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Defining Mantyhose: Bike Motif Tights from Emilio Cavallini – Bike Pretty

Defining Mantyhose: Bike Motif Tights from Emilio Cavallini – Bike Pretty

4.6 (610) · $ 24.00 · In stock

Let me be clear: bike fashion is about looking good on a bike. It's not about taking regular, unsuspecting, perfectly-serviceable items and covering them with a bike print. No, that stuff doesn't count and I tend to avoid it like I avoid the driver's seat of a car. But but but, I have such a soft spot for novelty tights. I mean, I technically can resist them. At this moment, I do not in fact, own all the tights. But it's a constant struggle. These do it for me on so many levels of fashion nerdiness: 1) Made by Emilio Cavallini. When I went to fashion school in Florence, we got to tour the Emilio Cavallini factory. It's in a tiny Tuscan town that also hosts a truffle festival. (squee!) Anyway, the factory is this very high-tech operation with tons