# Socks Made in the USA

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-made-in-the-usa/565391>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 26, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-made-in-the-usa/565391 "2010-12-26T00:25:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-made-in-the-usa/565391/21 "2010-12-29T21:16:23Z")

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Drymax socks for working out. Nothing, and I mean nothing comes close to these puppies for working out. For staying warm, you want yer Smartwool, but for unsurpassed wicking, flat stitching, no chafing and overall comfort, you want Drymax.

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**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-made-in-the-usa/565391/22 "2010-12-29T21:47:21Z")

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Thorlos are the best socks I’ve ever worn - I hardly ever wear anything else anymore. Made in North Carolina. They’re not cheap though, but totally worth it to me. Help to alleviate my heel pain.

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**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-made-in-the-usa/565391/23 "2010-12-29T23:24:58Z")

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Why is North Carolina the Mecca of Socks?

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-made-in-the-usa/565391/24 "2010-12-30T01:15:11Z")

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From the Wikipedia article on North Carolina, “The textile industry, which was once a mainstay of the state’s economy, has been steadily losing jobs to producers in Latin America and Asia for the past 25 years, though the state remains the largest textile employer in the United States.”

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**Author:** ![limegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@limegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/limegreen)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-made-in-the-usa/565391/25 "2010-12-30T18:15:32Z")

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I’m knitting myself a pair here in my living room. Does that count?

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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-made-in-the-usa/565391/26 "2010-12-30T22:39:02Z")

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> [@Mangosteen](#):
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> Would you buy socks from an American manufacturer for a few dollars more?

Socks seem like the one article of clothing where it’s easy to find American-made items on store shelves. I found that when comparing equivalent socks, those made in the US cost no more than those made in China, Korea, or Pakistan. I’ve got a ton of socks of all kinds, and I don’t think there’s a single pair that _aren’t_ made in the United States. I do go out of my way to look at where they’re made before I buy.

There’s large sock mills in Wisconsin (Wigwam) and Vermont (Cabot), too.

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