TIGHTS DESIGNER
Explore the story of Virivee, my original tights brand, featuring printed tights, unique hosiery designs, collections, photoshoots and the creative process behind my work as a tights designer.
I’ve always been an entrepreneur, working across graphic design, retail, and creative businesses. I’ve been writing this blog since 2014, sharing my work, creative projects, and business journey.
THIS IS AN ARCHIVE POST FROM 2022. The time has finally come for one of the biggest developments in Virivee’s history. I’ve been thinking about introducing sublimation printing to Virivee for a long time, and I actually had my first test prints made almost two years ago. Now I’ve finally taken the plunge and invested […]
THIS IS AN ARCHIVE POST FROM 2020. I was thinking about what I could add to the Virivee tights collection to balance out its seasonality. I came to the conclusion that swimwear would be ideal, as tights are mainly a winter product, while swimwear is clearly for summer. I also thought it would be a […]
THIS IS AN ARCHIVE POST FROM 2020. Well, COVID hit, and it was a difficult time for businesses as well as for people in general. Virivee mainly sells tights for events, cosplay and Halloween, so when the lockdowns started, our sales dropped to zero. But the expenses didn’t go away. I still had to pay […]
THIS IS AN ARCHIVE POST FROM 2019. It was time to expand the Virivee collection and start designing tights for children too. Until now I had only worked with Lycra (polyamide) tights, but cotton material is the standard choice for kids products, so for this new collection I started working with cotton tights, which meant […]
THIS IS AN ARCHIVE POST FROM 2017. Earlier this year, I designed a collection of sheer tights for Virivee with colourful geometric patterns (I wrote about it here), and it turned out to be such a success that I wanted to take these sheer tights in a more sensual direction. This time, I wanted to […]
THIS IS AN ARCHIVE POST FROM 2017. I really wanted to design a more special collection of tights for Virivee, something you don’t really see on the market. I decided to work with thin, sheer tights and decorate them with small, colourful geometric shapes. The idea was to make the shapes look as if they […]
THIS IS AN ARCHIVE POST FROM 2016 When you run a small online business and sell internationally, shipping can become surprisingly complicated. A few months ago I wrote about shipping orders internationally with the regular postal service. This time I want to talk about the other option we use at Virivee: courier companies. I’ve been […]
THIS IS AN ARCHIVE POST FROM 2015 Finally, finally! After a month and a half of delays, the first Virivee shop in Budapest, Hungary opened on Monday. Opening a physical shop is a pretty big milestone for a small independent fashion business, and for me, this is a particularly exciting moment. Virivee is a handmade […]
THIS IS AN ARCHIVE POST FROM 2014 Last week I was filming with Zita Görög, a well-known Hungarian model, actress and television personality, and for the first time, Virivee is going to appear on a TV show that is actually about fashion and aimed at the kind of audience I want to reach. All my […]
THIS IS AN ARCHIVE POST FROM 2014 It all started in July, when my phone rang. A film production company was looking for interesting businesses for an upcoming series, and somehow they came across Virivee. The series was part of a campaign by Telekom, the international telecommunications company. At our first meeting, we mostly just […]
