Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Young Man: Socks

Inspired by my post yesterday showing two of the most ridiculous pairs of socks ever (regimental stripe and buffalo check), I thought I'd show some socks that I want. Some are relatively normal, some are outrageous and obnoxious. I like 'em all. No commentary, except to say where each block of socks came from.

First up are some J. Press socks:






















Next up are some socks from the Fine and Dandy shop. Some of these were already shown in my wish list post, but some are new.









Then some J. Crew socks.









And finally, some Ben Silver socks.









That's it. I think socks can be a great accent piece in an outfit, just a little show of color or obnoxiousness at the bottom. Especially if you like highwaters like I do.

Conor

7 comments:

David said...

Nice stuff. Isn't it funny how the things we used to abhor getting as a child we now look forward to as adults?

Those plaid ones are excellent by the way.

trip said...

I used to be more interested in colorful socks and have 6 or 7 pairs of J. Crew argyles to prove it. However, a lot of the time I find them to be more of a constraint in that I have to make sure that the rest of the outfit won't clash with the socks. For the most part, nowadays, I prefer gray and navy, and if I'm looking to provide an accent at the ankles, I just go sockless.

Sean said...

Love the red/white and the blue/white striped socks!

Anonymous said...

I have the blue/white striped socks from J. Press. They are very thin and I wish they were thicker, still like them though.

ADG said...

Hang on. A lot of these will be on sale to a greater degree than they are now. In about two weeks. Save some of that Christmas money!

Conor said...

David: Yea, socks and ties are stereotypically bad gifts for a guy to get but I'd love to get some.

Trip: I feel the same way sometimes about argyles. Which is why I'm wanting some cool colorful solid socks. I guess I feel similar about socks as I do about pocket squares.

Sean: Yeah, ADG and Flusser have me wanting some cool horizontal striped socks.

Anon: Thanks for the info, too bad about the thickness, but glad you still like them.

ADG: Good call. Though I think I'll have to save up more than Christmas money to get some of these.

Joe said...

Knife socks for the win....