The Socks Drawer Blog

Mini skirts with high heels or dress boots are in fashion again. Another generation, another return of the previous generation’s fashion. Some girls like to wear leggings underneath for warmth or style. However, a unique way to dress up your legs when wearing a mini skirt or shorts is to wear over the knee socks.

Over the knee socks keep you warmer in cooler weather covering two-thirds of your legs, more than knee highs do. Athletes like soccer players commonly wear them as do cheerleaders and ice skaters. They are more than practical, though, and many people wear them just for the chic alternative in leg fashion. They come in solids and neutrals but there are lots of unique styles and colors, too, like stripes, argyle, fishnet, and ribbed styles.

Another practical way to wear them is under longer skirts to avoid wearing uncomfortable and bulky tights or nylons. Whatever your reasons for wearing them, the key in selection is to find a pair that stays form fitting and doesn’t stretch out after a few wearings.

I went searching for some quality over the knee socks and found some at the following sites:

Footraffic.com

Tabbisocks.com

Feelmax at Amazon.com

K. Bell at joyofsocks.com

Do you like to wear unique socks? Do matching socks seem a little boring some days?  Try adding mismatched socks to your wardrobe for fun and interest. No, this does not mean grabbing just any of your mateless socks from the bottom of your drawer and pairing them up.  I have found there are sock manufacturers who specialize in making coordinating mismatched socks:

Solmate Socks makes coordinated mismatched socks from recycled cotton fabrics. Join yourself or a friend to their sock of the month club for a year-round gift-giving idea.

Little Mismatched socks come in a set of three coordinated colors, so they can be worn three different ways. They have styles ranging from argyle to flowers, stripes to dots for everyone in the family.