The band on holdups was way far too tight for my wife's thighs, they were cutting into the skin, and too tight on her circulation.

I usually order my summer tights from sockshop as I find their colours to be best suited to my skin tone. I stopped using them for a while because it seemed as though their hazelnut colour was slightly paler than it used to be and therefore didn't suit me as well as it used to. After failing miserably to find a suitable replacement I decided to give Sockshop another chance however I wish I hadn't. The quality of the tights and hold ups have deteriorated significantly. They are so delicate now and ladder at the suggestion of a snag. Not to mention that 3 pairs of tights had small ladders straight from the packet (hopefully I won't find more as still have 3 pairs to open). And don't get me started on the hold ups; I used to LOVE them but they now seem to be giving me a rash around my thigh where the silicon gel sits. Complete waste of money! One very unhappy customer.

I've been a sock shop customer, ordering these hold-ups for a number of years, but I feel i must now try other brands. My last few orders of Hazelnut small have been extremely disappointing. These hold-ups used to be well-fitting with defined feet, but recently the quality has dropped dramatically.........no defined feet and they seem to have less lycra - they feel loose on my legs and sometimes i feel a bit like Nora Batty! i've kept on re-oriding in the hope that it was just a bad batch, but now i think, unless the quality improves, i will need to move on.