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Our Review
We were not quite sure what to expect from an “animal backseam” but it soon became apparent when we opened the packet. Consider a standard seamed stocking and then replace the the sole of the foot, heel detail and seam with a pattern rather than a plain colour and widen the seam by a factor of about five and you start to get the idea. The pattern repeats in the finger band that provides transition from the sheer body to the waistband.
The seam detail aside the construction is what you would expect of a quality sheer tight, the straight legs are finished with a sandal toe detail and the panty has both flat seams and a lined gusset.
There are two sizes and the sizing is perfectly accurate. The weight of the material feels heavier and stronger than the 10 denier description would suggest and there is enough strength and stretch to go a little beyond the suggested sizing. These are well fitting and comfortable tights.
Our test pair was in the purple shade pictured, the alternative is black. The colour is perfectly even and unusually for sheer tights quite vibrant too.
Of course the main design feature of these tights is the seam and heel detail. The heel detail sits well even if you have larger than average feet and we had no problems getting the seam to sit straight and stay straight. Jonathan Aston call the design animal but we are not sure what animal they had in mind, to us it looks far more like a kind of camouflage pattern; either way it looks good.
Jonathan Aston continue to produce tights that combine imaginative design and high quality manufacture.
30 April 2010
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