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[Falln's Roesor Suit and Shiny Things Socks - click for larger image]

I had the joy of conversing with hyasynth Tiramisu of Silent Sparrow last night. We discussed socks and my dilemma concerning the aforementioned accessory. She relayed to me why she does not include socks in every set of suits. She said that she “feel(s) like (she is) cheating if she put(s) in the same socks”. While this is commendable, as the socks she does include are excellent, I explained to her that I would be content with the same basic sock style if a specific style was not deemed useful for the ensemble. I do believe she thinks me mad. She feels it is unethical to offer the same socks, but I beg to differ. Mind, others may have a different point of view on the sock conundrum.

[Shiny Thing's Knit knee socks - dark]

Hya did inform me that Shiny Things had knee socks (for women) that would be suitable for men. So I ventured out and found their knit socks to be quite to taste.

They are copy/modify, so can be shortened. I’m uncertain how one’s partner might find their gentleman in knee length socks (mind, some fashions do require it, I will concede) if trouser removal occurred. Copy as you like to any other necessary folders of suits. Being modifiable, they can be tinted to taste.

[Shiny Thing's Knit knee socks - dark]

To be fair, I did also perform a seach in world for “socks” (Search> Classifieds> Socks). I don’t recommend the journey that it will take you on for I have now seen far more in SL than I perhaps ever wanted. However, I will say that there are a few creators who produce just socks, but none worth noting for gentleman. This is not to say they do not exist, but quite simply they are beyond my radar.

In conclusion… I might have garnered some sympathy from Hya regarding the gentleman’s plight of socks in Second Life.

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Tags: socks

This entry was posted by Elric Anatine on Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 at 11:22 am and is filed under Apparel, Commentary, MV-SL-General, Tongue in Cheek. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.