New Slouch Socks
By request…
Originally I didn’t think “slouch” socks were dreamy enough to bother with, one of those things you could just as easily pick up cheaply at a department store or sports shop I figured. But people kept asking so I started ordering some. We’ve tried quite a few “slouch socks” over the years since then & though you can slouch a whole lot of socks that are not specifically called “slouch socks” we have two main favorites…
1. the EG Smith Original Bootsock: thick with so little elastic in their tops that they will fall where they may with the greatest of ease.
2. our Cotton Slouch Sock: a little thinner than the EGs and with enough spandex to keep them knee high if you prefer or push them down for alot of little scrunched folds around your calf/ankles.
We’ve had a longer version of the EGs off and on for most of our sock dreaming & fetsihizing years in the Pippy Longstocklings and now we have a longer version of our cotton slouches with a little modification… Before committing to them we requested samples of a longer version of the slouches as they currently are and a shorter version of our original Ribbed M Stockings which are thicker with nicely padded feet.
When the samples arrived we all tried them on and overwhelmingly agreed that for this sock thicker was better. Pulled all the way up on larger legs they are just a knee high, but the ribbing is very solid and looks great! On smaller legs they reach nicely over the knees, either way you can scrunch them down for lots and lots of wrinkles and cuteness for being sporty, sexy or just plain comfy! They seemed to work pretty well on smaller and larger feet alike, but we could be convinced to do a little more modifying in the future…
About the future, there are also two more variations of the pippys up ahead, one that is being made for us and us alone. And, I’m told the long-coveted Japanese version will soon be available to us! I’ll give more info on that as soon as I have some…
August 25th, 2007 at 8:51 am
aw Niq I hope you don’t mind but I edited your html for you & put in paragraphs. The whole 1st section was hyperlinking & I couldn’t read your lovely post. Just trying to help ya out a little.
August 25th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Thanks!
not sure how that happened, it looked fine last I checked…
August 26th, 2007 at 10:01 am
Oooh! I love the ribbing! Although I’m kind of confused as to whether these are more like the Ribbed M Stockings or more like the Cotton Slouch Socks… or are they just a happy mesh between the two?
Approximately how big would you say the tops stretch? And are more colors in consideration?
August 26th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
they are a short ribbed M which is exactly the same as a longer thicker version of the cotton slouch ~:)
more colors are in consideration and top stretch is about 21 inches or so…
August 29th, 2007 at 6:51 am
Wonderful! I will definitely need to snag a black pair… can’t wait for more colors!
August 29th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
my favourite kind of slouches are the ones you’d wear with those japanese schoolgirl outfits - they balloon out a little, made of a thinner fabric and arent tight at all.
August 29th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
Those are just amazing and would go with many socks I bought off of here! Anyone know what type they are? Thanks!
August 29th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
Btw, I was refering to the boots. ^_^
August 30th, 2007 at 9:30 am
I got them at Zappos, brand is Type Z, style is Caitlin, they are my fav boots ever!!!