Truemors
is reporting from
Member
NP Rank:
NP Rank:
Socks and Sandals: High end or dead end?
Share:
by jessica.lam | June 19, 2008 at 08:47 am
1599 views | 52 Recommendations | 22 comments
Photos
uploaded by guiltyquilty
Videos
Well whatever your feelings about this polarized topic- the heavyweight rockstars of the fashion industry are taking a stance on this love-to-hate taboo.
The S&S look, commonly worn by nerdy tourists, aging hippies, grunge musicians and outdoorsy types, was trotted out unabashedly during the spring menswear collections of designers like Miuccia Prada, Stefano Pilati for Yves Saint Laurent and Nicolas Ghesquiere for Balenciaga.
For fashionistas, this odd coupling of socks and sandals constitutes a particularly egregious type of male fashion crime and belongs in a category that includes flood pants, too-tight clothing, pinkie rings and fanny packs.
Nevertheless, a handful of truly directional fashion designers feels they have the clout to turn what's considered by many to be a lapse in judgment into something that approaches avant garde.
Curious to check out unabashed S&S'ers? Socks and Sandaler.com
What is NowPublic?
NowPublic lets people work together to cover news events around the world.
Crowd Power
mamalemma
Sterling, Virginia, United Statessmwarnke4
Metairie, Louisiana, United States
jessica.lam
Vancouver, Canadaguiltyquilty
Singaporehahahe
San Antonio, Texas, United Stateslisaswehla
El Cerrito, California, United States
cartoongoddess
Edison, New Jersey, United States
Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (22)
at 09:05 on June 19th, 2008
I will never understand this...... it's just.....so....hideous!
at 09:16 on June 19th, 2008
jay.el, I like this story. It's good stuff. wearing socks with sandals is just wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong on so many levels. I cringe anytime I see this.
at 09:53 on June 19th, 2008
Socks + sandals = scary.
at 10:08 on June 19th, 2008
I can't believe that this would ever become an acceptable way to wear shoes - terrible!
at 10:15 on June 19th, 2008
Guess grandma's a gangster.
at 11:20 on June 19th, 2008
jay.el, I like this story. It's good stuff. Stories like this remind me that we have an infinite appetitie for the absurd.
at 11:36 on June 19th, 2008
Call it the "nerd gladiator" or "little Hans the German" look. Either way, it's laughable.
at 12:11 on June 19th, 2008
jay.el, I like this story. It's good stuff. haha nice story. I dont think its THAT bad. If you have some snazzy socks, i say wear it with sandals and show it off. Leave the socks and sandals alone if you're going to be showing off some crummy socks
at 12:30 on June 19th, 2008
It was so unbelievably hideous, I had to take a picture. Ugh! In my own house. Most un-designy.
cartoongoddess has contributed a photo to this story.
at 15:27 on June 19th, 2008
jay.el, I like this story. It's good stuff. YIKES! where is fashion heading nowadays? Well, at least I was never a fan of Prada and YSL. Let's hope Chanel and Dior stay classy!
at 18:32 on June 19th, 2008
(see photo above) Late 70s-early 80s HIGH HEEL Famolare sandals with parti-color flat-knit cotton knee socks make for a quirky fashion statement. I say socks with sandals has to look intentional and fresh if it's to be attempted. Else it should be absolutely avoided
lisaswehla has contributed a photo to this story.
at 19:56 on June 19th, 2008
jay.el, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 22:10 on June 19th, 2008
The cutting edge of high fashion: Three-quarter-length fake-designer shellsuit trousers revealing polyester white socks and seaside tat-shop sandals.
The coming scene. Naomi Campbell's wearing it RIGHT NOW*
* May be a lie
duckorange has contributed a photo to this story.
at 02:50 on June 20th, 2008
The Great British East Coast would be derelict if you banned the wearing of socks & sandals.
MrsTea has contributed a photo to this story.
at 12:33 on October 12th, 2008
i like wearing socks and sandals becaues i feel so happy and comfortable in them it is important to look after your feet comfort is more important tham looks some people wear sandal with out socks i like wearing with socks for comfot reasions it is not a fashions frax pas however i am shy to go out with friends with socks and sandal on as they will laugh a make fun of me .i have 8 pairs of sandals and a range of very nice socks to wear with them. my best choise is blacks socks with black sandals lovely with jeans
if you have black sandals the right colour sock is black/grey/navy ldel with jeans
if you have brown sandals the right colour sock is black/brown/cream/white idel with jeans and chions combats
if you wear shorts what is nice is tights or knee high socks with sandal
if you are afread to go in public with socks and sandals on dont be it is not a crime
for me to wear socks and sandals is lovely
this is hight end for me
at 20:19 on December 19th, 2008
Socks with sandals are very comfortable, stop chafing, allow your feet to breathe much more effectively than in shoes and keep your feet warm when the weather suddenly turns cold, as it inevitably and suddenly does here in Melbourne (Australia), renowned for its' "four seasons in a day" weather.
Yes, it no doubt looks daggy and ridiculous to people for whom fashion is far more important than function or practicality. Different people have different core values.
Evidently I must put functionality way ahead of fashion, as I routinely commit the unforgiveable additional crime of wearing navy BLUE socks with BROWN sandals, mainly because the sole choice in nice thick comfortable explorer socks where I live is black or brown and the same for mens sandals from local chemist shops, so the choices and combinations are limited. Correct: I am not a woman and do not go very far afield to shop for clothes if I can avoid it. So far as I am aware, I am not a redneck, bogun or nerd.
So, people, please stop judging things by their appearance and start to apreciate the functional value of that which looks daggy. Think of the comfort of others rather than your own (artificially programmed) sense of what looks fashionable. Fashions come and go anyway. Mark my words, one day in the not too distant future, socks with sandals will be "a la mode".......
at 20:27 on December 19th, 2008
correction: "black or brown" (socks) should read "black or blue"
at 20:31 on December 19th, 2008
correction: "black or brown" (socks) should read "black or blue"
(sandals usually black or brown)
Also, some other people agree with me: http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/opinion/carlin_chronicles/article/whats_wrong_with_socks_and_sandals/9633/
at 20:34 on December 19th, 2008
Correction: black or blue socks, black or brown sandals.
Also, someone else agrees that socks in sandals have an unusually high comfort factor:
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/opinion/carlin_chronicles/article/whats_wrong_with_socks_and_sandals/9633/
at 20:35 on December 19th, 2008
Correction: black or blue socks, black or brown sandals.
Also, someone else agrees that socks in sandals have an unusually high comfort factor:
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/opinion/carlin_chronicles/article/whats_wrong_with_socks_and_sandals/9633/
at 20:37 on December 19th, 2008
Correction: black or blue socks, black or brown sandals.
Also, someone else appreciates the unusually high comfort value of socks and sandals:
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/opinion/carlin_chronicles/article/whats_wrong_with_socks_and_sandals/9633/
at 20:39 on December 19th, 2008
Correction: black or blue socks, black or brown sandals.
Also, someone else appreciates the unusually high comfort value of socks and sandals:
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/opinion/carlin_chronicles/article/whats_wrong_with_socks_and_sandals/9633/