As if we don't have enough collections in our home, Mr. A&A has had a private one going on for sometime. Not really. As a matter of fact, I knew all about it and was totally fed up with the black & blue collection. It seems my husband has lost the ability to tell black from blue. When he would get to a point he couldn't tell one sock from the next, he would buy more! An entire deep drawer became dedicated to the sock collection.
We went out shopping (Macy's) for new socks. I heart you Ralph Lauren for your brilliant attention to detail. Readers, just in case your not quite getting the exciting special feature of these socks, I'll explain. Each sock color has it's own little coordinating polo pony color. They are strategically placed on the outside of each sock. So now when they come out of the laundry there will never again be the questions: what color is this and does it have a mate?
Ladies, may I suggest these for a Valentine's present. One that you both will love and that keeps on giving long after the chocolate is gone.
Images courtesy of Ralph Lauren and A&A
Love the color coordinating aspect...very clever!
ReplyDeleteMy partner was exactly the same way. Black socks were black socks, and he could not tell any of them apart, so mismatched pairs were on his feet all the time. Until that is I bought black socks with different coloured tops!
ReplyDeleteI have three, count 'em, THREE huge baskets of black, blue, etc. socks that need to find their mates. Then they need to find the goodwill and be replaced with these. We have a few pairs (3 boys) of these as I usually buy a 3 pk. nearly every time I go to the Polo outlet. DOTR is colorblind, so this is particularly helpful to him.
ReplyDeleteSocks are the go-to stocking stuffer for my husband at Christmas. And Ralph Lauren is my go-to label because they have the best colors - never even noticed this fabulous feature because my husband has very neat drawers but it is certainly it a terrific bonus!
ReplyDeleteI laughed until tears run down my cheeks, since The Same Drawer is upstairs in our bedroom. My husband even hoards the lost souls among his socks and waits for the better half to show up.....
ReplyDeleteYours above are great! Usually my mother -in -law still supplies the socks, I do not interfere!!!
Valentine socks,lol. Many years ago when I was young, broke, and dating my husband we had a mountain of laundry to do and decided to do it all at once at the laundromat. It was Valentine's day it was romantic in that poor,tragic sort of way. We ended up with an inordinate number of socks with no mate or "Valentine" and ever since those singletons have been called "Valentine socks" in my house.
ReplyDeleteToo funny! We were actually just saying that they should make a whole line of Garanimals clothing for engineers, hehe! I love the idea of matching the ponies to ensure having a matched pair every time! Hmm, I may have to go look at my husband's sock drawer...scary thought though!
ReplyDeleteKat :)
'bout time someone thought of that! thank you for clueing us in....smiles.
ReplyDeleteThat is to funny! But to be honest it makes sense since mens socks only seem to come in dark colors and sometimes they're hard to match. Great idea Rebecca!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea. As my eye site continues to decline I'm sure I'm sending Don off with mismatched socks.
ReplyDeleteRebecca, this is a great idea, I had to laugh about the deep drawer of socks. We have a white drawer and a drawer for all the colored socks. They do seem to be multiplying rapidly, just like little bunnies,Have a great day,Kathysue
ReplyDeleteGrinning from
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you've just
described MY
hubby's sock
drawer, too : )
Now I know what
to get him...
xx Suzanne
PS: My folding
boards came on
Friday!
Oh, I so relate to and love this post. Off to Macy's tomorrow....for sure!
ReplyDeleteI just realized I said Macy's(I was just there) when it was actually Lord & Taylor where the socks were purchased...so very sorry, but I wouldn't be surprised if Macy's has them too since they also carry plenty of RL!
ReplyDeleteLooks nice. But i would appreciate more colours
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