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Fancy Socks
Jan. 6th, 2007 08:23 amSo, for Christmas my mother gave me two pairs of Cashmere socks. Of course they were presented so nicely. And they were in pretty colors.
I wore them this week, and they are comfy socks. However, I took a moment to clance at the care instructions for them.
They are hand. washable. socks.
So, I'm expected to handwash this type of apparel that I spend the day walking on. They spend the day marinating in my leather shoes. Hand wash, drip dry. Socks.
Yes, perhaps I'm lazy. Well, there's no perhaps about it. I do not see the benefit of hand washing socks. Socks! I cannot wrap my head around it. Hand washing something no one will see except during that one moment where I sit at the office and am sitting with my legs crossed and my coworkers are invited to the 3 Inches of Exposed Cashmere-Socky Ankle Show.
If it were a lovely delicate blouse, I can see hand washing them. But even then I don't like it. I'm totally hooked on washers and dryers.
Clearly cashmere socks are meant for people who have slave labor that will do their hand washing for them.
Perhaps if the streets were paved with silk and I could walk about town sans shoes, I would buy into this notion of hand-washing small, half-hidden apparel. Maybe.
Still, they are pretty.
And I forgot to mine one pair out of my laundry. They were not hand washed. We'll see what happened to them.
In conclusion, I find that the benefits that cashmere socks are offset with the cost of care requirements. I'm not experiencing a net increase in utility.
I wore them this week, and they are comfy socks. However, I took a moment to clance at the care instructions for them.
They are hand. washable. socks.
So, I'm expected to handwash this type of apparel that I spend the day walking on. They spend the day marinating in my leather shoes. Hand wash, drip dry. Socks.
Yes, perhaps I'm lazy. Well, there's no perhaps about it. I do not see the benefit of hand washing socks. Socks! I cannot wrap my head around it. Hand washing something no one will see except during that one moment where I sit at the office and am sitting with my legs crossed and my coworkers are invited to the 3 Inches of Exposed Cashmere-Socky Ankle Show.
If it were a lovely delicate blouse, I can see hand washing them. But even then I don't like it. I'm totally hooked on washers and dryers.
Clearly cashmere socks are meant for people who have slave labor that will do their hand washing for them.
Perhaps if the streets were paved with silk and I could walk about town sans shoes, I would buy into this notion of hand-washing small, half-hidden apparel. Maybe.
Still, they are pretty.
And I forgot to mine one pair out of my laundry. They were not hand washed. We'll see what happened to them.
In conclusion, I find that the benefits that cashmere socks are offset with the cost of care requirements. I'm not experiencing a net increase in utility.
