When did my love for socks begin? You know, it all started with Alison from high school. She sat right next to me in AP History. Every time I reached into my backpack, my eyes were magically drawn to her funky socks,
which you could only see when she was sitting down. One time, she wore burgundy penny loafers with green argyle socks.
Another time she wore Scooby Doo. Sometimes black and white polka dots and other times, a rainbow of stars. Despite her funny socks, Alison was always well-dressed -- very JCrew. Though her socks were totally off the wall, they polished her look and added a special flair to her personality.
Needless to say, this made a great impression on me and I've been in love with the idea of using socks as a way to accent my outfits with a POP!
Reading your sock tales have been very entertaining -- thank you for sharing them.
You know, it occurred to me today that I haven't shared my favorite socks with you guys yet. Well, it's not a particularly easy question to answer since I have several favorites, but for the sake of brevity, I'm going to trim my list down to
three!
The first pair of socks -- the one I've been wearing a lot lately -- are my black Betsey Johnson bare leg socks with
white lace ruffles. I usually hate lace ruffles with a passion, but I like these A LOT for some reason. Perhaps I have this
unconscious thing for the artist formerly known as Prince -- I don't know.
The second pair of socks I like purely for it's print. I love the colors and the design. It's very Helen Dardik, wouldn't you say?
Now, the third pair is perhaps my most favorite of all -- my pair of nasty gophers. They're thick and plush and I love
to wear them on very cold days as slippers around the house. My feet feel as though they're going to melt like butter
whenever I wear these nasties.
So there. My favorite socks!
{ First image courtesy of Free People. }
