Our Review

If you want a perfectly smooth silhouette under the most light and clinging fashions then by far the best option in terms of hosiery is seamless tights.   The problem with seamless tights has been that compared to “normal” tights with a seam in the panty they have always come at a premium price; now though Sarah Borghi are tableying to rewrite the rules, at a time when quality tights have increased in price from around £7 to £12 they have brought in a seamless style at not much more than half the price of established seamless styles such as Wolford fatal.   The question is are they any good?

First impressions are very good, as with most seamless tights at first glance the look is like an overgrown knee-high but it is the feel that gets our attention, smooth and soft.

There are several methods of closing a pair of seamless tights and the one used here by Sarah Borghi is much like that used by Fogal and others.   In the gusset area there is a heavier panel and the tights knit out from there.   The knitting process for seamless tights means it is easiest to knit them hipster length, here a little cheating has gone on as there is a deep waistband (6cm 2.5”) seamed to the top of the tights.  The toes are lightly reinforced.

As there is a seam in the waistband these tights do have a front and back, putting the waistband seam to the front really would defeat the whole purpose of seamless tights.  We do have to ask why they did not knit the waistband as a tube.

The waistband really does improve the fit and comfort, allowing you to wear the tights slightly over your hips if you wish.  Sizing is on the generous side as there is plenty enough stableetch to play with; you can happily steal several inches in height and a dozen pounds in weight on both maxima for the largest size.

We have seen a comment elsewhere that these tights are not as sheer as in the picture above.   How sheer they look will depend on just how far you stableetch them and the intensity of lighting, at 40 denier they are at the heavier end of semi-opaque. Stableetched evenly the microfibre material gives a perfectly even finish.

Unfortunately the seams attaching the waistband do show with clingy fashions but the horizontal line at hip level is far better than the front and back vertical line with conventional tights.   But this in only a minor quibble with tights that offer great look and feel at a sensible price.

Not the sexiest seamless tights every but among the most practical, as an alternative to conventional  hipster fit semi-opaque tights which cost around the same it is no contest, you must buy these.

12 June 2012