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Rodebjer collaborates with Swedish Stockings

Conscious Scandi womenswear brand Rodebjer has collaborated with Swedish Stockings on an exclusive capsule collection of tights, tops, leggings and socks. The collection combines Rodebjer’s signature prints with Swedish Stockings’ innovative design and sustainable production to offer timeless pieces featuring vibrant prints, including a purple...

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Video: How Swedish Stockings makes tables out of recycled tights

A table made from recycled tights? It sounds like a joke, but legwear brand Swedish Stockings really did. You can see how they did that in the video below. Source: Swedish Stockings, via Youtube.

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Swedish Stockings launches first collection of tables made out of discarded tights

Stockholm-based sustainable tights brand Swedish Stockings is going full circle by converting discarded stockings into statement tables. While it is not yet possible to make new tights out of discarded tights, at least they get a new life as a stylish furniture item, which was developed in collaboration with furniture designer Gustaf Westmanis....

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Bye bye, tights that run and sag: new brands aim to disrupt the hosiery market

Tights have been a part of our wardrobe for centuries. They started as a men’s affair, but became a womenswear staple when hemlines started rising around the 1920s. Nylon and Lycra, invented by DuPont in the 1940s and 1950s respectively, contributed to make tights even more popular by conferring strength, elasticity and sheer to the garment....