Until the beginning of the 20th century, dancers' underwear consisted of "modesty underpants", stockingsmade of wool, cotton or silk, held bygarters. Gradually during the 19th century, these stockings were connected to an elastic jersey or leotard, and even merged with it into the “academic” tights. Thus, at the end of the 19th century, the still rare wearing of tights existed in the world of dance but also of fashion and entertainment.
In the mid-1950s, seamless stockings were invented, deemed more resistant, the beginnings of the future evolution of tights.
In Europe, they arrived around the mid-1960s where the appearance of tights allowed the wearing of miniskirts and therefore enjoyed almost immediate success, providing ease and allowing the legs to be shown.
tights accompany askirt, a dress or shorts. More and more women have sometimes also adopted them under their jeans, the fashion of which is to wear them with holes at the knees or thighs. The effects of transparency, shininess and grainare numerous.
Today Gilsa wants to support active women by offering them tights and stockings in different colors and patterns that will fit perfectly whatever your outfit!
Our tightsare durable, 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 to the office as a stylish outfit, just like going out with friends. Due to solid color, fancy leggings, rhinestone effect, fishnet or printing, the leggings are not included in one type of clothing, so choose a very wide variety of clothing with tights. Using a variety of materials from wool to synthetic fibers, leggings can be worn under pants when paired with mini shorts or even when appearing within leggings. It's hard to imagine a wardrobe that doesn't exist.
Tights are practical and practical clothing
There are discounts that allow you to easily change colors, try patterns or try stockings or fishnet effects, for example, just wear them all. While there are still luxury products, tights remain a vast playground that all women can enjoy.
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, like the open toe or ankle models, are all progress made by tights, the practice no longer bothers us all during the day, on the contrary, in high season, when you still want to show off your legs, it can be very comfortable and warm.
Tights can help you cheat
Tights should reveal the legs, but the technology and use of elastic fibers make them body shaping allies 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 complexion of the legs, and it can also help maintain it for longer thanks to revitalizing or anti-fatigue effects.
Healed Tights
To go a little further, tights promote leg circulation by promoting massage or compression of the legs. 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 in a pharmacy. Therefore, tights are really accomplices of our legs.
Tights are also a temptation
Sometimes a real piece of underwear, tights can be sexy while sticking to each person'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 please athletes
Last but not least, tights have been able to adapt to the emergence of sport and daily or occasional practice by protecting the muscles from possible cooling.
