White socks a no-go area
MEN don’t wear white socks. It’s a timeless men’s fashion rule, as incontrovertible as matching your belt with your shoes, and if you haven’t bought into it already, this article will make the sale.
MEN don’t wear white socks. It’s a timeless men’s fashion rule, as incontrovertible as matching your belt with your shoes, and if you haven’t bought into it already, this article will make the sale.
White socks don’t match anything
Unless you’re the owner of a sugarcane plantation in turn-of-the-century Antigua, you probably don’t regularly wear white pants. And if you don’t regularly wear white pants, your white socks don’t match most of your outfits.
Outside of those times you sport a suit, you probably wear the same pants that 90% of the male population does: jeans most of the time, with khakis or flat-front dark casual pants occasionally thrown in the mix.
White socks get dirty
As any man who’s made the mistake of wearing white underwear to a lovemaking session can tell you, stains become embarrassingly pronounced on a white background. The humiliations that can follow from wearing white socks are similar (though admittedly less traumatic).
White socks are sportswear
Whether or not white socks were initially conceived as sportswear, they are now certainly popularly perceived as such. And just as you would never dare wear a football jersey under your dinner jacket, nor should you ever pair white socks with your designer jeans.
White socks are too easy
Men always want to better themselves, and this always involves setting and confronting challenges. That’s why you request new responsibilities at work, approach the hot women in bars. This same ethic should be applied to the way you present yourself to the world. Start from the bottom up; instead of taking the easy route of cladding your feet in the same color day in and out, put some thought into it. Start by matching your socks with your pants, then move on to bolder pairings by coordinating them with accessories like ties and pocket squares.
The color of your socks may seem like a trivial detail, but it’s attention to detail that distinguishes the man -- and shapes others’ perceptions of him. Leave the white socks for the suckers.
So, if you have a sock drawer full of balled-up whities, they’re clashing with everything you have hanging in your closet. Invest instead in a nice collection of black, blue and gray socks that will complement your existing wardrobe so well.
White socks don’t match anything
Unless you’re the owner of a sugarcane plantation in turn-of-the-century Antigua, you probably don’t regularly wear white pants. And if you don’t regularly wear white pants, your white socks don’t match most of your outfits.
Outside of those times you sport a suit, you probably wear the same pants that 90% of the male population does: jeans most of the time, with khakis or flat-front dark casual pants occasionally thrown in the mix.
White socks get dirty
As any man who’s made the mistake of wearing white underwear to a lovemaking session can tell you, stains become embarrassingly pronounced on a white background. The humiliations that can follow from wearing white socks are similar (though admittedly less traumatic).
White socks are sportswear
Whether or not white socks were initially conceived as sportswear, they are now certainly popularly perceived as such. And just as you would never dare wear a football jersey under your dinner jacket, nor should you ever pair white socks with your designer jeans.
White socks are too easy
Men always want to better themselves, and this always involves setting and confronting challenges. That’s why you request new responsibilities at work, approach the hot women in bars. This same ethic should be applied to the way you present yourself to the world. Start from the bottom up; instead of taking the easy route of cladding your feet in the same color day in and out, put some thought into it. Start by matching your socks with your pants, then move on to bolder pairings by coordinating them with accessories like ties and pocket squares.
The color of your socks may seem like a trivial detail, but it’s attention to detail that distinguishes the man -- and shapes others’ perceptions of him. Leave the white socks for the suckers.
So, if you have a sock drawer full of balled-up whities, they’re clashing with everything you have hanging in your closet. Invest instead in a nice collection of black, blue and gray socks that will complement your existing wardrobe so well.