Talking of socks, I've had the devil's own job finding anything in bottle green or navy blue.  Anything decent, that is.  The mincing old queens and wide boys who run the nearest 'mens' wear' emporium offer Falke - but not necessarily in your size, dear boy - and it's always too much trouble to make a simple phone call, isn't it?  They still think Ralphie and Hilfiger are the biz.

THE SAME NAVY BLUE THAT I'M HAVING DIFFICULTY FINDING!

Last edited by Cardinals5 (2010-10-10 17:47:02)

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Any links please

I only wear white socks with canvas tennis shoes these days.

I do admire the look with Weejuns however and used to do it myself.

Gray socks to work, no socks outside of it.

Last edited by Repp Stripe (2010-10-11 10:17:06)

White socks have made a big comeback around the universities in South London which, goes hand in hand with the other Ivy trends circulating around the art school campuses: chinos, button downs, vintage style 'sports' jackets. Of course as with many trends most of the people wearing them don't actually know where they originate and prefer to think it's something unique to their generation.

Personally I'm hesitant about white socks. I think you need to be conscious of the impact they make on an outfit, especially if you're going for dark colors. Say for example navy trousers such as those worn by Gene Kelly in An American In Paris; although, this is a bias view as I detest the man and much of his wardrobe. In this instance heavy contrast just doesn't work and I'm far more in favor of the classic pairing with natural/cream colored chinos, and brown loafers. However, I'm about to eat my words in citing one example where the contrast works very well. This can be found in Take Ivy with the picture of a young man striding to class with notebook in hand adoring a navy jumper, white cotton trousers, white socks and black loafers.

Finally, some may find this to be a very rude and annoying remark but, I personally think white socks are more representative of a relaxed style that suits the young far better. To put it bluntly, if you're over 40 and wearing white socks regularly you're desperately clinging to your youth or have failed to realize you've aged considerably since your school days. Especially if you're wearing them with faded light blue denim jeans (yuck!).

Hubert is alive and well and has settled down with his nurse in a little end of terrace in Walthamstow. He spends his days sipping Fernet Branca and watching old Jenny Agutter movies. He still wears tweed for 10 months of the year, but the white sock thing never really took off.