Socks must be the same colour as your trousers. TROUSERS! Not shoes! The only exception to this rule is with jeans. In this case, go with black dress socks. You can’t really go wrong there.
When wearing short trousers, make sure you stick with trainer socks (the low-ankle shoe liners that do everything a sock should without making you look like a 1980s basketball player).
On the subject of retro sportsmen, when you are training, for a touch of contemporary style try some of American Apparel’s essentials socks. They are white with two solid bands of collar around the shin. Topman usually do a decent five pack that come in a lot cheaper than the AA version, so keep your eyes peeled for them should they resurface.
In terms of smart dress, I would recommend Pringle for Public School-style stripes or brash, John Daly argyle print, but be warned – expensive as they are, they don’t wash amazingly. For bright socks with longevity, I am a fan of OneTrueSaxon, but Duffer by St George offer some of the most hard-wearing pure black socks, and come with either plain white stitched STG logos or the same but in five different colours to make foraging around in your draw for the perfect match a time-consuming, but ultimately rewarding process. Alternatively, you could just take your time to wash your socks in pairs and fold them together…much easier.
One last thing: as soon as a hole or thin patch even STARTS to appear, bin the sock – bin the pair if they are unique. Don’t try and squeeze an extra few wears out of them. Let them go – there’s little more sartorially shameful than removing your shoes to reveal your mannish big toe, with the ever-spreading crop of middle-age phalange hair poking through an unseen hole. Don’t risk it. Be brutal.
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