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TightsFashion - Number One for Tights and Pantyhose Reviews.
You found our site so presumably you are looking for tights, or as our North American friends call them “pantyhose”. We are a UK based site so we will call them tights, but most of what you find here, although not all, would be pantyhose in the USA.
So why do we review tights? The full story of the origins of the site is covered in detail on another part of the site, but the reason the site exists and is thriving is quite simple. There are hundreds of hosiery companies around the World making thousands of different styles of tights, pantyhose and stockings.
Take a look at your local department store or, if you still have one your local hosiery and lingerie shop, and you will find that they have at most a handful of brands of tights. Even for the brands that they do stock the range of tights will often be very limited. The styles of tights missing from a shop are usually the most exciting and most fashionable styles. Even with the classic natural shades of sheer tights the very best quality and most innovative designs are the ones you can’t find.
If you are going to buy expensive hosiery, tights or stockings, you really want to know what it is like before you buy, and there is no guarantee that you will be allowed to handle the tights before you buy even if they are stocked.
Often you can read a little about the tights on the back of the packet, but all too often there is very little there to help you. Sometimes not even any guidance on sizing.
If you are shopping on line you will find a far larger range of brands, and many more styles of tights from each brand. But of course then you don’t even get to look at the packet.
So we are here to be your hands and your eyes, and even your legs. Your legs in two ways, doing the leg work finding the suppliers, the brands and the latest styles; and trying the tights on to see how they fit and feel through a normal day.
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Reviews:
The main focus of TightsFashion is our independent review of hosiery, mostly tights. Over 700 tights and pantyhose reviews each based on a full day of wear by one of our testers.
Each tights review details construction, materials, price, fit, look, feel and value for money. Where appropriate there is a link to the supplier who provided the review sample.
Please support our tights and pantyhose suppliers by clicking through from the review pages to their on line stores. Without their assistance we could not review the variety of tights that we do.
Our site is updated several times each week with new tights reviews, features and new tights to buy from our partners. Bookmark our update history page to keep up to the minute with changes and additions.
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Latest Reviews
Trasparenze Marika 15 Tights, Max Mara Freddo Tights, Le Bourget Jambes Nues 10D Tights, Trasparenze Renella Tights, Red or Dead Ursula Tights, Red or Dead Una Tights, Trasparenze Rigoletto Tights, Donna Karan "The Nudes" Control Top Pantyhose, Elbeo Hauchfein 8 Tights, Trasparenze Chopin Tights, Red or Dead Gladdis Tights, Red or Dead Anouska Tights, Veneziana Diablo 20 Tights, Red or Dead Bonnie Tights, Oroblu Repos 70 Tights, Red or Dead Addy Tights, Luisa Maria Lugli Fresh Tights, Pierre Mantoux Lou Tights, Trasparenze Oleandro Tights, Luisa Maria Lugli Sinergia Tights, Oroblu Active Legs 70 Tights
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Shopping:
The TightsFashion Shop has an excellent selection of tights and pantyhose provided by our partners at MyTights, TightsPlease, UKTights and Stockings Direct. Read more about them in our suppliers section or click the banners below to see what they have to offer.
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Everything About Tights
Reviews of tights and information on where to buy them from is our main focus but we also aim to provide information about tights and hosiery in general. We don’t going into the realms of fetish and erotica there are plenty of other sites doing that, but we do cover issues like tights for men (yes they are made, and yes some men wear tights designed for women), and how to go about putting your tights on without damaging them.
Certain types of tights are singled out for being of particular interest. For example we try to list all the tights designed with hot weather in mind on one page. Summer tights do work and if you find that your normal brand and style of tights is hot and uncomfortable you should try some of these. The very best type of tights to wear under figure hugging clothes are ones with no seams in the panty. If you never tried seamless tights, and they are not common even in the very best of stores you really should. They are not cheap, but you will remember your first pair. Some tights are made with the backseam that was once a feature of most pairs of stockings, so if you are nostalgic or just love the to show off a little look at the seamed tights on offer.
If you prefer stockings take a look at out sister site StockingsFashion.
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Shop For Tights at TightsFashion
Our shop carries a huge selection of tights from 40 of the World’s leading manufacturers. The biggest selection to be found on the net.
Aristoc, Bebaroque, Cervin Paris, Celeste Stein, Cette, Charnos, Classified
Danskin, Dolci Calze, DKNY & Donna Karan, Elbeo, Elle, Emilio Cavallini, Falke, Fogal
Gerbe, Gipsy, Givenchy, Hanes, Hudson, Hue, Jonathan Aston
Kunert, La Perla, Le Bourget, Leg Avenue, Levante, Levee, Marks & Spencer, Max Mara, MYway, Omero, Oroblu, Ose
Pamela Mann, Pierre Mantoux, Pretty Polly, Red or Dead, Religion, Skinkiss, Sock Shop, Spanx
Trasparenze, UKTights, Veneziana, Wolford, WoMan Tights for Men.
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Read Our Reviews
Full reviews of over 800 styles of tights and pantyhose from over 90 brands
Aristoc, Belinda, Boots, C&A, Calvin Klein, Cecilia de Rafael, Celeste Stein, Cervin Paris, Cette, Charnos, Cheri Lon, Cherie, Christian Dior, Couture
Debenhams, Desiree, Dim, Dolci Calze, DKNY, Dunnes Stores, E-Taly, Elbeo, Elle, Emilio Cavallini, Ergee, Fabiani, Falke, Filodoro, Fiore, Fogal, Fredericks of Hollywood
Gaetano Cazzola, George at Asda, Gerbe, Giorgio Armani, Gipsy, Gisselle, Givenchy, Glamour, Golden Lady, Gracia, Hanes, Hosieree, Hudson, Hue, Ibici, Jade, Jasper Conran, Jonathan Aston, Jonelle, JOOP!, Jose Eisenberg
Knittex, Kunert, La Perla, Lady Sofia, Le Bourget, Leg Avenue, Levante, Luisa Maria Lugli, Marks & Spencer, Max Mara, Michael Klein, Mura, MYway, Nika, No Nonsense, Nur Die, Omero, Orfe, Oroblu, Ose
P2 by Palmers, Palmers, Pamela, Pamela Mann, Penti, Philippe Matignon, Pierre Cardin, Pierre Mantoux, Pompea, Pretty Polly, Razmatazz, Red or Dead, Religion, Sanpellegrino, Silkies, Silky, Skinkiss, Sock Shop, Strawberry Fields
Trasparenze, Untitled Hosiery, Vega, Veneziana, Victoria’s Secret, Vogmate, Wicked, Wolford, WoMan for men by Levee, Woolworths, Yves Saint Laurent
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Feedback:
If you feel you have information on tights and pantyhose that you think other readers would like to share then drop a line to cj@tightsfashion.co.uk We would also love to hear about brands and suppliers we have not yet reviewed. And welcome comment on those we have.
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If you are looking for something specific on TightsFashion please use this built in search powered by Google. It works just like the normal search and you can use quote marks to look for terms like “cotton gusset” or “sandal toe”.
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Buying Tights, Stockings and Lingerie as a Gift
There can be few areas in life more fraught with danger than buying tights, stockings or lingerie for your lady. We receive lots of e-mails on the subject of what to buy, particularly in the run up to Christmas and Valentine’s Day, so here are a few pointers.
- Remember who you are buying for. This a gift for your lady not for you! I am sure most men have at some time or another bought their wife lingerie because it looked great on the slim young model in a picture without a thought for whether it would suit their wife or be comfortable.
- Buy what she normally wears. Take discrete look in her drawers and wardrobe and if you find tights don’t buy stockings. Most women will wear one of the other, buy a tights girl stockings, or a stockings girl tights and they will stay unworn. If you don’t know her well enough to know which she wears you don’t know her well enough to be buying hosiery and lingerie for her.
- Check her size carefully... don’t ask! Women lie about their weight and dress size. Look at what she wear and check the size label in something that fits her well. Tights and stockings with Lycra give some flexibility on sizing (see our reviews for details by style) but a bra or suspender belt needs to be right.
- Buy the right colour, black and tan shades are safest for tights and stockings. Red is for danger in lingerie.
- Buy quality... but don’t go mad. You can buy tights and stockings at almost any price from £1 to £30 a pair. Don’t buy cheap rubbish that will not be nice to wear or look good. Very expensive hosiery does not always equal strong and durable hosiery... remember too that if you buy tights or stockings that are very expensive they may get put away for a “special occasion”. Our tip is to spend £6-£12 a pair to get good quality and value.
- Don’t go too sheer. Very sheer hosiery, 10 denier or less, is gorgeous but often fragile and nobody likes a present that doesn’t last out the day.
- Buy her something else as well, not just tights and stockings, because to be honest the gift of hosiery will always be partly for you.
- Returns. Most of the suppliers will accept returns, all the terms are pretty typical, take a look at the terms on Tightsplease to see an example.
One final thought.. what is right for a girlfriend and what is right for a wife are different... don’t mix up the packages!
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