By: Blonde One
If ever an item of clothing was under-rated then it is the sock. They are overlooked, downtrodden and generally neglected. The Two Blondes have seen many young peoples feet with hideous blisters due in no small part to the wrong socks. Having said all of that I have recently spent the most I have ever spent on a pair of socks. I bought them for my Morocco trip (well, that was the excuse that I used anyway). They were bought from the fantastic Icebreaker and are made from merino wool. I am very pleased with them (not least because they are in ‘my colour’). One of the best things about them is that they are the only pair I own that tells me which foot to put them on!
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The Blonde One family have an interesting array of socks and Little Miss Blonde particularly likes her socks. She makes a point of wearing odd socks: she tells me that there is a system but I haven’t quite managed to figure out what the system is. There are companies out there that sell 3 odd socks, which Little Miss Blonde was thrilled to discover.
On a trip to America some time ago we discovered a shop called Little Miss Matched which was full of odd socks.
I love the idea of a shop for odd socks – I’ve a drawer-full of them! Somehow they collect there because I am always convinced that one day I shall open the washing machine door and find all their counterparts lined up neatly, ready to march out and join the odd squad. Sadly, it never happens. I am fed up with socks that have knots on the inside where they rub your feet and socks that are shapeless tubes, not designed to fit feet at all; but most of all I am fed up with socks that are ridiculously thin and offer no protection whatsoever to feet. That’s an awful lot of fedupness, so here’s three cheers for port and starboard socks – at least I can get a giggle out of them!