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Photography standard PS-01

Denier is the only number that tells you how sheer it will be.

Every pair on this site is photographed on the same leg form, under the same light, at the same distance, with the same background. The only thing that changes between photos is the tights. Compare the numbers and the photographs will hold still.

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Styles
44
Denier
8 to 120
Sizing
Height against weight or hip — two axes
Price
$10.00 to $96.00, USD
  • Standard leg form in 15 denier hosiery, photographed under standard PS-0115D

    Skin clearly visible, evened out slightly.

  • Standard leg form in 40 denier hosiery, photographed under standard PS-0140D

    Skin tone visible as a shade. Individual marks no longer read.

  • Standard leg form in 70 denier hosiery, photographed under standard PS-0170D

    No skin visible.

  • Standard leg form in 120 denier hosiery, photographed under standard PS-01120D

    No skin visible. The heaviest knit on this site.

Same leg. Same light. Same distance. Only the tights change.

Why this exists

The standard is the product.

Most hosiery is photographed on a different model, in a different room, under different light for every style. The denier number survives that process; the comparison does not. You end up choosing between two photographs that were never taken the same way.

We shoot one leg form under one lamp at one distance against one background, and we do not move any of it. What is left is the fabric.

Leg form
One, for every photograph
Light
One soft key at 45°, no fill
Distance
Fixed, never adjusted per style
Background
Seamless, one paper

See the full ladder, 8 to 120

Axis one of two

Denier decides how sheer it will be.

Drag through the range. The photograph and the shelf change together, because they are the same decision.

Standard leg form in 40 denier hosiery, photographed under standard PS-0140D
Standard PS-01. Same leg. Same light. Same distance. Only the tights change.

40D

Skin tone visible as a shade. Individual marks no longer read.

13 styles knitted at 40D — 4 shown

Axis two of two

Size decides whether it fits.

These are two separate questions and the category routinely answers them with one letter. A single S, M or L cannot describe a garment that has to fit both a height and a body at once — which is why it is the largest single cause of returns here.

Give us a height and either a weight or a hip measurement and we will place you on the matrix. If you land between two cells, you get both, and what each one costs you.

Open the size matrixAsk about a fit problem
A regular leg form beside a longer one, both in identical hosiery under the same light
Tall against regular
A regular leg form beside a fuller one, both in identical hosiery under the same light
Curve against regular
Five hosiery welts laid flat in a row: plain, lace, silicone-lined, wide and non-marking
Five welts — plain, lace, silicone, wide, non-marking

When the answer is no

If your measurements fall outside every cell in every block, we say so rather than sell you the nearest thing. There is a real outcome in the matrix that reads: we don’t have a size that fits you.

A cross-section of the range

All 44 styles

Six lines

Organised by how much leg it covers, then by how thick it is.

Support styles

A pressure value is a parameter, not a promise.

Three styles here are knitted firmer through the ankle than the thigh and carry a stated pressure in millimetres of mercury. We publish that number because it describes the garment, in the same way the denier does.

We do not attach an outcome to it. These are everyday legwear. They are often worn on long flights or long days on your feet, and that is the whole of what we will say about when to wear them.

Pressure and size, in full

Not a medical device

These are not medical devices. They are not intended to treat, prevent or relieve any medical condition. If you have a circulatory condition, or if a clinician has advised compression, talk to them about medical compression garments instead.

Support 12–15 on the standard leg form, 40 denier, photographed under photography standard PS-01

Support 12–15

12–15 mmHg

$32.00

Support 15–18 on the standard leg form, 70 denier, photographed under photography standard PS-01

Support 15–18

15–18 mmHg

$38.00

Travel Support 12–15 on the standard leg form, 40 denier, photographed under photography standard PS-01

Travel Support 12–15

12–15 mmHg

$22.00

Plainly

Three things we will not tell you.

That any of this is snag-proof
Higher denier resists snagging better. No tights are snag-proof. A ladder from catching the fabric is wear, not a fault. A seam coming apart on the first wear is a fault. Both are described on every product page.
That a silicone band cannot slip
Silicone bands hold better on dry skin. Lotions and oils reduce grip. They reduce slipping; they do not eliminate it.
That any of it changes how your body looks
A higher elastane content through the thigh gives a firmer hold. That is a statement about the fabric. We make no claims about appearance or shape.

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