Socks is an essential part of any outfit. Clean, fitting and right type of socks are a must for any man to look the part. Here we cover some gross mistakes make make while dealing with their socks.
Smelly Socks
If you think your putrefying socks will not be detected, then, it is the last guess you will ever make. Bad smelling socks can ruin your image instantly and permanently. Don’t be surprised! Fetid smell from your rotting socks can even kill an innocent human being!!! And females believe me, you will not stand a chance to them.
You must be very sure of no one noticing the stench from your socks because you are wearing shoes. Wow! Great! You may think so but what you don’t know that sophisticated people around you haves already made out your inner personality. These socks of yours have already sealed your fat, and that you thought of your expensive outfit to be well-acknowledged has been acknowledged pretty well along with your mentality.
- Daily wear for socks is 8-10 hours/ day.
- It is recommended to wash a pair of socks after 2-3 wears in hot days when you are perspiring much.
- Socks absorb dust and sweat makes it worse. Combined effect is smelly socks.
- Wash socks with a fragrant detergent or product so that socks smell fresh all the time.
- Never wash socks in sink or basin. Dirty socks contain dirt with bacteria and germs. Washing them in the basin will rinse out all that contamination into the basin and then you must wipe the basin with a cleaning agent.
Holes in Socks or Shabby Socks
Well this idea of air conditioning your feet might sound fantastic to you but holes in socks simply mean that the attire you are wearing has been donated and you only owned that pair of shabby socks. Gentlemen! Few dollars can buy you multiple high quality pair of socks. Why to kill your impression again and again for your foolish mistakes. You must have seen homeless people. They can be identified easily by rags, poor health, messy beard and a pair of worn out shoes or slippers.
Why do you want people to recognized you first as a hero and then as a zero.
If you are one doing this, by the time you are reading this article, grab all such pairs of socks and throw them into a valley. Don’t ever donate your holed socks to a beggar. He might be the one not knowing your reality!!
Tips for saving socks from wearing out and catching holes
- Keep toenails cut and trimmed always. Most of the holes occur in socks due to sharp overgrown nails cutting the thread.
- Pedicure feet regularly- clean soles and exfoliate hard dead skin at heels. Dead skin causes extra friction and damages the socks.
- Wear socks gently. Pull them slowly as you wear.
- Some men wear one sock that has holes in it; still change the pair.
Socks multi-coloured/ odd-pattern
For you colours and patterns might be just fun but actually any wrong colour or odd pattern of socks looks odd- designs of animals; mismatched contrasting colours stripes or checkers. Same way bright yellow or orange may be reserved for sports socks. Make sure you only have standard colours of formal socks.
- It is important to match socks with shoes and trousers both. That means socks colour should complement trousers colour and shoe colour as well.
- Avoid wearing exaggerated patterns that come out strongly.
Inferior Quality Socks
Quality socks are not only good for skin but also for your style. Poor quality socks have nylon or other synthetic material mixed and may cause skin problems. Wear 100 % cotton socks always. High quality socks feel super comfy- like you are not wearing one.
They are soft on skin and the material is thin and strong. As you wear socks inside shoes it is important to wear skin friendly material.
Over long hours in inferior socks, one might complain of itching and rashes.
Short Socks – Expose legs
Proper length of socks with formal shoes is a must. However it also depends upon right trousers break. According to the style rule your socks should still cover your legs when you are sitting with keens bent. It looks graceful and systematic.
Why does right length of socks matter?
- First it provides connectivity between trousers and shoes.
- Short socks expose hairy legs, it kills the impression.
- It does not look systematic and sophisticated.
Ill-Fitting Socks
Ill-fitting socks suggest that they are not right size for your feet. Slightly larger or smaller is a failure. Tight fitting socks squeeze nerves and suppress blood flow. It can cause temporary numbness but if you habitually wear tight socks it may cause serious problem.
Loose socks on the other hand create bunch of material around feet and never stay in place. Correct grip is vital when you wear socks. Therefore quality socks always have elasticity. Any bunching of sock fabric inside shoes will annoy you throughout the wear.
Therefore avoid both situations and buy a pair of right size socks.
Uncoordinated Socks
Socks that do not coordinate pants and shoes- as a smart man you should always pick a right colour for socks that match or complement pants and shoes at the same time.
The question seems easy but the coordination here is tough. Some men recklessly match, i.e. blue colour socks to khaki trousers or vice versa.
Standard colour socks are- black, grey, white, navy, blue, brown, and khaki.
How To Match Socks With Trousers/Shoes
Most style experts suggest matching socks to trousers but practically this cannot always happen except with 3-4 common colours. Yes, if the condition is modified to complementary colour socks that correspond to trousers is acceptable.
- Black socks and black shoes coordinate almost all colour trousers, even denims.
- Black trousers- black socks-black shoes is the only perfect combination of same colour.
- Commonly men wear trousers- black (charcoal, carbon black), shades of navy and blue, shades of grey (silver, stone grey, gunmetal, ash grey, green grey), shades of brown (khaki, dark brown and brown), shades of white (beige, cream, off white), shades of green(olive, army green, )
- * Match socks with trousers but it should always complement shoe colour.
- * On the other hand match shoes and socks but it should always complement trousers.
- Above two tips best work for complementary colours- black, grey and navy are such colours.
- Exact matching of colours is impossible as manufacturers choose socks colours to correspond or coordinate with trousers, in some case exactly match.
- Matching socks & trousers make your legs appear longer.
- In case of grey shades trousers dark grey socks will be a safe deal.
- Do not match brown trousers with grey socks or reverse
