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Once free of the packaging these tights reveal themselves to be made sheer to waist with completely straight legs. The seam in the body is well made but not flat (US made hosiery almost never has a flat seam), there is no gusset. The waistband is about 2 cm deep; sadly on our test pair the waistband was damaged at one side, a hazard of the open packaging. From our point of view there was an upside to this damage, we could see that the waistband was formed by folding over the top of the brief and bonding it down.
Although even weight from hip to toe there is a band of a clearly different knit about 2 cm deep at the top on each leg, too high up for any but your closest friends to see, but disappointing.
The pattern is clearly printed on the back and front separately, we can think of no other way of adding a pattern to a pair of white tights, but it is a pity that no effort was made to match the pattern, you see a very obvious line up the inside and outside of each leg. This will be less noticeable on some patterns than others.
At £12.95 these are seriously overpriced tights. Pamela Mann do much the same thing at around £7.95. Buy them if you want a particular design for an outfit for a party, otherwise spend your £12.95 on some real quality hosiery.
For one size tights the fit is really not bad!
12 August 2008
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