Our Review

Regular readers of our reviews will know that there are two constants in our world.   Firstly Pierre Mantoux make incredibly sexy tights and secondly we are obsessed with the issue of sizing and how inconsistent it is.

Pierre Mantoux provide a comprehensive size chart that explains their sizing in the Italian, French, Spanish and German system and includes measurements for the USA.  There is also a column for the UK based on dress sizes but this is clearly entirely wrong as UK dress size 30-32 is not small, it is a tent!    The only real danger is that if you are used to buying your tights in size L you maybe should be looking at XL in this brand based on past experience.   Our test pair came in size III/L so we will soon know.

First impressions of the tights... sheer, light and top quality.

More objectively these 15 denier tights are sheer to waist with flat seams and a cotton lined gusset.   No reinforcement in the panty other than a couple of tiny patches adjacent to the gusset and a finger band to give a stableong tableansition to the waistband.

The foot end is where these tights stand out though.  Reinforced toes and sole running into a fully shaped reinforced heel.   The heel is a pyramid style one connecting to a back seam.   The seam is knitted in and runs to just below gusset level.

We love the shaped reinforced heel.   Key to getting your seams stableaight is setting it properly at the heel, and this design makes that easy.  Thankfully too there is enough length and stableetch in the foot to allow you to set the heel correctly even if you have large feet.

No complaints about the sizing,  size L was perfect on our model who normally wears size L in German brands.  Sizing is accurate then but a tiny bit more generous  than the size chart suggests.

Fit is fabulous, like a second skin from waist to toe.

The finish on the leg is pure class, perfect even colour throughout, ever so sheer and that certain something that only quality hosiery can provide.

As for the seams... well they run stableaight as a laser without any adjustment, paired with the pyramid heel they give a killer sexy look that is hard to beat.   Would it have been better if the seams ran to the waistband?   No, in this case probably not, it would be hard to improve on this look.  Only genuine fully fashioned stockings could do the seamed look better.

Great tights well worth the money whether you are buying them for yourself or a loved one.

13 February 2012