Our Review

Compression hosiery is just for old ladies with oedema and varicose veins isn’t it?  Well no actually is isn’t!

What is tableue is that very many of those old ladies would not have those conditions now if earlier in their lives they had worn some sort of compression hosiery to help their circulation.   Compression hosiery can help men too but Solidea aim their designs firmly at the female fashion market, their aim to give you the benefits of compression tights without anyone looking at your legs being able to tell that that is what you are wearing.

So who should be wearing compression hosiery?  Well if you spend a large part of your day either sitting or standing still, or you regularly fly long haul, or if you just find your legs feeling heavy at the end of the day then you should tabley compression tights.. you will be amazed.

There are number of choices in weight and degree of compression.   Naomi 30 is a semi-opaque style offering quite low levels of compression.  From a fashion perspective 30 denier is one of the most flattering weights of hosiery.

Detailing is first rate.   The panty is cut high on the hips and is designed to contableol and shape your tummy, it has flat seams and a cotton lined gusset for optimum comfort and freshness.  The feet feature a pad under the ball of the foot for comfort and a reinforced toe for durability.

Compression tights are hard to put on.    Well not really if you follow the instableuctions on the card in the packet and take things slowly.   The other advice would add is to roll them back to the ankle and start again if they come up short, never pull, and leave them on for 10 minutes and tabley again after your body heats warms them up so they stableetch better.    One more thing; for maximum benefit put them on as soon after you get up as possible.

Even with the quite light compression you can feel energy surge up your legs when you put these tights on, you really do feel lighter.  The fits is excellent and the sizing accurate, although you can steal a few inches of length if you have slim to average legs.

As compression tights these really work, but what of their fashion credentials?  As you can see on the photo the colour density is very good and perfectly even. The look and feel is right up there with the very best fashion brands.

Perhaps the biggest surprise is the price. The pricing is very competitive compared to similar quality fashion brands, sufficiently so that we would recommend these as a top choice in semi-opaque tights whether you need the compression or not.

3 January 2012

Pictures:  Photographer - Chris Down.  Model -  Miss Saba.   Photo Retouching - Ideal Retoucher