# socks with logo on one side - should the logo be worn inside or outside?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-with-logo-on-one-side-should-the-logo-be-worn-inside-or-outside/830288>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 27, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-with-logo-on-one-side-should-the-logo-be-worn-inside-or-outside/830288 "2019-02-27T12:16:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-with-logo-on-one-side-should-the-logo-be-worn-inside-or-outside/830288/21 "2019-03-02T03:25:11Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> Presumably the creators want them on the outside, so they’d be seen by others in more situations. If they care enough to put their logo there, they probably want it to be shown off.

> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> Yes. The whole point of putting a logo on things is advertising paid for by the consumer. Logos are intended to go on the outside so they can be seen.

The hell with that. I’m not paying for the privilege of being a walking billboard for Ralph Lauren. I’d just wear the damn things inside out.

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**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-with-logo-on-one-side-should-the-logo-be-worn-inside-or-outside/830288/22 "2019-03-02T15:04:03Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> The hell with that. I’m not paying for the privilege of being a walking billboard for Ralph Lauren. I’d just wear the damn things inside out.

😕 Then don’t buy Ralph Lauren socks in the first place?

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**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-with-logo-on-one-side-should-the-logo-be-worn-inside-or-outside/830288/23 "2019-03-02T19:52:52Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> The hell with that. I’m not paying for the privilege of being a walking billboard for Ralph Lauren. I’d just wear the damn things inside out.

> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#):
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> 😕 Then don’t buy Ralph Lauren socks in the first place?

That’s what I do (or rather don’t). Somehow, socks with a visible logo (or any other image for that matter) on them seems like the complete opposite of “business”.

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