...If you're doing (more or less) historically accurate garb, but not wearing H/A bias sewn stockings?
My current Fair shoes (http://www.travelsmith.com/jump.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&itemID=518&fromNewSearch=true&mercadoResultId=6) show quite a bit of my socks, so now I have another bit to obsess over. ;D
I wear orange wool soccer socks.
i wear regular socks, and if i have shoes that show my socks, then i wear black knit socks or knee highs
Knee socks, ivory or black, depending on what I'm wearing, w/lace or other knit in design. But I'm not traveling HA.
I LOVE my stripy socks they are the only ones that i wear to faire! they are alaHotTopic but I love em!
I even found some leg warmers that have skull and bones on them, hot pink and black stripes too!
Target has been getting some really spiffy socks too and since Halloween is just around the corner they are gonna get even funner ones too!
Did I mention that I am no way even close to H/A
Socks? (or undergarments of any kind, really...)
Well ok, sometimes... like today... I'll wear your average, plain, white cotton tube-type socks, just to give my poor footsies some more cushion. Particularly if I've gone on more walks during a full weekend at faire.
I buy trouser socks, (basically kneed high opaque stockings.) You can find them in lot's of colors, though I usually choose black.
I do also have some cute stripped knee highs when I want a flash of color. I wear shoes as opposed to boots under my gown so you will see a bit as I walk and maneuver my skirts. I'm far from HA and I like the silliness of the striped sometimes. :)
I wear white tights. When I was wearing my boots (before they died on me at Scarby), I wore socks with them, and if it's just too hot for tights (which I think was only at Scarby, so far), then it's just regular socks. But otherwise, with my mary janes, I just wear the tights.
I usually wear knee-highs, mostly of cotton but sometimes of knitted wool. And I sometimes use gathers as well, as it helps keeping them in place (the skirts tend to twist and displace the socks, making it either end up in a lump around the ankle, or twisted around the leg like a caramel wrapper. Annoying!).
I'm not exactly HA, but since storebought knee socks always fall down on me, I knit my own with calf shaping and garters. I'm almost finished with my second pair... the first was a prototype made with Caron SimplySoft (acrylic sucketh, but it was worsted weight, so they flew off the needles) and the second is made with a fingering weight wool (might be something from Brown Sheep... lost the ball band ages ago).
I mostly wear the 17the century over the knee socks with a garter. Tho I have enjoyed the target over the knee socks on colder days (and they are only $5).
I wear a cotton over the knee sock/stocking that I picked up at Bristol. I know online J Townsend http://jas-townsend.com/index.php (http://jas-townsend.com/index.php) and Smoke and Fire Company http://www.smoke-fire.com/hats-and-stockings-2.asp (http://www.smoke-fire.com/hats-and-stockings-2.asp) carry similar. Depends on the character but I tend to stay neutrally color coordinated for the noble. The wench however flashes out more, obviously.
I would wear period stockings if I could, but I have low blood pressure and when I stand all day (like at Faire) the blood pools in my legs and I get all faint. So I bought black compression socks and that's what I wear. Any knee-high, smooth surface (ie. not ribbed) socks will do, preferably in black, white, or red. I really would recommend the compression socks though even for people who don't have low blood pressure, because being on your feet all day can lower your blood pressure and the compression socks help your blood keep circulating in your legs. And especially when it's hot out, blood pressure drops faster then.
Second the stockings from JAS Townsend. They just put me in the right frame of mind, and they actually somehow keep my legs cool- not sure how, but, they do!
Lillith.... would you be able to share your pattern please?
I have some black over-the-knee socks to wear for now but intend to knit my own. Is there any difference with men's garb?
I find bare feet to have a certain sexiness about it, although you ladies are surely looking for ren period garb I'm sure...just my .02...lol
Quote from: Sir James of Milford on September 13, 2009, 07:34:32 PM
I find bare feet to have a certain sexiness about it
That's after-faire fun! ;)
No, really, they say unlacing is pure pleasure? Try un-booting after several hours of walking and sweating in them. It's so nice to soak one's feet after peeling off the socks. And, to answer the question, I do smooth knee-high black socks for everything but my Scots garb where I wear natural colored wool knee socks.
I do beleive I will have to stick around after faire sometime to participate in the "fun"...now that I know such beauty partakes as well ;)
support hose
Colder weather--my TweetyBird socks. ;D
Warmer weather--doesn't matter, because they never show with boots.
Since I have a cut-away gown that show off my legs, I wear thigh-high stripey socks from the awesometastic stupendous shop SockDreams.
http://www.sockdreams.com/_shop/pages/socks_detail_ProductID_366.php
Since they're a heavy kitted sort, I wear a pair of normal socks as insulation.
While they don't help my blisters, I wear a pair of clunky cute Mary Janes (Mudd brand, so they have a grunge-looking 2 inch platform on them) with some adorable shoe buckles a friend gave me.
Awsome sock dreams!
Just added to my faves!
Pipere Thank you.
ohh awesome link, thanks pipere
however it figures that all the socks i like only go up to a women's 10- I wear an 11 :'(
Quote from: Auryn on September 16, 2009, 02:06:58 PM
ohh awesome link, thanks pipere
however it figures that all the socks i like only go up to a women's 10- I wear an 11 :'(
Especially now, Torrid will usually have stripey socks. Hot Topic might as well. I've gotten the thin knit ones from HT before, and they wore well for several years.
Capt Marga
Thanks, everyone!
Yesterday at Penney's I found a lovely pair of marled rayon knee-highs in a sort of "natural wool" color. Yummy! They're so soft and smooth and the knit is really fine. I'm trying to decide if wearing them again today makes doing a whole load of laundry worth it....
They're not on their website, but now I'm sort of loving these (http://www5.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6.aspx?DeptID=50475&CatID=57438&GrpTyp=PRD&ItemID=170e125&attrtype=&attrvalue=&CMID=50475%7c51206%7c57436&Fltr=&Srt=&QL=F&IND=12&cmVirtualCat=&CmCatId=50475%7C51206%7C57436%7C57438).
I need to find more natural compression socks. Any idea?
http://www.supporthosestore.com/
You can try looking here. I have ordered from them before with no problems.
I know FootSmart (http://www.footsmart.com) carries a variety of socks, too.
Quote from: Pipere on September 14, 2009, 09:11:59 PM
Since I have a cut-away gown that show off my legs, I wear thigh-high stripey socks from the awesometastic stupendous shop SockDreams.
http://www.sockdreams.com/_shop/pages/socks_detail_ProductID_366.php
Since they're a heavy kitted sort, I wear a pair of normal socks as insulation.
While they don't help my blisters, I wear a pair of clunky cute Mary Janes (Mudd brand, so they have a grunge-looking 2 inch platform on them) with some adorable shoe buckles a friend gave me.
Thank you for this link. Wow...just wow...I'm in thigh high heaven. :) :) Anna wants the cute ones with the bows and ruffles, Pirate Rose wants the stiped and skulls and me...I like the nubby over long ones for fall. :)
I wear socks my daughter knits for me. I have a few pairs to match my skirts, and this year I want her to try knee socks with elastic -we'll see how that turns out. I'm glad she's a fast knitter, because I prefer the custom fit and feel of hand knitted socks. And yes, I'm learning to knit my own.
I am looking forward to knitting socks and tights to go with our garb this winter. I am just trying to gauge what weight of yarn to use so that they look good but we don't sweat to death (since most of our faires will be in the high summer).
Anyone have patterns to share?