A transparent 20 den tight built exactly like Conte's 40 den TOP SOFT — no reinforced brief, one wide waistband that sits low or high — but half the denier, so it reads as bare leg with a tint.
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20 den, which Conte calls transparent — against the 40 den version's semi-transparent. Denier is the number that decides how much leg shows, and it is the whole difference between the two.
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"No panty part" in Conte's own wording — no separately knitted brief, so there is no denser panel and no panel edge across the top of the thigh. Under a short skirt that is the reason to buy this style.
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86% polyamide, 14% elastane — four points less elastane than the 40 den pair. Conte does not say what that changes about stretch or recovery, and we are not going to invent it.
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Cotton gusset, reinforced toe and a flat seam are all specified. Conte also describes the fabric as treated with vitamin E microcapsules, without stating what that treatment does.
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This is the sheerest of Conte's single-density plain tights here, and Conte publishes nothing at all about ladder or run resistance on it. Buy a spare if you need a pair to survive a full day out.
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Conte sizes 2, 3 and 4 only, sold here as S, M and L. No XL, and the height-and-weight grid those numbers refer to is not published on this listing.
Sheerness is the only thing to weigh between this and Conte Top Soft 40 Den: same waistband, same construction, same three sizes, double the denier. For a 40 den leg with a denser shorts panel over the hips instead, that is the Active Soft 40 Den. Conte Balance 15 Den Tights goes sheerer still on the leg but adds an 80 den torso section, and Conte Dress Code 40 Den Tights is the flat-pack option.
Seven colours here — one more than the 40 den version, which does not carry Beige: Nero Black, Graphite, Natural Nude, Beige, Shade, Bronze Tan and Mocca Brown. Conte publishes no shade reference for any of them, and with four nude-family tones on one listing that is worth an email before you order. More in the hosiery collection and the wider women's department.
86% polyamide, 14% elastane. 20 den. Sizes S (2), M (3) and L (4). Colours: Natural Nude, Beige, Bronze Tan, Shade, Graphite, Mocca Brown, Nero Black. Wide adjustable waistband, no reinforced brief, cotton gusset, reinforced toe, flat 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 4, washing or care instructions, waistband depth, leg length, ladder or run resistance, and what the vitamin E treatment is intended to do. Contact us and we will ask Conte for the size grid and care label before you order.
