The simple trick that promises the end of ladders in your tights for good
A fashion site has claimed that treating your tights like ice cubes could prevent them laddering
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Your support makes all the difference.Laddered tights can take a smart outfit to scruffy in less time than it takes to say "no" to a promotion.
But now a fashion site is claiming to have the answer to this peculiarly feminine challenge.
According to PureWow, a key fashion tip is available to strengthen the fibres in elasticated tights.
They need to be frozen first, the site claims.
By getting new tights damp and placing them in the freezer inside a plastic bag, the individual fibres are strengthened and less likely to break.
The tights will take a day to de-frost, PureWow warns, so careful foreplanning is advised.
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