Hunkemöller is a Dutch fast-fashion lingerie chain with about nine hundred stores, founded in 1886 in Amsterdam. Its hosiery section is built around lingerie sets, not the kind of tights you buy for the office. Here is what to expect from it.
About Iris Mallory
Golden Lady, or the brand I grew up wearing without knowing
Golden Lady was founded in 1966 in Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy. Today the group makes four hundred million pairs of tights a year and owns No Nonsense and Hue in the United States. Most American women have worn it without knowing.
Gatta and the quiet business of selling tights for thirty years
Gatta has been making tights in Zduńska Wola, Poland, since 1993. The brand never had a cultural moment in America, but quietly sells everywhere from Polish supermarkets to specialty shops in Glendale. Here is what it does well.
Garni and the short life of three black tights
Garni launched in 2019 with three black tights, a wide waistband, and a promise of Wolford quality for thirty-three dollars. Then 2020 happened. Here is what a small Brooklyn label got right before it ran out of road.