Organic Cotton Clothing

When I worked at a department store throughout high school, my supervisor was a real stickler for appropriate attire.  She expected all of the employees to be wearing work approved apparel, and it had to look right.  In other words she wanted shirt tucked in, pants pressed and clean, no stains, tie tightened, etc.  But I think her greatest pet peeve was socks.  I remember her walking up to an employee who was wearing black pants, blue shirt, and white socks, and she told him to go home!  You couldn’t even see his white socks unless he was walking around. 

One day, I was late waking up for work, and I got dressed in the dark and hurried to the store.  When I arrived, I realized I was wearing one white sock and one blue sock with dark brown pants!  I knew she would call me on it, so I ran over to menswear, and grabbed some blue crew socks off the shelf.  While I was back in the employee lounge, she walked past, and saw me putting them on.  Then she just nodded in approval, and kept walking… that was almost a disaster!

They may not be that conspicuous but socks are important pieces of clothing.  They sheath countless feet and provide comfort, protection, and style when needed.  Majority of athletes for example, wear socks with their sports shoes for optimum performance and to keep blisters at bay.  School children need socks too as part of their daily uniform.
 
Buying a pair of socks is fairly simple if you know exactly what sort you want.  But if you have no idea what to look for, you may be overwhelmed with the dozens of choices out there.  Men’s socks alone have four major types – dress, sport, casual and work.  In contrast, women’s socks have casual, sport, and trouser varieties.  Trouser socks are similar to opaque panty hose or tights and get runs too, just like nylon stockings.  Nylon, cotton, wool, acrylic, polyester, and spandex are the fibers commonly used in socks. Sock lengths vary.  The shorter ones are the quarter top, anklet, crew and calf-length socks, while the longer types are the knee and thigh high socks.

In a quest to clean up the planet and save the world from the devastating effects of global warming, more and more people are turning green.  Practices and products are changing and are becoming less wasteful and more eco-friendly.  Garbage segregation for example, is now being implemented in numerous sites around the globe, and campaigns for recycling and tree planting continue to intensify.
 
Organic is in, as evidenced by the proliferation and support of all things natural.  It’s cool to grow vegetables in your backyard, as it is to have “green” homes that utilize natural lighting.  Clothing manufacturers have joined the green movement as well.  This is the reason why smart and affordable garments made of environmentally sustainable materials now exist.  You’ll easily find several of these functional pieces online.  Choose from organic socks, tights, shirts, loungewear, scarves, leg warmers, and baby clothes.

I have no problem admitting that I am a spend thrift. I budget down to the last penny of every paycheck. I short waiters on tips. I buy damaged canned goods. And, I even avoid turning on the heat during the winter. I have become proud of my “cheap” reputation.

Despite my pride there’s one item I could never go without – cotton socks. Since I don’t use my heat I often get cold. When my teeth start chattering, and my toes start getting numb, I pull on a pair of warm cotton socks fresh from the dryer, and it’s pure foot pleasure every time.