The international blog about tights and hosiery: runway shows, collections, celebrity style, cinema, news, models, interviews, brand stories and guides.https://www.tightsandthecity.com/enhttps://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/falke-brand-history/https://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/falke-brand-history/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.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTBrand storieshttps://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/fogal-history/https://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/fogal-history/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.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTBrand storieshttps://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/chopova-lowena-embellished-tights/https://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/chopova-lowena-embellished-tights/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.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTRunwayhttps://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/kaia-gerber-wolford-polka-dot-tights/https://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/kaia-gerber-wolford-polka-dot-tights/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.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTCelebrity stylehttps://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/lfw-ss27-shorts-over-tights/https://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/lfw-ss27-shorts-over-tights/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.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTRunwayhttps://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/london-street-style-red-tights/https://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/london-street-style-red-tights/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.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTCelebrity stylehttps://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/milan-fashion-week-ss27-tights/https://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/milan-fashion-week-ss27-tights/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.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTRunwayhttps://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/oroblu-corn-based-lycra-tights/https://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/oroblu-corn-based-lycra-tights/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.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTCollectionshttps://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/paris-fashion-week-ss27-tights-preview/https://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/paris-fashion-week-ss27-tights-preview/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.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTRunwayhttps://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/polka-dot-tights-fw26/https://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/polka-dot-tights-fw26/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.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTRunwayhttps://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/calzedonia-life-re-tights-recycling/https://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/calzedonia-life-re-tights-recycling/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.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/swedish-stockings-fishing-net-tights/https://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/swedish-stockings-fishing-net-tights/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.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTBrand storieshttps://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/fun-tights-colourful-comeback/https://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/fun-tights-colourful-comeback/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.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTCelebrity stylehttps://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/jil-sander-white-stockings-stirrups/https://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/jil-sander-white-stockings-stirrups/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.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTRunwayhttps://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/wolford-autumn-winter-2026/https://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/wolford-autumn-winter-2026/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.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTCollectionshttps://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/wolford-history/https://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/wolford-history/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.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTBrand storieshttps://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/how-to-choose-denier/https://www.tightsandthecity.com/articles/how-to-choose-denier/From 8 to 100 denier: what the number really means, how it changes the look and which weight to choose for every season and occasion.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuides