a gorgeous Royal Purple-just in time for the nuptials on the other side of the pond. I prefer pairing them with a simple shift dress to give a retro feel look, with a modern attitude. 

Every time I wear a pair of "seamed" stockings or tights I always think of the movie "Some Like it Hot" one of my all time favorites. Everything you need to know about wearing seamed hosiery can be summed up in one line uttered by Marilyn Monroe's character Sugar Cane "Are my seams straight?"  followed by Jack Lemon's character Daphne quick retort- "I'll Say!"....

...An honest question with a sly riposte...

That movie also also taught me how to walk in high heels

Favorite Skirt with Sweater Hold Ups!

This is my favorite skirt; I purchased it for my birthday a few years ago from Anthropologie!

It’s a little difficult to pair a funky pattern with a striped skirt. I usually wear my brown fishnets with this outfit, but I think my sister borrowed them, so I decided to go with Hold Ups! Which I prefer but sometimes in the winter they can be a bit drafty. The Hold Ups that I am wearing are a sweater weight and have small vertical dots, a very simple pattern. The Hold Ups are the same color as my shirt, going for the look of creating a body suit affect that I read about at Already Pretty.
Something I have always done anyway, but always a good tip

I purchased these Hold Ups at Calzedonia my favorite hosiery shop in the entire world. They are a nice basic and I wish I had them in other colors. Just heavy enough for the cold winter days.

I just found out that my husband-Nathan, who has been away in Egypt these past few weeks, is making a stop over in London. While he is there he promised to stop at Calzedonia for me and pick up my top picks from the Spring 11 collection. Needless to say I am super excited and can't wait.

Until, then I will have to run through my existing assortment. Which at over 300 pairs will take the rest of the winter and the beginning of next winter. Thats not counting socks and leggings.

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Tutti Fruiti

These are a pair of tights that I got when I was working on developing my own line. Needless to say I only got as far as the sample process, for now. But, the best part was I got to keep ALL of the samples for free.

These are very unique and are a very Italian looking pair of tights. There are a total of 5 colors. I thought and thought about how to wear them. Then I stumbled upon a skirt that was hiding in my closet that I bought at Athletica which was the same color as the lighter purple, and with a black shirt and black wrap sweater I was set, and I finished the look with my short black Frye Boots of course!

Purple Plaid and Dots

As I am sure you can tell by now I love purple. I didn't always mean to be that person always wearing one color. But, it just sort of happened. Here I am wearing a pair of Purple tights my friend Laura Angela brought me from Paris. They have a faux garter affect and are transparent with polka dots. I paired them with a purple western shirt from Target and a gray skirt from Banana Republic. Sort of a saucy Cow Girl-working at a Brooklyn Saloon 

Todays new tights

These were a brand new find from TJ Maxx. With beautiful purple and pink stars. I paired them with my new full gray skirt from H&M and a pink top from Kohls that matched the pink in the tights which were Anna Sui brand.