Editing Tights (section)

{{Short description|Heavy, opaque stockings woven in one with panties}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}
{{Distinguish|pantyhose|stocking|knee highs|hold-ups}}{{Refimprove|date=October 2021}}

[[File:Girl in red shirt and black tights.jpg|upright|thumb|200px|Opaque black synthetic tights with cotton [[gusset]]]]

'''Tights''' are a kind of [[cloth]] garment, most often sheathing the body from the [[waist]] to the toe tips with a tight fit, hence the name. They come in absolute opaque, opaque, sheer and fishnet styles — or a combination, such as the original concept of the American term [[pantyhose]] with sheer legs and opaque panty.<ref>{{Cite patent|country=US|number=2826760|title=Combination Stockings and Panty|gdate=18 March 1958|fdate=9 November 1956|inventor=Ernest G. Rice}}</ref> A variant, toe tights, are tights with individual toes, in the same way [[toe socks]] are socks with individual toes.