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AFAIK the original incarnation was something like these. They are practically standard issue when you move to some Colorado mountain towns, which is where I learned about them. I’ve got a pair of Hurricanes and two pair of flip-flops. They’re near-indestructible and I love them to pieces.
I’m wearing gray socks with my black OP sport sandals–and I’m lovin’ it!
Why dont you just wear shoes ya bunch of hippies, …By the way get off my lawn
I personally think that white socks shouldn’t be allowed unless you’re in a gym or pursuing strenuous physical exercise. Actually, I feel the same way about sneakers.
I think ankle socks or lower are OK with sandals, sometimes. Learn to live a little - if socks infuriate your aesthetics, change to a caffeine free drink…
I can wear whatever I want and why should I care what we think?
Tevas are for peckerheads, regardless. Who cares what they wear with them?
The hell…? My brother had one of those. When he was three.
And, socks with any sort of sandal kinda defeats the purpose, methinks. Down with socks…in general.
Which accounts for threads like this.
Enlighten me, what is the purpose?
Thanks. Jeez, I almost fell out of my Birkenstocks.
Yes, I would wear socks with them. Otherwise I’d have to wash my feet.
Well, for me, the point is to be as close to being barefooted as possible. If you are wearing sandals and socks…why not just wear shoes?
I see your point Fear Itself, but I would think that the air circulation (with your feet not being completely covered) would keep things from getting too rank. I have not had a problem with smelly sandals, and I figured this was the reason.
Now, tennis shoes with no socks are a different story .
Okay, I wore Tevas and white socks once. In the early 90s. (For a lot longer than 20 minutes ) But only because I saw someone else do it and she was sooooo cool, and I thought I might be cool if I did it too. But then I had my picture taken in white socks and Tevas and I saw the picture and I ditched the Tevas AND the white socks along with the cool girl and the motherfucking camera!
Alas, I have not been able to ditch the picture.
Seriously, why does anybody in the world give a shit about what other people wear?
Phlosphr, you condemn your own ilk.
It’s highly likely the offender was either a philosopher or possibly a quantum physicist (who are sort of scientific philosophers), for whom shoes-with-no-socks or else sandals-with-socks (white; black; argyle…) are de rigeur. The panache obtained by this pedal convention is typically complemented by bad hair that lends a certain je ne sais quois to the whole getup. I know; I take care of the guys at Fermi Lab that come to my ED.
I admit the alternate possibility–he was just a homeless bum with cast-off Tevas, trying to keep his feets warm. Unless you have evidence of that, I’m bettin’ he was a gentleman of great learning and minimal sartorial common sense–a philosopher.
This should go under that thread about things I no longer care about as I get older.
I had some pink high top converse tennis shoes when I was younger.
The high tops where good for sand or mud vollyball.
Looks like I need another pair.
Point well taken. But what are we to make of a world where others don’t give a shit about what they themselves wear?
Black socks with sandals? Either a German tourist (“eh, after those other atrocities, who’ll notice this?”), or so old that your shins are so scary that your footwear won’t matter.
Well said.
Thank you!
If you want to cover your entire foot, wear shoes, for fuck’s sake.
Wearing socks with sandals is akin to wearing a pair of slacks under Bermuda shorts.