Making a fashion statement or simply enjoying your clothes can be done at all levels of an outfit. It’s important to make sure that you pay attention to all the parts of an outfit, not just the main pieces, as the details will support and complete your outfit. This is why today we are going to be very particular in subject and discuss colorful clothes.
Mint Chocolate Chips socks by Soxfords
You might not have known this, but there are brands that specialize in colorful socks. For example, Soxfords is a brand that offers colorful men’s socks that we really like and would recommend. They are really fun, and tell whole stories if you take the time to look at them. Recently, Soxfords launched a new collection of socks and they are all available on their e-store.
Wearing colorful socks is something you should try if you feel that it represents you. Some guys are comfortable to sticking with their black or gray socks (white is for working out), while some will cross the boundaries of neutral socks and dive into the magic world of colorful socks.
Firstly, we want to discuss why you should incorporate colorful socks in your outfits. There are several reasons, and they are both practical and just for fun. First of all, you can style up an outfit with colorful socks. A simple outfit will become a lot more interesting if you wear a pair of colorful socks. It will also look more like you have put thought into it.
Secondly, if you wish to coordinate your socks with other items you are wearing. Socks are a great accessory that is often forgotten, but it doesn’t have to be so. If you learn how to coordinate colors, you can use your socks in the color scheme you are using as well. You can match your socks to your other accessories or even to the main pieces.
The third situation can be when you want to look interesting without your socks on. We recently discussed the etiquette of taking your shoes off when entering someone’s house. Well, if you are going to take your shoes off, you can at least make an impression.
These three motivations are not the only ones you can have to wear colorful socks, we encourage you to find your own contexts!
Here are a few things you need to be aware of when wearing colorful socks:
Take the contrast level in account.
An Ignoble End socks by Soxfords.
Whatever clothes you are wearing, you will be creating a contrast. This contrast will be higher or lower. For example, wearing pastel colors (or chalky, as men call them) will result in a low contrast. If you add a bright green pair of socks, it will look like they are from a costume or something. It won’t match.
But, if you keep the tone of your colorful socks with the tone of the rest of your clothes, the contrast will be just right.
Also, if your shirt, jacket and pants are subtle and don’t make a big contrast, meaning they are almost the same color; you don’t want your socks to stand out in an inappropriate manner.
Because we are discussing how socks should match your other pieces, it’s important to remind you that your socks need to go (not match) with your pants, and not your shoes, so don’t forget to have this in consideration when you are buying new socks. If you are wearing colorful socks, they usually go with any neutral colors, such as black, beige, blue, khaki, grey, etc.
Consider the type of color or pattern
Wearing colorful socks can be done in different ways. Colorful socks don’t necessarily mean that you need to wear polka dots. A more conservative approach to colorful socks can be argyle, which has already become a classic. Try wearing argyle before jumping off to very bright and colorful socks, so you “test the water”.
Also, you can start out with subtle patterns or stripes (for example navy blue socks with stripes in a slightly lighter shade).
Fabric
A fish-themed pink pair of socks called “Against the Stream” by Soxfords.
Generally when we are talking about socks, it’s important to make sure that your socks are from the same family as your pants, in terms of fabrics. The thing you need to make sure is that your socks do not make too much contrast with your pants in terms of fabrics. For example, silk socks don’t go with everyday wool pants.
In short, wearing colorful socks is easy if you follow a few guidelines, such as keeping the fabrics in the same family, matching your socks to your pants and keeping them in tone with your whole outfit. We encourage you to break the rules, but make sure that if you do, you must really pull it off!
It’s very exciting to be able to express your personality on so many levels of style and we hope that you won’t miss out on the opportunity of expressing yourself through your socks!
Fraquoh and Franchomme
Further reading: The complete guide to socks
P.S. What do you think of colorful socks? Do you like wearing them? What advice do you have when it comes to colorful socks? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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