Brand stories
Falke, from 1895 to today: the story of the German hosiery brand
A Sauerland roofer, a factory that has stood on the same street since 1920, ski socks with a left and a right foot: 130 years of Falke, still in family hands.
Archive
Brand stories
Fogal: the Swiss hosiery house of designer collaborations
From Zurich's first hosiery-only boutique and in-store darning to artists and capsules with Dries Van Noten: a century of Fogal, up to its new Abu Dhabi-based owner.
Runway
Jewelled tights: Chopova Lowena and London's embellishment moment
Sequins and crystals swept London's SS27 runways, but Chopova Lowena put the sparkle on jersey and tights, in a bowling alley full of witches: embellishment goes everyday.
Celebrity style
Kaia Gerber in Wolford polka-dot tights: anatomy of a look
At the launch party for American Vogue's December 2024 issue, the first ever guest-edited by Marc Jacobs, cover star Kaia Gerber wore a Marc Jacobs LBD and Wolford dots.
Runway
London Fashion Week SS27: shorts over tights and the return of the Noughties
Six London shows brought back shorts over tights and pop socks. From Mary Quant to the student parties of 2009, the story and the how-to of a silhouette that never really left.
Celebrity style
London street style: red-orange tights that melt into matching pumps
Outside London's shows, hosiery became part of the shoe: red-orange tights flowing into pumps, stripes over velvet. From Princess Diana to Valentino, the story and rules of the trick.
Runway
Milan Fashion Week SS27: the tights we saw on the runway
Off-key shades at Jil Sander, an 80-denier tights fabric turned into dresses at Elisabetta Franchi, black opaques at Gucci: what Milan said about legs for spring/summer 2027.
Collections
Oroblù's corn-based tights: what's really inside
Q-GEO nylon, LYCRA EcoMade, Iowa corn and a Mantuan hosiery town: we read the label on Oroblù's Bio-Derived Sneakers Tights to find out how much of a pair of tights can come from a plant.
Runway
Paris Fashion Week SS27: a tights diary
68 shows, Drew Henry's Courrèges debut and fresh signals from Milan: what to watch at Paris Fashion Week SS27 if you care about legs, before the lights go up.
Runway
Polka-dot tights: from the FW26 runways to your wardrobe
Micro-dots at Caro Editions in Copenhagen, a flash of cobalt at Jil Sander, cashmere at The Row: why winter 2026 is being decided from the knee down.
News
Recycled tights: inside Life Re-Tights, the Golden Lady and Calzedonia project
A plant that separates nylon from elastane, 500 collection stores, EU money and a 30 November 2026 deadline: how Life Re-Tights works, and what we still don't know.
Brand stories
Swedish Stockings: the tights made from fishing nets
Founded in Stockholm in 2013, made in Castel Goffredo: how Swedish Stockings turns regenerated nylon, some of it from fishing nets, into tights, and laddered pairs into tables.
