Ankle socks

pgj2015 · 25-02-2019 02:59PM #1

WHY?

what is the advantage of wearing them? they look stupid, why not just wear normal socks?

mad muffin · 25-02-2019 03:05PM

Regular socks look stupid with shorts unless you’re an 80 year old wearing your shorts around your armpits.

Ariadne · 25-02-2019 03:11PM

Ankle socks are grand if you're wearing shorts or it's summer/spring time but wearing them during winter with skinny jeans should be outlawed.

0ph0rce0 · 25-02-2019 03:15PM

Ankle socks all the way.

I put on long socks, pull them up all the way to get them on then push them down all the way cause it ain't comfortable having what feels like football socks on up to your nuts.

It's those condom looking things that lads wear now, the things women use when they have flats on, That's embarrassing lads.

Hector Savage · 25-02-2019 03:16PM

What is it with the feminisation of mens fashion ?
I see tough looking lads walking about in skin tight skinny jeans ?
WTF like ?
Straight lads !

emeldc · 25-02-2019 03:18PM

pgj2015 wrote: »

WHY?

what is the advantage of wearing them? they look stupid, why not just wear normal socks?

I wear them for medical reasons, the shorter the better. TBH if your jeans/trousers are long enough I really don't see how anyone would notice. And anyway, who, apart from you, would give a fcuk.

RollieFingers · 25-02-2019 03:19PM

Ankle socks are more comfortable.

Ariadne · 25-02-2019 03:22PM

RollieFingers wrote: »

Ankle socks are more comfortable.

I wear them during the summer if needed but I actually find them very uncomfortable and I constantly have an urge to pull them up.

Cienciano · 25-02-2019 03:23PM

Normal socks with shorts are terrible. You have to wear ankle ones or else flip flops or something that doesn't require socks.

odyssey06 · 25-02-2019 03:27PM

Confused, are ankle socks not normal socks? There's liner socks which would show your ankle. Or is there some new sock type?

theteal · 25-02-2019 03:28PM

With shorts, not a bother. I'm guessing the OP's ire is directed at these blokes wearing shoes (with possibly super tight and yet ill fitting jeans) with their ankles on display - to which I would be in full agreement

25-02-2019 03:28PM

Mr. CooL ICE · 25-02-2019 03:31PM

Hector Savage wrote: »

What is it with the feminisation of mens fashion ?
I see tough looking lads walking about in skin tight skinny jeans ?
WTF like ?
Straight lads !

Went shopping for a new pair of jeans yesterday. Tried Superdry, Zara and TopShop. Superdry had one range of jeans that wasn't skinny and I tried on a pair and, well, they were skinny. False advertising. Zara was all skinny/slim. TopShop was all slim, skinny and - wait for it - "spray on".

Wtf is up with the world when a men's jeans fitting is named "spray on"? Even if I managed to put my muscular, granite sculpted legs into a pair of these, I'd get arrested for walking around with the outline of Finland and Sweden protruding from my crotch.

Deebles McBeebles · 25-02-2019 03:35PM

Hector Savage wrote: »

What is it with the feminisation of mens fashion ?
I see tough looking lads walking about in skin tight skinny jeans ?
WTF like ?
Straight lads !

Whaaaaaaa??? Not just the gays any more? Ah jaaaaaaysus, I'm calling Joe.

theteal wrote: »

With shorts, not a bother. I'm guessing the OP's ire is directed at these blokes wearing shoes (with possibly super tight and yet ill fitting jeans) with their ankles on display - to which I would be in full agreement

I'm trying to decide if this is better or worse than the tracksuit trousers tucked into white socks that is the fashion statement du jour among scumbags.

theteal · 25-02-2019 03:46PM

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

I'm trying to decide if this is better or worse than the tracksuit trousers tucked into white socks that is the fashion statement du jour among scumbags.

At least the tracksuits in socks was confined to a certain subset of the populace. This ankle thing is enveloping all types of people, even those who I sort of acknowledge in public (well, once upon a time)

greenspurs · 25-02-2019 03:52PM

Mark Rippetoe wrote: »

Went shopping for a new pair of jeans yesterday. Tried Superdry, Zara and TopShop. Superdry had one range of jeans that wasn't skinny and I tried on a pair and, well, they were skinny. False advertising. Zara was all skinny/slim. TopShop was all slim, skinny and - wait for it - "spray on".

Wtf is up with the world when a men's jeans fitting is named "spray on"? Even if I managed to put my muscular, granite sculpted legs into a pair of these, I'd get arrested for walking around with the outline of Finland and Sweden protruding from my crotch.

Change your name to "Cameltoe" …….

Sardonicat · 25-02-2019 03:55PM

Spay on men's jeans!?
/vomit in mouth

GinAndBitter · 25-02-2019 03:57PM

Mark Rippetoe wrote: »

Went shopping for a new pair of jeans yesterday. Tried Superdry, Zara and TopShop. Superdry had one range of jeans that wasn't skinny and I tried on a pair and, well, they were skinny. False advertising. Zara was all skinny/slim. TopShop was all slim, skinny and - wait for it - "spray on".

Wtf is up with the world when a men's jeans fitting is named "spray on"? Even if I managed to put my muscular, granite sculpted legs into a pair of these, I'd get arrested for walking around with the outline of Finland and Sweden protruding from my crotch.

Get some gstar man, dear but an acceptable fit. There the only jean I buy now the rest are for men with no balls.

Gael23 · 25-02-2019 04:00PM

If you want to wear something other sandals with shorts they are an essential. I wear them in the gym too.

freshpopcorn · 25-02-2019 04:02PM

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Whaaaaaaa??? Not just the gays any more? Ah jaaaaaaysus, I'm calling Joe.

I'm trying to decide if this is better or worse than the tracksuit trousers tucked into white socks that is the fashion statement du jour among scumbags.

When you tuck your socks into you tracksuit. You might cycling,trying to keep the end of it clean,etc. (Well they might be some reasonable excuse apart from the chav look)
However when you go around with no socks or ankle socks. You just go around showing off your ankles and get cold.

Sardonicat · 25-02-2019 04:03PM

Mark Rippetoe wrote: »

I'd get arrested for walking around with the outline of Finland and Sweden protruding from my crotch.

Norway AND Sweden?
Have you got 2 of what Eoin McLove hasn't got at all?

suicide_circus · 25-02-2019 04:05PM

it's the full kit **** you have to watch out for

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Witcher · 25-02-2019 04:07PM

Is your man wearing shinguards too?

DJIMI TRARORE · 25-02-2019 04:08PM

Mark Rippetoe wrote:

Went shopping for a new pair of jeans yesterday. Tried Superdry, Zara and TopShop. Superdry had one range of jeans that wasn't skinny and I tried on a pair and, well, they were skinny. False advertising. Zara was all skinny/slim. TopShop was all slim, skinny and - wait for it - "spray on".

Feel ur pain,at Xmas I went to buy jeans,the same sh1te in every shop,I ended up buying crap ones in Tesco/Dunnes,at least I could get my legs into them and not squeeze the Bo11ox of myself

BPKS · 25-02-2019 04:12PM

At the weekend, it was 13 degrees and the sun was shining just to give a bit of background, I saw a fella in his early 20's walking around town. He had winter coat, scarf, hat & gloves on and was clutching a cup of coffee like his life depended on in.

Guess what?

He also had skinny jeans to above his ankle and ankle socks on under his trainers.

No wonder the fool needed his big coat, scarf, hat and gloves.

Ariadne · 25-02-2019 04:16PM

I went back to college at the age of 23 and I saw these young fellas wearing skinny jeans and I was wondering what the hell was going on. Back in my day we wore jeans that were so baggy they were hanging off us and everyone could see your underwear

I used to see girls at the bus stop in winter all wrapped up but wearing pumps, skinny jeans and what looked like no socks so they probably had ankle socks on. I used to be horrified and cold looking at them. That's when I realised I was an aul wan

Roger Hassenforder · 25-02-2019 04:16PM

BPKS wrote: »

At the weekend, it was 13 degrees and the sun was shining just to give a bit of background, I saw a fella in his early 20's walking around town. He had winter coat, scarf, hat & gloves on and was clutching a cup of coffee like his life depended on in.

Guess what?

He also had skinny jeans to above his ankle and ankle socks on under his trainers.

No wonder the fool needed his big coat, scarf, hat and gloves.

Jasis, 13 degrees and we're at the beach in Cork.

Have to say, wife convinced me to get a pair of skinny jeans instead of my nornal Levi 501s. Most comfy pair of keks ever. I wear socks though.

MonkieSocks · 25-02-2019 04:18PM

Hector Savage wrote: »

What is it with the feminisation of mens fashion ?
I see tough looking lads walking about in skin tight skinny jeans ?
WTF like ?

Straight lads !

Where they wearing Straight Jackets too?

lalababa · 25-02-2019 04:20PM

It's a fashion among the young peoples. We have to get over it. Remember when the country lads would go on a night out with just a shirt outside their pants in the middle of winter. Remember when the city lads had leather jackets over a sparkling white T-shirt. Recall and it's still going when the ladies had paperthin figure hugging dresses with 4 inch heels, again in the winter.
I'd imagine one's ankles would get cold. What I love to see is ladies ankles with the fake tan sploged on and not quite going down enough so I can say to myself 'jasus...slave to trends' whilst being slightly intrigued depending on how shapely said ankles are.

freshpopcorn · 25-02-2019 04:24PM

I posted this in another thread.
There was a lad I went to school with and he often wore no socks and people used comment on it and laugh.. It was mainly because he was poor/wasn't full with it. It's sort of cool now tough. However the look certainly doesn't work with a school uniform.
Another place where the look doesn't work is with a uniform or a funeral type suit.(Where your wearing a very boring type of shoe and black trousers).

Ariadne · 25-02-2019 04:28PM

lalababa wrote: »

It's a fashion among the young peoples. We have to get over it. Remember when the country lads would go on a night out with just a shirt outside their pants in the middle of winter. Remember when the city lads had leather jackets over a sparkling white T-shirt. Recall and it's still going when the ladies had paperthin figure hugging dresses with 4 inch heels, again in the winter.
I'd imagine one's ankles would get cold. What I love to see is ladies ankles with the fake tan sploged on and not quite going down enough so I can say to myself 'jasus...slave to trends' whilst being slightly intrigued depending on how shapely said ankles are.

At least on a night out when I'm in a dress and heels I've had a few drinks to keep me warm. These people are sober, it's an abomination :eek:

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