Pretty Polly

Pretty Polly is the pride of British leg wear and lingerie. This hosiery designer has been around for nearly a century, making some of the earliest kinds of leg wear and pioneering the more well known, long lasting ones we enjoy today.

Pretty Polly Tights

Pretty Polly created some of the very first tights, using the aforementioned synthetic fibres and using their stretching properties to make a more form fitting garment. Pretty Polly Tights have revolutionised leg wear and have made it incredibly convenient to wear hosiery each and every day.

Pretty Polly is behind so many innovations that it is difficult to gauge their importance and impact. They are still one of the most popular manufacturers of everyday tights and a powerful name in the world of seasonal fashion tights. In more recent years they have pioneered tights, hold ups, stockings and the cutting edge technology that makes them what they are. They have some of the best experimental fibres and create some of the most precise blends of different materials to create the perfect tights design.

With the help of modern computer technology, Pretty Polly are able to construct incredibly complex items and patterns such as complex lace, that a hand made item could never have. Fashion tights as detailed as you can imagine are an everyday part of their collections and each year they find a way to use their experience to even better ends.

Pretty Polly Hold Ups

A few years later, they released some of the first hold ups, bringing that same luxury and incredible convenience together in an even more impressive balance. Improvements were made year after year to these items and eventually, in the '60s, they had 20% of the UK's market share.

In the 80s, their approach towards innovation and the development of new items really showed.

They released the first leg wear will a blend of nylon and Lycra, and it took the fashion world by storm. The result was a sea change in the way leg wear was made and today, you would be hard pressed to find hold ups that are made with nylon only. Lycra has been such a constant presence in the world of leg wear due to its durability and its ability to stretch and settle back again very easily. It makes hold ups a great option for being able to fit any body shape and yet never distort like regular nylon, cotton or leather does.