Semi-transparent 40 den tights knitted with a denser shorts panel across the hips, waist and stomach — that panel is what Conte calls ACTIVE SOFT, and it is the only structural difference between these and a plain 40 den pair.
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40 den on the leg, with a built-in shorts section knitted at a higher density over the hips, waist and stomach. Conte's own term for it is "elasticizing shorts" — a denser area of knit, not a separate garment and not a fastening.
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Cotton gusset and a sealed toe — the two places sheer hosiery usually goes first. Conte describes the seam here as a "comfortable seam" rather than the flat seam it specifies on the rest of this range, and does not say how the two differ.
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81% polyamide, 19% elastane. Conte describes the fabric as treated with vitamin E microcapsules; what that treatment is meant to do is not stated, so we are not going to guess at it.
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The sizing is the risk on this page. Conte numbers hosiery 2 to 6 — sold here as S (2) through XXL (6) — and those numbers refer to a height-and-weight grid that is not published on this listing. Ask us for it before you order rather than guessing from the letter.
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Two pack generations run under one listing: choose Packaging "Classic" (barcodes beginning 4810226) or "Updated" (5904988). The option is packaging, not a different style of tight.
Pick these over a plain 40 den pair only if you specifically want the denser shorts section. If you don't, the same 40 den leg without it is Conte Top Soft 40 Den, which trades the shorts panel for a wide waistband you can wear low or high. Conte Dress Code 40 Den Tights is a third 40 den option built around a handbag-sized pack, and Conte Balance 15 Den Tights take the opposite approach — a barely-there 15 den leg under an 80 den torso section. Those last two are still being set up here.
Six colourways are listed — Nero Black, Graphite, Natural Nude, Shade, Bronze Tan and Mocca Brown. Conte publishes no swatch or shade description for any of them, so the nude and brown tones are worth checking with us before you commit. See the rest of the hosiery collection or the wider women's department.
81% polyamide, 19% elastane. 40 den. Sizes S (2) to XXL (6). Colours: Nero Black, Natural Nude, Bronze Tan, Shade, Graphite, Mocca Brown. Cotton gusset, sealed toe, comfortable seam. Conte states only "Made in Europe" — no country of manufacture is named. Not published on this listing: the height-and-weight grid behind sizes 2 to 6, washing or care instructions, the leg length or waist measurements, and what the vitamin E treatment is intended to do. No compression value in mmHg is stated anywhere and these are not described as medical compression tights — if you need graduated compression, these are not it. Contact us and we will ask Conte for the size grid and care label before you order.
