[QUOTE=Way Too Happy]
And the there’s the “Hints from Heloise” method: Immediately prior to putting one’s socks on, wet a bar of soap, apply a band of soap around your leg where the tops of your socks will rest. Put on your socks, and providing your legs aren’t going to perspire, socks stay up!
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Wow, I’ve never heard that before.
Ignorance fought?
[QUOTE=Rayne Man]
When I was a young lad in short trousers and long socks (required school uniform till you were 13 back in the 60’s) we wore another sort of “suspender” . This was a loop of elastic worn just below the knee and concealed by the turned-over top of the sock.
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Oh yeah! That used to be part of our Girl Scouts uniform, except it had a little tassel thing for ornamentation that came out of the fold.
[QUOTE=Zsofia]
Oh yeah! That used to be part of our Girl Scouts uniform, except it had a little tassel thing for ornamentation that came out of the fold.
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And bloody uncomfortable they were. If you had them even a little bit too tight you were left with a red indentation around your leg which lasted for days.
[QUOTE=Kalhoun]
Okay, now I’m all about socks that stay up, but wouldn’t it be easier to just buy elasticized socks? I’m not sure I could find a pair of men’s socks that didn’t have really good elastic. In fact, I just bought a couple pair for my dad. He’s one of those guys who goes a little catatonic if his socks fall down.
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I believe sock garters date from the “silk stocking” days. Silk socks have no elasticity.
[QUOTE=Rayne Man]
And bloody uncomfortable they were. If you had them even a little bit too tight you were left with a red indentation around your leg which lasted for days.
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I think the uniforms have, like, cargo pants and belly shirts and a tongue piercing these days.