Today in retail therapy, I received my online order of two pairs of Zara socks. I am verrrry happy about them (especially the ones you can admire at the bottom of this post). Thinnish, warmish, and colourful but not crazy.
I am not a crazy sock person though I am interested in those who are. Lifehack says such folk may be more likely to be brilliant than the rest of us. Mic.com says socks can be a way for men to express their creativity in a world where sometimes men's fashion can be conformist (though thanks to dreamy Harry Styles and his like this seems to be changing! Not to mention the glory that was the Black Panther movie and the red carpets that followed).
But back to socks. There is, of course, the sock fetish, as defined by Urban Dictionary as:
"...when the visual inheritance of socks adds to the sexual desire of another person. The attraction can range from plain white ankle socks to rainbow striped thigh highs. On the foot or taking them off the leg and vise versa. There is many possible variations to this fetish but as long as a sock is thought of as sexy then it constitutes a sock fetish. A sock fetish is thought to be a branch of the foot fetish fantasy tree."
I am not sure what they mean by a "visual inheritance of socks" but the rest of it makes sense – Britney Spears' Baby One More Time video is 'all the proof we need (you are welcome!).
Socks can also be divisive. We have division in our family about Oliver's preference of socks with slides. It's so hard to look at, but apparently he's on trend. If Rhianna's doing it, I guess we all should.
Do you also have many feelings about socks? If not, maybe now you do? Whatever the case, I leave you with my own socks. These (a) make me happy and (b) prompted me to explore the wild and woolly world of socks in a way I perhaps might now have done otherwise. Who knew socks could open so many excellent rabbit holes to pop into!?
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