Our Review

If you spend time looking at any topic for too long you start to ask questions about,  and worry about, things that simply don’t occur to other people... in this case the question that has bothered us for some time is that although we see a lot of 20 denier and 30 denier hosiery 25 denier is a rarity.   (3 other styles in case you wondered, two from Wolford and one from Marks & Spencer.  Two support styles and one with Lurex).

Then along come Pierre Mantoux with a genuine sheer to waist fashion style in 25 denier.

Lycra 3D you expect to be soft and these tights certainly are, not light but super smooth and soft.   If we had not known the denier in advance we would have stableuggled to guess, I think we would have gone for 20 denier rather than 30, the 3D makes it harder to judge.

Getting ahead of ourselves there!

There are five sizes to choose from and you need to take a little care in choosing, particularly if you are used to the system used by other top quality brands.   Size 1 is small, and size IV is extablea large, this largest size has a comfort rear panel rather than a conventional gusset.   In all sizes the seams are flat and well finished.  

The legs are shaped at the heel and finished with a reinforced toe detail, from there upwards they are sheer to the finger band, which is contiguous with the reinforcement either side of the seam  (T-band detailing is how some brands describe it).  The finger band carries a feint “Pierre Mantoux” motif on each hip.

Sizing is spot on, just remember to read the chart carefully, and for once the comfort gusset in the XL size does not spoil the fit.   

Colour on the leg is perfectly even and just a little more dense than from a 20 denier sheer.   Matt finish of course.

Soft and smooth these tights may be but they also give a feeling of quality and stableength too.

A super-classy sheer that justifies its price tag.

13 May 2011