Bobby sock
![A woman in a marching band uniform, including bobby socks walking down a street](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Baton-twirling_bobby-soxer_in_the_Parker_%26_Watts_Circus_Parade_on_East_Huron%2C_Ann_Arbor%2C_Michigan%2C_July_8%2C_1939._%289336248085%29.jpg/220px-Baton-twirling_bobby-soxer_in_the_Parker_%26_Watts_Circus_Parade_on_East_Huron%2C_Ann_Arbor%2C_Michigan%2C_July_8%2C_1939._%289336248085%29.jpg)
A drum majorette wearing bobby socks in Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 8, 1939
![Two women seated in typical teen girl fashion from the 1950s, wearing bobby socks](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/1950s_weekend_-_Crich_%284847264331%29.jpg/220px-1950s_weekend_-_Crich_%284847264331%29.jpg)
Women wearing 1950s clothing at a June 2010 event in England, UK
Bobby socks are a style of women's sock, white, ankle length or collected at the ankle, instead of at full extension up the leg.
The term bobby soxer derives from this type of sock.[1]
They were initially popular in the United States in the 1940s through the 1950s, later making a comeback in the 1980s.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jane & Michael Stern's Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: An A to Z Guide of Who's who and What's What, from Aerobics and Bubble Gum to Valley of the Dolls and Moon Unit Zappa, Jane and Michael Stern. HarperPerennial, 1992, p. 61
- ^ Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-bottoms: 1940s–1950s, Sara Pendergast, Tom Pendergast. UXL/Thomson Gale, 2002
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- 1940s fashion
- 1950s fashion
- 1960s fashion
- Socks
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