Tights

Tights are a tight fitting clothing. In American English, the term includes pantyhose. They usually fit from the waist down and are often worn in dancing. Tights in the past were made of elasticized silk or other material. Modern tights are often made of spandex.

Tights were invented in 1598, by a man called William Lee. He was a reverend and made a machine that knitted together silk.A history of hosiery 

Tights come in thin and thick options. Thinner tights are called sheer, and thicker ones are called opaque. People measure this thickness using something called "denier". There are five categories that show what denier a pair of tights is: Ultra sheer, sheer, semi-opaque, opaque, and thick-opaque.

Tights are intended to keep a wearer’s legs warm, and come in many different colors, patterns, lengths, and materials. One rule of thumb to consider is that coated leggings, like the shiny metallic leggings, will usually have less stretch than faux leather leggings or even our basic nylon leggings, which are the absolute most easy to fit due to their unhindered stretch.

Related pages
Pantyhose
Leggings

References

Category:Bottoms (clothing)