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Socks are as serious a matter as shoes.
I have a second toe on each foot that is about 1cm longer than my big toe. Apparently the ancients thought it a sign of Great beauty :lol: . I just find it a great pain. literally and figuratively. With any ordinary sock, as I put on a shoe, the sock pulls up on that toe and as I walk it gets pulled too. As a result, I've bruised the nailbeds and lost the nails countless times. Now I have discovered toe socks. I wear woolly ones for walking, (in my cotton Traders boots) and silk 8) ones in my normal shoes. Actually, I often go without socks,( I can't bear seams in them) but these are the only ones I'm comfortable in. Luckily I've given up skirts between September and June, so don't need to wear tights, which are even worse than socks. they either don't come up past my knees( I'm only 5 feet 8!) or up to my bust and the waist too big, so fall down.
T1 husband isn't meant to wear socks with elastic on the calf, so I try for knee highs for him. Hard to find in men's. Or sometimes those with no elastic that are meant to stay up unaided, or flight socks, to help the leg circulation
 
Hello Hana.

I have a loathing for seams too, so for the past twenty years have worn them inside out as I'm too mean to buy the seamless ones. I have to wear black ones for work all year round.

Most people think I've just gone nuts.

wiflib
 
hanadr said:
T1 husband isn't meant to wear socks with elastic on the calf, so I try for knee highs for him. Hard to find in men's.
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I have the same problem Hana, socks tend to leave nasty marks around my legs after a very short period. I have to resort to not wearing any.
 
I went for my first foot check upon diagnosis. I turned up with the usual stilleto heeled pointed toed shoes and sockless (I can't stand wearing socks). The tutting and head shaking from the nurse made my toes curl :oops: When she examined my feet she said "Perfect, I can tell you look after them"!

Caitycakes x
 
Try ex military supplies for differant types of Army sock, they do sell brand new so no horrors :lol: and now have them in various lengths and sizes right up and above the knee. They have differant warmth values too and are very well made.
 
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