Knee High Socks
More than a mere sock, but not quite a stocking, knee high socks aren’t just for little girls. They come in all sizes, all colors, and are worn by a wide range of people engaged in a wide range of activities. Basketball players wear them. National League football players gladly wear them in the middle of winter. Soccer players wear them with shin guards underneath, and hockey players wear them.
No self-respecting Scotsman would be caught in his kilt without having a pair of knee high socks. Check out an old war movie and what are the Brits wearing? You guessed it: knee high socks. Even the United States Army used to have khaki uniforms that included a pair of shorts and knee high socks. And I would dare you to tell any of them that they look cute in them.
Knee high socks are functional. Depending on where you live, knee high socks provide protection against the cold and snow of Northern and Midwestern weather. The wool or cotton fabric of knee high socks wraps your legs in luxurious warmth even on the coldest days.
But knee high socks aren’t just for warmth and protection. They can have therapeutic uses as well. Diabetics, prone to poor blood circulation if they don’t control their condition, can use the socks to protect circulation in the legs and feet.
The socks come in stripes of all colors and sizes from pin stripe to bold barber pole stripe, in black, grey, cherry red, and purple. They come in patterns – from little hearts for daddy’s little girl to skull and crossbones if your little darling happens to be a bit more goth than most. Knee high socks can make fashion statements, come in deliberate mismatching colors, in a harlequin or jester style, one leg black, one leg white, or a dominant color for one leg and a dominant color for the other. They can make even the skinniest leg look a lot more shapely.