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Standard PS-01

Eleven steps, one lamp, one leg.

Every pair on this site is photographed on the same leg form, under the same light, at the same distance, with the same background. The only thing that changes between photos is the tights.

Four identical leg forms in a row under one light, the hosiery growing denser from left to right: sheer, semi-opaque, opaque and heavy opaque

Same leg. Same light. Same distance. Only the tights change.

Four fabrics, one frame, one lamp, one distance

The ladder

8 · 10 · 15 · 20 · 30 · 40 · 50 · 70 · 90 · 100 · 120

  • Standard leg form in 8 denier hosiery under standard PS-018D
    Skin clearly visible. Veins and freckles read through unchanged.
  • Standard leg form in 10 denier hosiery under standard PS-0110D
    Skin clearly visible. The leg keeps its own colour.
  • Standard leg form in 15 denier hosiery under standard PS-0115D
    Skin clearly visible, evened out slightly.
  • Standard leg form in 20 denier hosiery under standard PS-0120D
    Skin clearly visible at the calf, beginning to mute at the thigh.
  • Standard leg form in 30 denier hosiery under standard PS-0130D
    Skin tone visible, details muted.
  • Standard leg form in 40 denier hosiery under standard PS-0140D
    Skin tone visible as a shade. Individual marks no longer read.
  • Standard leg form in 50 denier hosiery under standard PS-0150D
    Skin tone barely visible. Reads as a solid colour at arm's length.
  • Standard leg form in 70 denier hosiery under standard PS-0170D
    No skin visible.
  • Standard leg form in 90 denier hosiery under standard PS-0190D
    No skin visible. The knit reads dense and matt.
  • Standard leg form in 100 denier hosiery under standard PS-01100D
    No skin visible. Weight and warmth rather than transparency.
  • Standard leg form in 120 denier hosiery under standard PS-01120D
    No skin visible. The heaviest knit on this site.

Move through it

Standard leg form in 40 denier hosiery, photographed under standard PS-0140D
Standard PS-01. Same leg. Same light. Same distance. Only the tights change.

40D

Skin tone visible as a shade. Individual marks no longer read.

13 styles knitted at 40D — 4 shown

What the number leaves out

Two pairs at the same denier can look very different.

Denier measures the mass of the yarn, not what the yarn does with light. A matt finish returns almost none of it and reads flat and slightly darker. A gloss finish returns a bright line down the shin under a single directional lamp.

Both photographs below are the same denier, the same leg form, the same lamp, the same distance. Only the finish differs. This is the single largest source of confusion in the category and it is not something the number can tell you.

Matt
No specular return. Reads flat.
Gloss
One bright line down the shin under a single lamp.
Standard
Neither treatment applied.

Sheer 15 MattSheer 15 Gloss

Two identical leg forms at the same denier under one light, the left matt and the right glossy
Matt on the left, gloss on the right. Same denier, same lamp, same distance.

Denier and snagging

A finer yarn catches more easily. That is a property of the material and no finish or construction removes it. A tighter knit at 70D resists snagging better than at 15D — but higher denier resists snagging better. no tights are snag-proof.

Reinforced toes and heels move where the wear happens; they do not stop the leg above them from catching.

Wear against fault

A ladder from catching the fabric is wear, not a fault. A seam coming apart on first wear is a fault. Your legal rights under Dutch law are not limited to a fixed number of years — how long a product must last depends on what you can reasonably expect from it.

Guarantee and conformity in full

Macro photograph of very fine sheer hosiery, the pale surface reading between individual filaments
A fine knit at macro distance. The gaps between filaments are what a ring catches on.

Standard PS-01

How every photograph on this site is made.

Not a style guide. A fixed setup that does not move between styles, so that a photograph of one pair can be compared against a photograph of another.

Subject
One display leg form. No person, no face, no torso — the same form in every frame.
Light
One soft key at 45° from camera left. No fill, no rim, 5200 K.
Distance
Fixed. The leg fills the frame identically in every photograph.
Background
One seamless paper, evenly lit, never changed.
Lens
85 mm equivalent at f/8, sharp across the leg.
Retouching
Dust removal only. Transparency and finish are never adjusted.