Please Help James Lillis!

James Lillis, of Black Milk Clothing, needs your help! You see, he lives in Brisbane, and, in a new bid to become a leading fashion capital, the city is holding a contest for local labels. The prize? A shop in the middle of the city rent free for six months. You don't have to be a businessperson or a fashion designer to know what a huge deal this is. Please support James by voting for his shop here. ---from Stockings Addict

I've made no secret of how much I love the work of up-and-coming (and I do mean on the RISE) legwear designer, James Lillis and I would be incredibly happy to see him become world-famous and lauded for his wonderfully creative leg decorations. If reading Stocking Vixen has ever provided you with a little entertainment and you have a moment to spare, I would be personally grateful if you'd read what my dear friend, Treacle has written above and take a trip over to give James a hand on his road to success. The man works hard and hand-sews every single pair of leggings himself. He is an evangelist for awesome legwear and helping him means more hot legs in hot leggings. It's win/win for the world. He truly deserves this shop and is running #18 in the contest at the moment, so those of us that really value his type of work need to give him a boost. Please consider tweeting or posting on Facebook to give James a hand, as well. Again, I truly think he deserves it and would be thrilled to see him win.

Giveaway Alert!

Pink Nylon, who writes one of my absolute favorite hosiery and lingerie blogs, The Panty Drawer, is giving away a pair of Wolford hose or a Dollhouse Bettie gift certificate to one lucky reader of his blog. What's even more interesting is that he is interested in encouraging reader participation in his blog, so to enter, he would like you to recommend a pair of tights, "sheers, opaques, fishnets, patterns, or anything else goes," post the link to buy them at his blog and he will buy them, wear them for an entire day and write a review on The Panty Drawer. One lucky reader will get the grand prize, but to be honest, Pink writes some of the best hosiery reviews I've ever read and is very knowledgeable about hose, generally. I can't think of anyone else I'd rather have road test something for me before I shelled out my own hosiery moola, so just having him write a review on request is a wonderful thing. Just last week, his review of the Levante Seamless Stay Up saved me from buying something I probably wouldn't have enjoyed.

It's nice when there's a contest that you win just by entering. If there's a pair of tights you've been wondering about, but have been reluctant to buy because of price or some other element, put Pink on the case and get an expert opinion free of charge. All he asks is that you not ask him to buy a pair of tights that costs hundreds of dollars, but other than that, anything goes.

I'm very excited to read his reviews and see what people choose for him. Happy entering!