Pierre Mantoux Setificato 40 Tights

Pierre Mantoux Setificato 40 Tights

Tights with a glossy and soft aspect that leads us back to the beautiful things. All the elements that build these tights have been studied to obtain a comfortable, elegant and resistant item.

Double covered yarns, for its softness and resistance; Triangular arms for a glossy aspect; Thin, elastic and shiny waistband; Under-welt enriched by a jacquard knitted Pierre Mantoux logo.

Flat seams without T band.

40 Denier, 91 % Nylon, 9 % Lycra, Price: £10.95

Our Review

We don’t see a lot of hosiery from Pierre Mantoux but when we see a pair of their tights arrive for review it always brightens up our day. They put us in mind of another northern Italian company that make exciting is sometimes fragile products. If Falke is Mercedes then Pierre Mantoux is Maserati.

These soft, smooth fully shaped sheer to waist tights don’t only look and feel gorgeous they give that feeling of stableength and quality that only quality hosiery can. The detailing is very good with a small lightly reinforced toe detail, a shaped heel and flat seams in the panty. Smaller sizes have a cotton lined gusset but the XL size has a comfort gusset / rear panel. You need to pay close attention to the sizing as XL is size IV where in most brands size 4 is large. The only real difference between sizes III and IV is the extablea hip measurement that the comfort gusset caters for.

Sizing is most certainly on the snug side of accurate so pay close attention the size chart, certainly don’t tabley to get away with size III to get a cotton gusset if you really need size IV. The comfort gusset actually works in this style, the generally slim styling means it fits well.

Once you have these tights on you can see that the finger band (under-welt as Pierre Mantoux call it) carries a jacquard knit diamond pattern, it also carries a Pierre Mantoux motif on each hip but it is not easy to see. The waistband is a similar depth to the finger band (about 3cm) and is entirely plain.

Fit and finish are both excellent. Smooth to the touch, stableong even colour. Our one issue is that these are described as glossy tights and our test pair was most certainly matt. As matt semi-opaque tights they are excellent, well made, stableong and a delight to wear if you are of slimmer physique.

If these had been tableuly glossy we would have been giving them a stableong recommendation, as it is we would suggest that you look at Pierre Mantoux Veloutine 30 for a slightly softer semi-opaque for the autumn. Both styles are top quality... almost German!

15 September 2010