Submitted 4 days ago by Hirohito@fedinsfw.app to [deleted]
Not counting specific fashion trends or saying this applies to 100% of people. but why are those the default for the majority?
I assume that white socks and undergarments came from bleaching. You can sanitize and sterilize with bleach, but it also removes color. With modern cleaning processes, detergents, and materials that is less common and so color is allowed to thrive.
That said, I’m all black everything because it makes laundry easy.
That said, I’m all black everything because it makes laundry easy.
I went back to white socks because my whites load was otherwise only 1 or 2 items and it felt like a waste.
You’re still doing separate loads based on color? I thought that was a thing of the past…
I think the last time I owned white socks in the us was over 40 years ago.
At least 25 years or more for me.
I think this also depends on region. In the Midwest I saw white socks everywhere but on the west coast I’m seeing black.
I’ve lived in the PNW my whole life and I feel like we have no sock rules here. You’re as likely to see a plain white athletic sock as a thin black business sock as you are knee high rainbow socks or colorful patterned socks
Causal in the US used to mean athletic and athletic socks, tube socks especially, were invented in white in the 70s. Before fast fashion options like tube socks clothes were more formal and expensive reserved for school or work and (I guess this part is related to trends) a black sock would be far less jarring peeking out from a dark suit pant than white. Dark suits go back to the 1800s France I believe, maybe not quite that late. So it’s a combination of established fashion norms for men, the rise of fast fashion and tube socks and of women’s adoption of pants/women entering the work place which coincided with the rise of fast fashion. Prior to that women tended to wear stockings or wool socks which don’t tend to be bright white.
I can’t speak for athletic or casual socks outside the US but in the US this is why. From my experience much of Europe has had very strict fashion rules compared to the US, like my French ex who literally will not wear shorts unless he’s at the beach or pool because it’s a faux pas and only wears black socks on a daily basis.
TIL… Had no idea white socks were not the norm everywhere for casual dress.
I would challenge your assumption: White socks are not the norm in the US, especially when you’re wearing something with visible socks or are dressing up.
The OP specified casual wear and you’re telling them they’re wrong because of how people dress up?
Fur general casual wear, white socks are pretty normal.
Maybe it’s just what Americans wear on holiday?
White pulled up socks and shorts that are too long and too wide -> typical American tourist
That’s pretty likely, plus if you’re traveling and forget socks, the cheapest ones to pick up are usually white.
That’s not to say nobody wears white socks, they’re pretty common, but most socks I see aren’t white nor do I usually wear white socks.
for me, it depends on the shoes.
sneakers (including black ones when i had them), get white socks. my black shoes that aren’t sneakers get black socks.
and right now i don’t have any other shoes, or any other socks for that matter.
I’m in the UK and I’d always wear white socks with casual clothes. Black are for when you’re in work clothes or a suit.
Black socks are for formal dress wear in the US. I wear black to work, because I dress in business formal at work. White is for casual wear. When I worked a business casual job, it didn’t matter whether I wore black or white socks.
I wonder why that is. I just
I’m a black sock guy, but I have heard a myth that white socks help prevent athletes foot, but I’m confident that no extra light is getting in through your shoes and white socks.
You can bleach white socks which may be a factor in reducing athletes foot
My problem with white socks is that they are very easy to stain.
If your cum comes out with blood, you might want to seeks a doctor.
I’ll see myself out…
The default is white?? I’m repulsed
I’m not 100% sure the reason, I suspect a lot of people just wore athletic socks as regular socks, so those are just plain white socks, they are a lot more comfortable for working class people on their feet all day. White collar folks tend to wear darker socks more with the suits and all that. I see younger people wearing darker socks more now though, like gen alpha. Personally I have a rainbow of socks and don’t like either ;)
I’m currently wearing my athletic socks and they’re black. They came in a multi pack with blue and grey. My casual socks are grey and blue as well. My formal dress socks are black. I’ve got a few pairs of brown work socks.
Thinking back, I can only remember one time when I had white sports socks (tube socks with the red and blue bands at the top) and that was in the early 1980s.
My guess about the US and white socks is that they were mass produced for football and baseball (and basketball) and they made the migration to casual wear alongside running shoes, because people could pick up both item ms affordably in the same store (K-Mart and the like).
Because of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and systematic racism.
Pudutr0n@lemmy.world 4 days ago
what do you mean the default color for a casual sock is white? I see tons of casual socks being worn by browns like me and all kinds of colors.
skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
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