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Knee-high socks: all the rage
Sure, socks typically stink and they have to snuggle with (arguably) the ugliest part of the human body. But the fabric foot coverings — particularly of the knee-high variety — have a long history.
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EDMONTON – Sure, socks typically stink and they have to snuggle with (arguably) the ugliest part of the human body.But the fabric foot coverings — particularly of the knee-high variety — have a long history, dating back to the Roman Empire, then forwarding fashionably to be paired with 1960s mini-skirts and turn-of-the-century roller skaters worn by modern Derby Girls.
Knee highs are both functional — keeping the lower leg and foot warm — and fashionable. Naughty schoolgirls wear them. So do chic urban women who pair them with boots and denim skirts.
So how did the lowly sock evolve and what are people saying about them?
– Roman Empire defeated by Swiss yodlers
"Knee-length socks once conquered an empire but now they seem to be fading into history," Ed Watson of Debenhams British department stores told newspapers in 2013 after seeing a 74 per-cent drop over two years in sales of knee-high socks for men. While Roman warriors wore knee socks (cloths wrapped around their feet and held with bootie laces wrapped around the calves), modern British men appear to be poo-pooing them.
"While some men still refuse to part with tradition, knee-high socks are now worn primarily by school children and Swiss yodelling champions."
Watson said more men are opting for ankle socks, short sport socks or (gasp) no socks at all. Debenhams blamed the "introduction of central heating and the more comfortable lifestyles of modern Britain" for seeing the decline of the modest skin-coverers in favour of ankle socks, short sports socks or (gasp) no socks at all.
– Scottish woolies
If you ain't wearing underwear under that kilt, socks are the next best thing. 'Nuff said.
– Sexy schoolgirls
American Apparel recently got in trouble with a back-to-school campaign that included models bending over and revealing their panties. Those ads were taken down, but other ones remain online featuring models in mini-skirts, knee socks and crop tops standing beside school lockers.
Strangely, knee-high socks are often fetishized or made cool, even in a strange 1970s geeky way. Think Michael Cera as Bleeker in the movie Juno, who is jumped by Ellen Page. Bleeker wore sport socks, short shorts and a headband.
– Tasty socks
Even dogs like knee-highs.
A Great Dane in Oregon recently had 43.5 socks surgically removed from his belly. Most were short socks, but the vet who took care of the dog said digested socks were "all different colours, shapes and sizes."
– Sporty fluorescents
Women are no longer flouting the rules by rolling down their stockings as they did in the 1920s as hemlines rose above the ankles. Instead, they (and their male counterparts) are slipping their footsies into pink, lime or turquoise compression socks that blind the eyes, but squeeze the calves to improve blood circulation. These snuggo-uggos, once the fashion domain of older people with limb issues, are now de-rigueur among athletes and world travellers worried about blood clots.
– Sock City
No, that isn't a euphemism for a bathhouse, but for Datang, a town in China where eight billion pairs of socks are made each year. That, according to China Radio International's English service, is one-third of the world's sock production. That means Datang, according to The Guardian, effectively created two pairs of socks for every person on the planet. That would even be hard for Fido to swallow.
– Service socks
Wool knee-high socks were crucial to troops in the First and Second World Wars. They protected feet in the trenches from damage and foot rot. During the Second World War, a mill in Ontario manufactured packages with knitting instructions and balls of wool called Victory Service Yarn. The label indicated there was enough wool in the ball to knit one pair of service socks.
Famous Sock Quotes
– No one wants to see a boring tube sock.
Rob Kardashian, American TV personality
– I like a colourful sock. I'm a sock man.
George H.W. Bush, former U.S. president
– I haven't tucked a sock in my pants for three years.
Hilary Swank, actress and character in Boys Don't Cry
– Never put a sock in a toaster.
Eddie Izzard, British comedian
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