Be Gone

May 21, 2008 at 8:54 pm · Filed under Corporate Garb, Dress Socks, Non-Functional Clothing, Rants, Socks

Alomst three years ago to the day I wrote the following…

Why are dress socks so unfunctional? Why are they so tall? Is there really any need to cover up the entire calf? Why don’t they make the elastic better? Am I the only one constanly pulling up these silly things all day? And what’s the deal with the really thin ones? The patterns? The ridges? Who in the world is out there coming up with these silly things? They’re ridiculous!

Today I said goodbye to dress socks for good.

No longer will I worry about matching my socks to my shoes and pants. No longer will I get home from work to find that my feet have turned blue from a lack of circulation (or from the die).

Dress socks be gone!

11 Comments »

  Brian Alexander wrote @ May 21, 2008 at 9:05 pm

Sweet Freedom!

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  tazdog wrote @ May 21, 2008 at 9:33 pm

Over the past years it’s a struggle to wear dress socks..

Just don’t like them anymore :)

~tazdog
http://tazdog.com

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  Jeff Slater wrote @ May 21, 2008 at 9:36 pm

Amen to that! I wear my Keen Sandals whenever I can.

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  Seth Haines wrote @ May 21, 2008 at 10:46 pm

Flight of the Concords still wear business socks…
See “Business Time” on youtube.

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  mattjhuber wrote @ May 22, 2008 at 12:11 am

Oh heck yes. Congratulations – you have joined the winning team.
By the way, I want to thank Mr. Seth Haines for mentioning Flight of the Concords. Hilarious.

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  Seth Haines wrote @ May 22, 2008 at 5:25 am

How about the “Hiphopapatamus and the Ryhmenoserous”

“My rhymes are so potent that in this small segment…”

Classic line.

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  JudiFree.com wrote @ May 22, 2008 at 10:37 am

Good for you! My husband made that choice long ago and he’s been happy feet ever since

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  ttremeth wrote @ May 22, 2008 at 8:59 pm

White socks and black pants are a cardinal sin aren’t they?

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  g wrote @ May 24, 2008 at 11:34 am

You and David Letterman.

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  Consuming Worship » Blog Archive » God’s Economy: Dressing Up wrote @ May 28, 2008 at 3:45 pm

[...] As a side note, Mud Puppy had a somewhat related post recently on saying goodbye to dress socks. I applaud his move to dress like David [...]

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  bradruggles wrote @ June 19, 2008 at 10:57 am

There is a middle-of-the-road option – casual socks. I buy my socks that are dark/tan/whatever and have full sports padding so they’re comfortable. Adidas makes some nice ones.

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