3 Tips for Wearing Socks with High-top Shoes

Kusano Midori
Sockslovely
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3 min readAug 11, 2020

High-tops are a popular fashion item for both men, women, teens, college students, and even older people, all would keep at least one pair of high-tops or ankle shoes for their wardrobe.

However, you know how when you style your fashion high-tops with a pair of misfitting socks, that socks look extremely weird in your shoes? Well knowing the right ways to wear socks with high-tops will solve that problem, keeping you follow the fashion trend all the time.

There are three things to consider when you want to pair your ankle shoes with socks.

1. Consider the LENGTH of socks

Winston S. Churchill once said, “A good speech should be like a woman’s skirt; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.”

Obviously, it also works on wearing socks with high-tops. For ankle shoes, the socks should be long enough to wrap around ankles to prevent shoes from chafing your calf; and short enough to keep the proportions balanced so you are not drowning in the outfits.

Pairing a pair of 4-inch slouch socks with your ankle shoes is a common trend. You can also wear low-cut socks, ankle socks, crew socks to spice up the high-tops.

What length of socks is best to pair with high-top shoes? It also depends on your outfits. As you wear hot pants, just wear slouch socks with your high-tops for a chic, slender look. But if you are wearing long pants, pairing it with a pair of ankle socks would be better.

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2. Consider the THICKNESS of socks

Now that a mid-length pair of socks are best for high-tops, we should find some more ways to make legs look slimmer with mid-calf socks.

It is clear that a thicker pair of socks would make your legs look bloated, so you better choose a thin pair of slouch socks to retain a slender leg look while creating beautiful slouching layers.

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3. Consider the COLOR of socks

The color of socks is exactly the favor to spice up your outfit. Styling your outfit with a pair of socks in fitting colors would make you more eye-catching and make your legs look longer and slimmer.

One of the basic rules is to wear socks in the same colors as shoes so that they can be perfectly matched together and look great.

When choosing socks of a color that is widely matched with high-tops, you won’t go wrong to pair plain colored socks with high-top canvas shoes.

If your high-tops are gaudy and bright in color and pattern, pair it with monochromatic socks; if the ankle shoes are in a single color, style it with socks of the same or similar color; if the high-top shoes are in black or white, try wearing colorful socks with it.

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