New Organics 1
Organic socks were one of the ideas I put on my very first list of socks I wanted to sell. But getting them wasn’t as easy as it seemed since not many companies sold them back then and I was a new unknown with a funny business name. Every so often I looked into it and would give up each time I didn’t find a new lead. But, recently one of our main reps showed me a new line they’d taken on: organic US grown & made cotton socks! So I picked out a few to start with, if they’re popular we’ll get more. They come in both men’s & women’s sizes so we’ve been testing them out the past couple of weeks (of course you don’t have to be a guy to wear the larger size).
These are called Organic Dress socks, but we thought they made great casual socks too. Besides wearing them to work & around the house we wore them for walks & playing at the park with Lola and, of course, I gave them a good sleeping test too, they stayed on all night and didn’t over heat my feet. Of the four I’ll be showing you this week these are my fav’s for their variety (four colors in two sizes) and their flexibility (scrunch em, cuff em, wear em tall, well, to the tops of your calves anyway).
March 11th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
I looked at the description for the organic socks, and the fiber content is about 75% “organic cotton”, and 25% “cotton”. Does this mean that the other 25% is non-organic fiber?
I just thought it was weird… if you’re manufacturing organic socks, why not use all-organic fiber?
March 12th, 2007 at 9:05 am
because organic cotton is not all that easy to produce from what I’ve been told so they supplement with some straight cotton to help keep the costs down and the supply up.
March 12th, 2007 at 10:43 am
How’s the texture and thickness? They look really smooth but on the thinner end?
March 12th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
I got my diamond rib knee highs today, and they’re really lovely. ( I was also extremely suprised that the package only took 5 days from teh US to Sweden, with there being a weekend inbetween too). They’re very soft and stretchy, I think this may be the first time (except the SuperMs) that I’ve found socks that are a littel loose on my ample calves. They reach just over my knees and require sock garters to stay there, but they look great cuffed under the knee too and especially scrunched.
It’s like magic, just when my charcoal O basics were getting worn out I got these from you.
March 12th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
That’s wonderful Eva! I’m so happy they arrived quickly and worked out so magically well ~:) I’d do a review of them now that they are up, but want to put in at least one more organic review since I went and started that.
March 13th, 2007 at 11:32 am
yes, these are thin as you can see in the images. They are soft and seem to be high enough quality that they shouldn’t wear through easily and they breathe really well also.
March 14th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
So, I wanted to wear my cotton EG Smith tights on Tuesday. However, they did not fit. I went back and read the description and saw that I’m out of the size range and there is another size for gurls like me. Luckily I have some nylon ones that I knew would fit. I wore a skirt for the first time in years. Thanks to this site more skirts are in my future as I do not like the way my legs look bare. Maybe I’ll lose weight or pass them on to my mommy. She’s into socks too and is a perfect person to pass on the items that don’t work for me exactly. She’s a lot smaller. Thanks to this site more skirts are in my future.It looks as though Janey has turned out to be a great addition to the Sock Dreams team. Janey thanks for the great customer service and awesome photos.
March 15th, 2007 at 12:39 am
Thank you! I’m really enjoying being part of the team. I’ve been a customer for years, and working here is even better! Everyone here is wonderful, and it’s a joy to be surrounded by pretty socks all day.