Tights are back, and fashion girls are making them look leg-endary

Tights have quietly gone from fashion’s afterthought to its newest obsession, and honestly, we should have predicted it. For years, they lived at the back of our drawers: beige, boring, strictly functional, only emerging to fight off frostbite. But this season? They’re the plot twist no one expected. Tights are officially cool again, and not in the “trust the trend” way, but in the sold-out-everywhere, everyone-wants-in way.

Walk through any fashion capital right now and you’ll spot the shift instantly: neon pink opaques under pleated minis in Milan, chunky cable-knits with loafers in Copenhagen, fishnets layered over jewel tones in New York. The runways sealed the deal—Miu Miu’s AW24 show brought them back in every shade imaginable, and Prada treated fishnets like fine art. Overnight, hosiery went from functional to covetable.

Gen Z played a major role in the revival. They ditched the old “match your tights to your shoes” rule and declared that electric blue with brown boots is, in fact, peak taste. Stylists started treating legs as part of the outfit instead of the blank space between a hemline and a shoe. Suddenly, what you wore on your legs mattered as much as the coat you spent three paychecks on.

The comeback also makes perfect sense: winter style desperately needed a refresh. The cycle of black-on-black-on-more-black was getting tired. Tights stepped in with personality—colour, pattern, texture—without requiring a whole new wardrobe. And best of all? No one has to freeze in the name of fashion anymore.

So, if you’re ready to get on board, here are the tights worth investing in right now, each one capable of making your outfit look far more considered than it actually was.

Theater Polka Moyenne Sheer Stockings, ₹790

Cider Floral Lace Tights, ₹984

 

Victoria's Secret Very Sexy Rose Tights, ₹5,499

Zara Floral Lace Tights Harry Lambert For Zara X Disney, ₹1,750

Next Black Animal Print Pattern Tights, ₹886

Theater Rouge Stockings, ₹790

Emilio Cavallini Tiny Roses Tights, ₹1,190

Rabanne Embellished Tights, ₹30, 010

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