Men’s Socks: there is more to life than black

By Ana Balda

“Renovarse o morir” es uno de los grandes lemas del otoño. A veces no es necesario más que cambiar el color de tus calcetines para ver tus pantalones y camisas de siempre desde otro punto de vista. Un cambio de enfoque suele ser premonitorio de un día interesante.

La tendencia general, obvia, es ser fiel a los calcetines negros. Muchos creen que salirse de ahí puede ser un gran lío, y que mejor aferrarse a lo seguro. Si la combinación de colores definitivamente no es lo tuyo, hay algunos trucos que quizás puedan servirte.

1. Una apuesta segura: calcetines del mismo color que los pantalones. Los expertos dicen que estiliza porque no rompe la línea cromática del pantalón. Si no encuentras unos calcetines exactos de tono, queda mejor si los calcetines son un punto más oscuros.

2. Calcetines del mismo color que los zapatos. Rompe más pero también suele ser una apuesta segura.

3. Para los más innovadores: calcetines del mismo color que la camisa, o que la corbata, si la usas. Con el look siguiente por ejemplo, unos calcetines granates, serían perfectos.

4. Y si tienes el suficiente encanto y osadía como el amigo de la foto que preside la entrada de hoy, entonces ponte los calcetines que te de la gana. Sencillamente porque todo te queda genial, excepto…. unos calcetines negros.

** Los Preventis perfectos para combinar con tus calcetines favoritos.

**** Mes Chaussettes Rouges, probablemente una de las mejores tiendas de calcetines del mundo. Si quieres te los llevan a casa.

** Le Marché aux Puces (C/ San Fernando VI, 2 Madrid). La tienda donde descubrirás un mundo de Preventis, calcetines y más cosas.

Photos by The Sartorialist and Preventi

By Ana Balda

It´s autumn so you men need to overhaul your look. And simply changing the colour of your socks can produce surprising and great results. So stop playing safe and think twice before you pull those boring black socks out of the drawer. If you don’t try, you´ll never know what you´re missing.

So here are some straightforward tips to get it right!

1. Choose socks the same colour or shade as your trousers. According to stylists, this is always a quite safe and a subtle way to continue a particular colour theme. If you can´t find the exact same shade as your trousers, try choosing a darker one.

2. Try matching your socks with your shoes. This is a bit more daring and means you have to be careful to make sure that the rest of the colours go well together.

3. Choose socks that match either your tie or your shirt. See photo below here, a choice of maroon socks would work really well with the tie in the photo.

4. If you´ve got what it takes and are confident in the knowledge that you always look good, then why not go for the look in the photo that opens today´s blog. You probably never wear boring black socks anyway!

** This Preventis shoe would look good with virtually any choice of sock.

** Mes Chaussettes Rouges, probably the best sock shop in the world. They do home delivery.

** “Le Marché aux Puces (San Fernando VI, 2 Madrid). The shop in Madrid where you can buy your favourite socks+Preventis, and… more cool things.

Photos by The Sartorialist and Preventi

By Ana Balda

It´s autumn so you men need to overhaul your look. And simply changing the colour of your socks can produce surprising and great results. So stop playing safe and think twice before you pull those boring black socks out of the drawer. If you don’t try, you´ll never know what you´re missing.

So here are some straightforward tips to get it right!

1. Choose socks the same colour or shade as your trousers. According to stylists, this is always a quite safe and a subtle way to continue a particular colour theme. If you can´t find the exact same shade as your trousers, try choosing a darker one.

2. Try matching your socks with your shoes. This is a bit more daring and means you have to be careful to make sure that the rest of the colours go well together.

3. Choose socks that match either your tie or your shirt. See photo below here, a choice of maroon socks would work really well with the tie in the photo.

4. If you´ve got what it takes and are confident in the knowledge that you always look good, then why not go for the look in the photo that opens today´s blog. You probably never wear boring black socks anyway!

** This Preventis shoe would look good with virtually any choice of sock.

** Mes Chaussettes Rouges, probably the best sock shop in the world. They do home delivery.

** “Le Marché aux Puces (San Fernando VI, 2 Madrid). The shop in Madrid where you can buy your favourite socks+Preventis, and… more cool things.

Photos by The Sartorialist and Preventi