Le Bourget was founded in 1924 in Fresnoy-le-Grand and is now owned by an Italian group based near Mantua. The design stays French, the manufacturing is Italian, and the result is more interesting than the arrangement suggests.
Lady Kama, and a hosiery district you have never heard of
Lady Kama is a Polish family hosiery business from Aleksandrów Łódzki, founded in 1990. The yarns are serious, the catalogue runs to about a hundred items, and the packaging belongs to a quieter moment in European hosiery. Here is what it is.
The hosiery side of Hunkemöller
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.
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.
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Fukuske: Japanese Excellence in Hosiery
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Franzoni: Italian Excellence in Hosiery
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Fogal: Swiss Luxury and Innovation in Hosiery
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