Socks with sandals

[NewWaveChick1981]

Poll question: Socks with sandals

This fashion phenomenon is known in my household as Jesus Boots. :P :rofl: I'm sorry if that's your style, but there's not much weirder than socks and sandals together. :yoiks: What's your take on this footwear fashion?

[_testify_]

1. Socks with sandals looks ridiculous.

However, I also believe sandals should only be worn at the beach or around your home. I don't want to see your disgusting bare feet, especially when I'm eating.

Dirty hippies.

[NewWaveChick1981]

5. They are indeed ridiculous...

:hi:

[WCGreen]

62. I see eastern european men over 60 always wearing soxs

with sandals...

It's part of a well crafted and time honored symble of their freedom and not bowing to the oppression of the fashin nazis....

[MrCoffee]

2. not just no but hell no.

[NewWaveChick1981]

4. Thank YOU, MrCoffee!

:applause: :hi:

[MrCoffee]

8. i've totally got your back on this one.

[NewWaveChick1981]

13. I appreciate it!

:patriot:

[reyd reid reed]

3. Some things are just...wrong.

Seems like it defeats the purpose.

[NewWaveChick1981]

6. Exactly.

:hi: :applause:

[Flaxbee]

7. I find this weird in myself, esp. since I think I'm a pretty

astute observer of fashion (though I do recognize its ridiculous extremes in price and trendiness) but I actually like seeing a cute guy, has to be a bit hippy (can't really pull this off if he's clean-cut/preppy) in nice-fitting, faded Levis, socks and sandals.

Perhaps it's because I grew up along the coast of SoCal and saw a lot of surfers wear this style in winter/to warm up after being in the water. But I love it. It definitely has its place in casual wear. BUT you have to really have the right personal style to be able to carry it off. And the guy MUST have jeans on - looks wayyyyy dorky with shorts. A good worn pair of cords might cut it, too.


edited for grammar!

[NashVegas]

10. After Living in Vermont for Four Years, I Got Used to It

If someone would make shoes that are as comfortable as Birks, and as easy to take off and on, we'd see less of it.

Besides, if you live in a state like Vermont for any length of time, all sense of fashion goes straight out the window, anyway.

[prole_for_peace]

77. i wear socks with my birks in the winter.

i love the shoes so much and want to wear them even when it is cold out. but here cold is only in the 40s so actually not that cold.

[NewWaveChick1981]

11. A college professor of mine used to wear socks with sandals in the

wintertime---it was his version of winter boots. :rofl: He was very much a hippie, so it sort of fit his personality and style. :P He even looked like the white fundie version of Jesus. However, it galvanized my dislike of that style.

To each his/her own... :D

[Flaxbee]

21. I can understand that -- my appreciation of the combination

evolved from seeing young, fit kids I went to school with wearing the socks/sandals combination. Entirely different mindset, all those cute surfer guys to have crushes on! Yow!

But I'd probably have grown to hate the style if I'd had to deal with a professor who wore it.

Though I have to say, I don't really like seeing a whole lot of anyone's foot, though I like wearing strappy women's sandals with heels and if other women wear them (and have well-cared for feet) - those don't bother me a bit.

But I don't like seeing anyone's straggly toes - hairy and male or pale and female - hanging out, so to me, socks are often preferable with sandals, even if it isn'the height of style. I don't want to see uneven nails, thick nails, chipped polish, thick, cracked heels, etc. Yuk. Even more yuk in a restaurant.

[deadparrot]

9. Hell no...

Though I admit, when I played soccer, we often wore sandals with our socks and shinguards before and after games (instead of cleats).

But normally? Definitely not.

[NewWaveChick1981]

12. But you didn't do it as an everyday fashion.

Good for you! :D I understand it totally for your soccer purposes, but not every day. :yoiks:

[LeftyMom]

14. If somebody wants to look like a frikkin hippie it's thier issue

I do however reserve the right to

1. Point

2. Laugh

[NewWaveChick1981]

19. Excellent!

:applause:

[Hugin]

15. Even more disturbing is 'Socks with Flip-Flops'...

*cringe*

I can't stand to have stuff between my toes... and two things between my toes!

Yikes.

[MrCoffee]

16. the real hardcore camel toe.

[NewWaveChick1981]

20. ROFLMFAO!!!

:rofl: :applause: Good one!

[BarenakedLady]

43. LoL

:rofl:

[NewWaveChick1981]

18. OMFG!

:rofl: The only way that would ever be acceptable is Japanese tatamis, which were made with the toe split for wearing Japanese sandals. That is a cultural thing. Socks with flipflops is just plain WRONG!!!! :rofl:

[Hugin]

24. I must admit... My sweetheart wears 'Socks and Sandals'...

It drives the daughter crazy. (Being almost 16 and a fashion maven)

But, my sweetheart is a comfort first type 'granola girl'... So, it
doesn't faze her in the least.

[LaurenG]

17. Well I'm one who wears sandals and socks but... now wait don't yell

I have an old pair of slip ons that I use outside. When I mow I wear socks because I don't want spiders or other creatures to get me.

[NewWaveChick1981]

22. But you don't wear socks and sandals in public otherwise?

[LaurenG]

25. No but I might start now that I know they're called Jesus boots

and that only hippies do it. After all halloween is right around the corner, lol.:rofl: I might just get a picture and post it too.:loveya:

[NewWaveChick1981]

27. ROFL!

:rofl: OK, I guess I can stand a picture of Jesus Boots if it's for Halloween... :rofl:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

23. socks with sandals is not a style.

its a travesty :cry:

[NewWaveChick1981]

29. Yes indeed!

:applause:

[SteppingRazor]

26. I say Other: You may ONLY wear socks with sandals...

if you reside in Boulder, Colo.

Anywhere else, and it's a no-no.

[LaurenG]

30. I used to live very, very near there maybe that's what the problem is

:hippie: Do you think an exception could be made?

[NewWaveChick1981]

31. Well, I don't know about that...

But if Boulder keeps to itself and does not allow anyone wearing Jesus Boots to leave the city, I might find that acceptable since I'm in NC. :P

[PassingFair]

28. This thread is useless without:

Pictures!

[NewWaveChick1981]

32. OMFG!

:rofl: :rofl: :applause: :woohoo:

[Crazy Dave]

33. In the mid 90's...

...there were a lot of German tourists getting robbed and beaten up at Florida rest stops and when one radio station asked for some advice from their non-savory listeners as to how you'd be able to only target a German tourist versus an American tourist one caller replied, "you see which of the men are wearing socks with sandals".

I don't get it as I lived in Germany for 3 years but that's what the "expert" said.

[NewWaveChick1981]

45. And there you have it.

:rofl: Don't wear them for safety's sake. :hi:

[Katina]

34. I hate that look

it's just soooooo ugh! :+

[NewWaveChick1981]

46. Yep.

:hi:

[alarimer]

35. Not a good thing

I wear Tevas all the time, everywhere but never with socks. They get retired for the winter and I wear actual shoes. Most of the rest of the year I cannot be bothered to wear real shoes though. I have to maintain my beach bum cred, you know.

[NewWaveChick1981]

47. ...

:hi:

[billyskank]

36. I almost never wear sandals, period.

FWIW, I voted who the fuck cares?

[NewWaveChick1981]

48. LOL! Well, I'm glad somebody did...

:P :rofl: :hi:

[billyskank]

58. I meant to vote for Pat Buchanan

but I got confused. :P

[wildhorses]

75. I voted that way, too!!

I dunno...guess I live around too many granola heads and old hippies :shrug:

just does NOT bother me...

but, now WHITE after Labor Day and Before Easter...NO FRICKING WAY :headbang:

[bullwinkle428]

37. Old dude working out in the gym last night with sandals and knee-high

black socks...it was quite the sight!

[NewWaveChick1981]

49. I'll bet!

:rofl: Was he wearing Bermuda shorts too? It's kind of an old-guy uniform...

[Jokerman]

38. Geez, I was just taking out the trash!

I swear that was the one and only time. I promise not to do it again.

[NewWaveChick1981]

51. LOL! Just make sure it never happens again.

:rofl:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

39. People who wear socks & sandals together must be forced to watch

"What Not to Wear" Clockwork Orange-style until they realize the error of their ways and because physically ill at the sight of socks & sandals.

[NewWaveChick1981]

52. Excellent remedial measure, haruka!

:applause: Viddy a little ultraviolence with your socks and sandals? :rofl: :hi:

[buddhamama]

40. ewww

i am no fashion maven by any stretch but even i know, you don't wear socks with sandals.

[NewWaveChick1981]

53. There you have it...

:applause: :hi:

[mopinko]

41. other- it depends on the socks

i have some really cool socks. my birkies really show them off. i think.

[NewWaveChick1981]

54. OK...

:hi: Whatever turns you on... :P

[mopinko]

56. after reading these reponses, maybe

i should reconsider. especially that pic of the old guy.

[datasuspect]

42. i prefer sandals with flowing raiment

and leave the tips of the beard untrimmed.

[NewWaveChick1981]

55. Well, alrighty then...

:yoiks: :rofl: :hi:

[idgiehkt]

44. weird

people used to wear socks with Birkenstocks all the time. And when I was in school, sports socks with those adidas slides. If I have on socks in the winter time sometimes I'll go outside in my sandals.

I don't like the brown dress socks with them though.

[NewWaveChick1981]

59. I grew up in the 60s and 70s, and I never remember seeing many

people wearing socks with their Birkenstocks or Birkenstock-like sandals. I remember seeing some dad-types wearing black or brown dress socks with sandals, but that was about it.

[tjwmason]

50. It should be a hanging offence

with the sole exception of R.C. Priests who are also wearing faded formerly black clerical shirts.

[NewWaveChick1981]

64. Seconded!

:hi: :rofl:

[SKKY]

57. I'll wear them all the time to the gym, or after a soccer game, or after

running. But, as a general fashion statement, no I don't go out for dinner on the town with them on.

[NewWaveChick1981]

65. That's a good thing.

:hi:

[underpants]

60. VERY German

and fun to point and laugh about

[Eurobabe]

61. you got it.

I live there and I know. But it's kind of more East German than West. And older people than young people.

LOL.

[NewWaveChick1981]

66. Right on both counts!

:rofl:

[LSK]

63. only fashionable at Olive Garden

:hide:

[NewWaveChick1981]

67. If you're breastfeeding.

:rofl: :hi:

[Cobalt Violet]

68. Only rainbow toe socks.

[Broken_Hero]

69. with sandals,

I usually wear socks...with flip flops, I hardly ever wear socks...I hardly ever wear shorts with my sandals, just jeans, so with that in mind, with my sandal/sock fashion, to me it doesn't look that bad. What puts me off, is wehn people wear socks/sandals, and are wearing shorts..its looks weird to me.

[Kerrytravelers]

70. Ok, this is my one big guilty pleasure. I'm a fashion snob.

Clothes don't have to be expensive, but they must fit right and be the right cut for your body size. And never never never socks with sandals- even Birks.

[Fenris]

71. I don't really care.

I don't wear socks with sandals, but if someone wants to, who am I to criticize? Sometimes it's cool outside and people still want to wear sandals. Socks seem like a logical solution.

[Susang]

72. Try living in Asia

They have special socks for their thong sandals. It's not a fashion faux pas in their culture at all.

Of course, its pretty funny to see DUers who regularly chastise other DUers for their judgmentalism, being so horrifically judgmental about something as insignificant as this. I mean, its not like there isn't a war on or anything. ;-)

[Aristus]

81. I agree.

This:



is a hell of a lot better than THIS:

[GOPisEvil]

73. Of course you are free to wear whatever you choose, but...

...rest assured some things are now, have always been and will continue to be, dorky. Socks with sandals is one of those things. If you don't care, I don't, but I still think it's dorky.

[bridgit]

74. une erreur de mode de mjor...

x(

[bigwillq]

76. I dislike when people do that.

I think it just looks silly.

[Mutley]

78. I'm gonna start just because of this thread.

:D

[grannylib]

79. It is very Euro-style...I got used to it after living in England and

traveling in Europe a lot; I rather like it (but one DOES have to consider what type of sox with what type of sandals! You just can't throw ANY old combo together!!!)

[Courtesy Flush]

80. OTHER: I don't wear sandals