Dress sock
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Dress socksaredress clothessocksfor men traditionally in dark colours likeblack,blue,grayorbrown.For morecasual wearthey are sometimes offered in other colours orcheckeredpatterns. Dress socks are worn in accompaniment todress shoesof varying styles depending ondress codesor personal preferences.[1]
Dress socks come in a variety of heights. They come ankle-high, mid-calf high (the most common), and over the calf. Dress socks have been known to slip down the leg, causing the wearer to have to constantly pull them up. In the past, men would buygartersorsock suspendersto correct this until the introduction of better elastics in the 1960s such asspandex,thus rendering it mostly obsolete. Although some men with larger calves need extra assistance of garters to keep their socks from slipping.[citation needed]
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[edit]- ^The Sock Rules You Break Every Dayat AskMen.ca