Until the beginning of the 20th century, dancers' underwear consisted of “modesty underpants”, stockings in wool, cotton or silk, held in place by garters. Gradually during the 19th century, these stockings were joined to an elastic jersey or leotard, and even merged with it in the “academic” tights. Thus, at the end of the 19th century, the wearing of tights, which was still rare, existed in the world of dance but also in fashion and entertainment.
In the mid-1950s, seamless stockings were invented, reputed to be more resistant, the beginnings of the future evolution of tights.
In Europe, they arrived in the mid-1960s when the appearance of tights made it possible to wear a miniskirt and therefore enjoyed almost immediate success, providing ease and allowing the legs to be shown.
Tights go with a skirt, dress or shorts. More and more women have sometimes also adopted them under their jeans, the fashion for which is to wear them with holes in the knees or thighs. The effects of transparency, shine and grain are numerous.
Today Gilsa wishes to accompany the active woman by offering her tights and stockings in different colors and patterns that will fit perfectly whatever your outfit!
Our tights are resistant, flexible, and pleasant to wear, let yourself be tempted!
Why wear tights?
Tights offer a very wide range of looks.
Today, tights can also be worn in the office as a stylish outfit, just like going out with friends. Due to solid color, fancy leggings, rhinestone effect, fishnet or printing, leggings are not included in one type of clothing, so choose a very wide variety of clothing with tights . Using a variety of materials ranging from wool to synthetic fibers, the leggings can be worn under pants when paired with mini shorts or even when popping into leggings. It's hard to imagine a wardrobe that doesn't exist.
Tights are practical and practical garments
There are discounts that allow you to easily change colors, try on patterns or try on stockings or fishnet effects, for example, just wear them all. If there are still luxury products, tights remain a vast playground that all women can seize.
The tights are very comfortable
The material and the touch, the invisible or flat seams, the second skin effect that we forgot, the finish at the waist, the breath of the materials, such as the open toe or ankle models, are all progress made by the tights, the practice no longer bothers us all day, on the contrary, in high season, when we still want to show our legs, it can be very comfortable and warm.
Tights can help with cheating
The tights should reveal the legs, but the technology and the use of elastic fibers make them allies for body shaping or shaping tights, helping to support the legs or make the legs more contoured. Lightly pigmented tights also help to even out or slightly tan the skin tone of the legs, and it can also help maintain it longer through revitalizing or anti-fatigue effects.
The Healed Tights
Going one step further, tights promote leg circulation by promoting leg massage or compression. It can have a booster effect, and it also has the effect of mixing capsules with viscosity, but it can also be prescribed by a doctor and purchased at a pharmacy. Therefore, the pantyhose are really accomplices of our legs.
Tights are also a temptation
Sometimes a real underwear, tights know how to be sexy while sticking to everyone's character, even if it means being interesting. Tights are accessories worn on certain occasions, but they are also very simple and can give you confidence.
Tights also know how to show off to appeal to athletes
Last but not least, the tights have been able to adapt to the emergence of sport and daily or occasional practice by protecting the muscles from possible cooling.
