Tights Tuesday: MaxMara Calypso Tights

This week's pick from UK Tights comes from one of my very favorite brands: MaxMara. MaxMara makes some of the most comfortable tights that you will ever find, and inadvertently, I picked the exact pair to really drive that point home. The MaxMara Calypso tights have the appearance of your basic semi-sheer tights with no bells or whistles. Instead, they have a tulle texture to them. What this means, is that they actually have a micro, micro, micro (really...that micro) net effect to them. You have to get really close to tell, but these tights actually have a sort of textured appearance to them, but again, it's as subtle as you can get.

Honestly, at first I was unhappy about this. Upon taking them out of the package, they felt almost kind of rough in my hands. I expected them to feel rough on my legs and perhaps, as they stretched to fit, look more like a fishnet than a sheer tight.

I could not have been more wrong. These tights feel smooth on my legs and are oh so comfortable. In addition, the tulle texture can catch the light a certain way and create a sort of shine to these tights. It's really an unusual and innovative design, but I like it a lot. These turned out to be among the better looking sheer tights that I own, and they remain very, very comfortable.

Despite the delicate looking texture of these tights, they are quite durable. At 30 denier, they have a sheerness to them, but they're not super-sheer. They're sheer to waist tights, with a comfort waistband which is very comfortable.

They are made in Italy from a blend of 85% nylon and 15% elastane. They're made to give a sophisticated and elegant look to the leg and the hit the mark completely.

They come in 4 different sizes and should fit anyone from 4'9" to 6'1" comfortably. They come in 3 different colors. I ordered them in playa(kind of a sand tone, I suppose) but would love to see how these look in nero (black) with their texture and shine.

These tights cost £14.58 ($23.15). These are not the most inexpensive tights in the world, but for their quality, they're actually quite competitively priced. Their unique enough that it is certainly worth owning at least one pair.