Guides
How to wear grey tights: shades, shoes and outfits
Light grey, smoke, charcoal and melange: which grey to choose, the denier, the colours and shoes that work, and the outfits we saw at Jil Sander, in Rome and in street style.
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Guides
Thigh-high stockings, hold-ups and over-the-knee socks: the names explained
Hold-ups, stockings, over-the-knee socks and knee-highs: the right names for long hosiery that reaches the thigh or the knee, how they differ and how they stay up.
Celebrity style
Benedetta Porcaroli's sheer grey tights and feather-cuff blazer at the Rome Film Festival
At the premiere of 7 Anniversari at the Rome Film Festival, Benedetta Porcaroli put sheer grey tights between a feather-cuffed black blazer and pointed black pumps.
Collections
Hailey Bieber for Calzedonia: the exact lace tights from her new campaign
In Calzedonia's new campaign Hailey Bieber wears black lace from wrists to toes: the Floral Lace Tights and the matching Lace Top. What they are, what they cost, and the brand's lace season.
Celebrity style
Sheer black tights are back: Elizabeth Debicki, Emmy Rossum and the red-carpet looks of the week
Elizabeth Debicki at the Wicker premiere, Emmy Rossum at The Envelope, Hailey Bieber on set: in one week, three short black dresses with sheer black tights and pointed pumps.
Guides
Tights under jeans: the European trick for wearing heels in autumn
A sheer layer under cropped jeans keeps you warm and lets you wear pumps, Mary Janes and mules when it's cold. Which denier, which colour, which cut of jeans and which mistakes to avoid.
Guides
How to tell the front and back of tights in 10 seconds
Label, gusset, heel and seams: the signs that tell you straight away which is the front and which is the back of a pair of tights, even when they look the same.
Guides
The right tights for 2026's top Halloween costumes, character by character
Rumi, Mira, Spider-Man, the Backrooms, Medusa, knights and Violet Sorrengail: the tights each of 2026's most wanted Halloween costumes needs, with colour, denier and the reason why.
Runway
Gucci spring/summer 2027: Demna's black tights and Cardi B's GG monogram pair
At Demna's Gucci SS27 Store Show in Milan, mini-skirt suits came with black tights and pointed pumps; in the front row, Cardi B wore sheer GG monogram tights under white fur.
Celebrity style
Charli XCX makes sheer tights the power move at the InStyle Imagemakers
At the 2026 InStyle Imagemaker Awards in Los Angeles, Charli XCX wore a custom Balmain leather blazer as a dress, a printed tie, pointed pumps and sheer black tights.
Guides
Thermal tights: how to choose the warmest pair
Fleece-lined, wool or merino, high-denier microfibre and the viral fleece tights that look sheer: what really keeps you warm, with official compositions, and which to choose for each day.
Guides
Tights size chart: how to find your size, brand by brand
Height, weight and hips: how to read a size chart and why one brand's S is not another's. The official charts of Calzedonia, Oroblù, Falke, Wolford and Snag compared, with the date we read them.
