The dreaded tights season has started

[expatmigrant]

Have just started wearing tights to work and the M&S Autograph Ladder resistant have already laddered after one wear. I'm willing to pay a bit more for better quality but where? Any recommendations very welcome.

What denier are you wearing?

M&S velvet touch

Falke tights cost £££ but really last and are a fraction of normal price in TKMaxx. I will be stalking the tights aisle of TK Maxx for the next month or 2 until I restock my tights drawer.

Weirdly, Primark do fantastic opaque tights. No need to pay more for longevity.

I second Primark and I'm not usually a fan of p. But the rights in the individual packets think they are £2.50 a pair - they are brilliant, last ages and don't bobble!

If thicker tights are your thing then the Primark Ultra Soft tights are fantastic, and only £4 a pair.

Thank you for the replies. I will check out Primark
Develin I wear 10D in nudes and 15D in black

Ah, ok. Too fine for my snaggy fingers. On the occasions I wear 15d I always carry a back up pair.

I only wear black 10 denier. The M&S ones aren't that good.

Oblomov so where do you buy your tights if you only wear 10D?

Heist are apparently the dog's bollocks. Have not succumbed to the hype so no vote.

Asda are much better than Primark. I'm heavy on tights and cannot recommend them highly enough.

No, I wear M&S, it's just I wouldn't recommend them.

Tights? I'm still in sandals

I mean

Is wearing black 10d for young and/or trendy people? I'm nearly 50 and worry it's one of those things you can't do if you remember it first time round....

Heist laddered on the first day of wear for me.

Placemarking because I'm also unsure about the choice of 10D for the more mature lady.

I tend to get Superdrug just because it's the nearest shop to work and they're normally an emergency purchase. They do the job.

I also vote for primark.
Ty are my tights saviour

Sorry OP I know that I'm hijacking but question for those that wear 10/15D black tights - is that like the barely black colour?

I'm a stockings wearer tights make me feel claggy & would like black but I can't get it out of my head that I'd feel that I was a sexy secretary stereotype rocking up to work in barely black stockings & a pencil skirt

paradoxicalInterruption as an aforementioned young person, I would say no. Street fashion is actually rather practical and comfy at the moment, comfy clunky shoes, leggings or stretchy jeans, big jumpers etc. When my friends and I venture into the world of tights we stick firmly to our 80+ denier and in fact as often as not choose thick wooly ones!

I'm with @MsHippo - the 10d ones always strike me as being a bit 80s pie frill collar. Opaques all the way!

M&S body sensor tights are the best. My 100 dernier ones have lasted 5 years. Primark's 100 dernier tights are also great (lasted 2 years so far).

I'm tall and I really struggle with tights. All M&S ones have been too short in recent years. BHS used to be good so stocked up before they closed down. I wish Primark would be long enough, admittedly I haven't tried them in years so may give them a go. Tights that do not fit right are so very very annoying.

Falke are worth it