Dress socks are an article of dress clothes specifically for men. Traditionally, they sometimes come in checkered patterns, and come in colours like black, blue, and gray, but recent fashion trends have seen different patterns and colors appear. Dress socks are worn in accompaniment to dress shoes and they are also used in formal wear when worn in accompaniment to a tuxedo. They can also be worn in accompany to casual wear like jeans.
They also come in a variety of heights. They come ankle high, mid calf high (the most common), and over the calf. Dress socks have also been known to slip down the leg, causing the wearer to have to constantly pull them up. Some men would buy garters or sock suspenders to help this, but with the elastics now, it is unnecessary.
Famous quotes containing the words dress and/or socks:
“The dress makes the person; the saddle the horse.”
—Chinese proverb.
“we want to remember when you were
money in Massachusetts and yet were wild and rude
and killers. We want our killers dressed in black
like grease for we are sick of writing checks,
putting on our socks and working in the little boxes
we call the office.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)