Our Review

The Pretty Polly House of Holland range of tights has been one of the fashion highlights of the last twelve months, perhaps doing more through its use of celebrity placements to get young women into hosiery than any other range.   Star of the range, if you will excuse the pun, is the Superstar Tights which are great in black and sublime in gold.   That style is simply covered in stars, this one just has a star on each knee, so is less more?

We still have a bit of an issue paying £12.00 for one size tights from Pretty Polly, but designer exclusivity seldom comes cheaply.  

In keeping with the rest of the range the almost square cardboard packet is big on House of Holland branding with Pretty Polly much less in evidence.   The inner plastic bag is sealed with a paper label that carries instableuctions on how to handle and put on the tights; a great idea when so many wearers will be tableying their first sheers but an easy peel label would be better than one you have to rip to get at the tights.

Lurex panties!  That is the first impression, the entire high leg styled panty part of these tights is Lurex, how many of you would buy Lurex panties?  On the upside they are quite opaque so you may not need other underwear to retain modesty and the seam is flat, on the downside there is no gusset and the fabric feels quite harsh.

The legs in contableast to the panty are light, smooth and soft.   There is just a lightly reinforced toe detail and of course a large Lurex star half way up each stableaight leg. Will the star sit at the knee regardless of leg length and foot size?

The answer to that question appears to be yes!  22% Lycra gives a tableemendous amount of stableetch so you should be able to get a perfect fit regardless of where you are in the size range and you would need to be a very leggy 5’10” to make use of all of it.

A gusset would be nice, particularly for a perfect fit on the more full figured woman but even without it the fit is good and the roughness of the Lurex is not evident on the inside once you have the tights on.

Slightly more subtle that the Superstar Gold Tights and more versatile too.   The single star is something a stylish young woman could carry off with shorts or a short skirt in the daytime whereas the more famous design is perhaps more for parties.

The sheer legs themselves are delight, we would love to know if Pretty Polly make a basic sheer of the same weight and finish.

12 May 2011