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.
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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: every tights look, show by show
Socks with flat shoes, sheer black with pumps, nude worn as a colour: what Paris did with legs for spring/summer 2027, across all 101 shows checked look by look.
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.
Celebrity style
The "fun tight": why colourful tights are back
From "I Heart Me" tights at London Fashion Week back to Mary Quant and Twiggy, via Valentino pink: the history and return of colourful, patterned tights.
Runway
White stockings and stirrups: the Jil Sander look that took over Milan
White stockings under spliced skirts, stirrup leggings in patent pumps: how Simone Bellotti put the leg at the centre of Milan Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2026.
Collections
Wolford autumn/winter 2026: python skin, merino wool and a crystal catsuit
Python-effect jacquard, rose-patterned net, merino wool and a crystal catsuit: how Wolford turns more than 75 years of hosiery into a layered wardrobe.
Brand stories
Wolford: more than 75 years of Austrian hosiery
Born in Bregenz in 1949-50, Wolford invented seamless luxury, dressed Pucci and Mugler, and now, inside Lanvin Group, is fighting for a comeback. This is its story.
Guides
How to choose the right denier: the complete guide to sheer, semi-opaque and opaque tights
What the number on the pack really measures, what changes from 5 to 200 denier, which weight for every temperature and occasion, and why price says nothing about how long they last.
