Red Maria Christmas Melody Tights Review

Hey there! Happy new year! Hopefully, 2021 is kind to all of us!

Today I did some Lolita laundry. I washed most of my socks, blouses, petticoat, and a few dresses. It was scary but everything came out okay! While washing all the socks, I thought about doing this review earlier, since the Christmas season is technically over, and these socks (well, tights) are Christmas themed.

These are Red Maria Christmas Melody tights in ivory. I bought them from Taobao through Spreenow shopping service. They also come in white, black, and red, but looks like red is out of stock. 

Stock photo, not mine

Can't say the exact total price since I also bought other things in the same order, but none of them were heavy. I will guess they were around $16~20 USD including shipping.

Originally I just wanted to buy ivory tights or socks to match with brown & ivory dresses, which is the color palette I decided to start with. After looking at too many options, I just thought these were very cute and the theme was generic enough for the dresses I planned to buy. Well, not quite generic, it definitely has noticeable Christmas elements on it 🤣, but I don't think that's a problem. The real problem is... they are winter tights! 

Look at the inside and how thick they are!

I didn't pay attention to the listing details, I didn't read the description🤣 And it was definitely not an impulse buy since I looked and compared way too many tights before making the decision. I guess it is because since almost everything is in Chinese, I usually don't read the description and just look at the sizes and pictures. I do remember the Christmas elements, but I didn't focus on the "winter" part at all... If I knew better, I definitely wouldn't buy them. It is too hot here for them!

Putting my mistakes aside, they fit pretty comfortable! They stretch A LOT, and that's great. The quality is really good for the price. The construction looks flawless and the materials feel like they will last. Actually, I would give it a ten out of ten if it wasn't for this printing flaw :( 

It is quite big...

I think I can live with it since it is in the knee area and usually, that's covered 🤣. But yeah, I have no complaints because they have a reasonable price anyway.

Here is a coord photo with them

Another thing, I wore them for a couple of hours around the house and they are already stained. I washed them in the washing machine, inside out to protect the print, but I'm pretty sure I could remove more if I would have washed them by hand...

Not too bad? What do you think?

I've heard the double sock trick where you wear one of those small socks inside your cute, delicate socks so that they don't get foot stains and last longer... but when I tried, it hurt my feet so bad that I'm not sure I'll do it again 🤣

Overall, I think they are very comfortable and cute. I will try to wear them again soon before it gets way too hot 🤣🤣🤣