Georgina Rodríguez Pairs Intimissimi's Cashmere Mini with Sheer Black Calzedonia Tights
Intimissimi's Ultralight with Cashmere post puts Georgina Rodríguez on stone steps in a black long-sleeved mini, sheer black Calzedonia tights and pointed pumps. What is credited and what is not.
A short black knit dress, a long flight of stone steps, a veil of black on the legs. On 3 November Intimissimi put Georgina Rodríguez at the centre of its Ultralight with Cashmere post, two looks shot by Javier Biosca, and credited the tights in three words: "Legwear @calzedonia". The pictures are not new, though. They come from the same shoot as her Calzedonia tights campaign, out in late October. Here is what each brand credits, what the press adds, and which sheer black pair gets you closest.
One shoot, two brands
Intimissimi and Calzedonia belong to the same Italian group, and here they share a photographer, a location and a model. Intimissimi's caption reads: "Two looks. One unmistakable fiber. @georginagio wears Ultralight with Cashmere her way: sleek, confident, feminine." It credits the legwear to Calzedonia and the photos to Javier Biosca. The carousel has three images: two of the black look on the steps, one of the grey look against a stone wall.
A day earlier, on 2 November, Calzedonia had posted seven photos from the same set ("All eyes on her"), including both of these looks. And both pictures were already on Calzedonia's Georgina Rodríguez page, which we covered in her Calzedonia tights campaign. What changes with Intimissimi is the focus: from the legs to the knit.
Ultralight with Cashmere is Intimissimi's semi-sheer knit line, which the brand describes as "a luxurious blend of breathable modal and cashmere". On 4 November theFashionSpot and Reality Tea wrote up the post. Reality Tea adds the stylist, Alba Melendo, and calls it a global autumn/winter campaign.
The black look: cashmere mini and sheer black
Black mini, sheer black tights, pointed pumps. Photo: Calzedonia, campaign with Georgina Rodríguez (Javier Biosca).
Top to bottom: a fitted black knit dress with long sleeves and a round, slightly wide neckline, ending high on the thigh; sheer black tights; black patent pumps with a pointed toe and a slim heel. theFashionSpot notes "statement diamond earrings and a bold ruby ring", and nothing else. The whole look is one black, from the neckline to the toe of the shoe.
Intimissimi does not name the dress. On its US site, the Ultralight with Cashmere line has no mini dress for sale on 5 November: there are tops, a bodysuit and a ruched midi dress (LLD28A, $109), which is longer and sheer. The closest piece you can buy is the Long Sleeve Boatneck Ultralight with Cashmere Top in black (CLD28B, $65), the same knit cut as a top.
The tights: what we know and what we don't
- The brand is credited. Intimissimi writes "Legwear @calzedonia"; theFashionSpot writes "sheer black tights from Calzedonia".
- The pair is not. Neither Intimissimi's post nor Calzedonia's links a product to this photo. In late October the photo also appeared in Calzedonia's newsletter, again without a product link.
- The press names one. Reality Tea writes that the styling paired the dress "with black Calzedonia Sheer Strong Sculpt 30 Denier Tights" (LIC068, $27). But the same article describes the grey look, with a grey leather mini and brown pumps, so it is not clear which photo it means. We list the Strong Sculpt as the likeliest candidate, not as a confirmed match.
- Our reading of the photo. Sheer, matte, no visible pattern or seam, skin clearly showing on the knee: around 15 to 20 denier, or a 30 denier stretched thin. That fits the Strong Sculpt, and also the plainer 20 denier pairs.
If you want the look without the shaping panel, Calzedonia's Sheer Essential 20 Denier Tights (LIC034, $12 in the US) is the simplest match, and the Sheer Matte Totally Invisible 20 Denier Tights (LIC031, $27) has a seamless body and invisible toes, so nothing shows under a short dress. On Amazon, Falke's Pure Matt 20 in black is a matte sheer of the same weight. Unsure which weight to pick? Our denier guide has the numbers.
The grey look: boatneck knit and brown tights
Grey on grey, brown on the legs. Photo: Calzedonia, campaign with Georgina Rodríguez (Javier Biosca).
The third photo in the carousel: a fitted light-grey knit with long sleeves and a boat neck, a grey croc-effect leather mini skirt, a loose grey jacket over the shoulders, brown tights and brown patent pumps. Reality Tea names the knit as Intimissimi's "Ultralight Long-Sleeved Cashmere Sweater with Boat Neckline": on the US site, the matching product is the Long Sleeve Boatneck Ultralight with Cashmere Top (CLD28B, $65), which comes in a Medium Grey Mel close to the one in the photo. Intimissimi does not tag the product, so we list it as similar.
Here the tights are credited exactly: Calzedonia's campaign page links this photo to the Semi-Opaque 30 Denier Tights in Brown (MIC049, colour 848, $17). Brown with grey, rather than black, is the idea we wrote about in our brown tights guide.
Why the black look works
With a dress this short and this plain, an opaque pair would turn the look into a uniform, and bare legs into a party. The sheer leaves the skin visible and keeps the line unbroken from the knit to the shoe, because tights and pumps are the same black. It is the same logic as the return of sheer black tights on the runways, worn on a staircase instead of a catwalk.
How to wear it like Georgina
- One black, three textures. Matte knit, matte sheer, glossy patent: the same colour, a different surface on each piece.
- 15 to 20 denier for a mini. Light enough to show the knee, dense enough to even out the leg. Go up to 30 if you want the shaping kind.
- A pointed pump, not a boot. The toe continues the line of the leg; an ankle boot would cut it.
- Jewellery only at the ears and on the hands. No necklace with a round neckline this close to the throat.
- For the grey version, swap black for brown. Grey knit, brown 30 denier tights, brown shoes.
The photos
The photos in the article come from the Calzedonia campaign with Georgina Rodríguez, shot by Javier Biosca: the same images appear in Intimissimi's post of 3 November and in Calzedonia's post of 2 November. The embedded post is Intimissimi's. The photo in the cover circle is a crop of the grey look from the same campaign.
