The Ultimate White Socks Article

[beowulf67]

You're not supposed to wear a hockey jersey under your dinner jacket?
NOW they tell me! D'oh!

[beloitpiper]

I see here on this forum and other places that your opinion on white hoses are common. But if you take a look at pictures from Scottish kilt sites on the web you find that almost all pics of formal attire includes white hoses. If you look at older historical pics it seems that coloured hoses of some kind were common. What does this mean? Are we here at the forum old fashioned? Or is it the other way around?

When I see old photos of kilties, I see a lot of blue, green, and argyle hose. And as far as the "Scottish kilt sites" and their photos of formal attire...well, I bet most of them will also try to sell you a belt with a waistcoat!

[Riverkilt]

Boy...am I behind the times...still wear white athletic sox with jeans...one reason, they're the only quality sox available here in the boonies. WalMarche' sells the colored sox that are so thin you could spit through them....guess I'll have to lumber off to the big city.

Wonder if anyone makes athletic sox in solid colors....??

And what's up with this board?? Now you've got me worrying about my sox color when I'm in jeans??? I can hear my mother giggling from her watery grave....

Ron

[meinfs]

Gosh -- I've never read this much (here and other threads) animosity towards white socks.

Jeans and white socks. What is so wrong with that?

White socks with black pants and black shoes - bad.

Black socks and sneakers. Eek! and wearing shorts? worse.


I think "balance" and "coordination" of color (including black and white) should be the basis and not just an avowed aversion to achromatic accoutrements apparently-adjudged as abnormal and atypical or just plain awful it appears.

[JSFMACLJR]

And what's up with this board?? Now you've got me worrying about my sox color when I'm in jeans??? I can hear my mother giggling from her watery grave....

Ron

Mea culpa, Ron...but it was for the common good!


Sandford

[Macman]

I wonder what AM has to say about kilts.

[kiltimabar]

When I think of white socks and jeans, my mind's picture is of a James Dean type with jeans to his ankles, white socks, a "hard-guy" white t-shirt with a pack of cigarettes rolled up in one sleeve, and a ducktail haircut. Quite an iconic figure in the '50's. Don't think the look would go over so well now.

[Downix]

So socks are to match your outfit, right?

**looks at his Dress Stewart**

White sox it is!

[JSFMACLJR]

Depends what you mean by "match." Compliment might be a better word.

[Alan H]

I'll wear white socks with pants, with a kilt, with whatever I damn well feel like.