https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oxfords-with-socks-pants--can-i-go-my-own-way-what-price-pay Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:34:25 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oxfords-with-socks-pants--can-i-go-my-own-way-what-price-pay#post-801048 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:58:18 +0000 Alecia 801048@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, are socks and trouser socks different in your mind? And if so, how? I guess I think of socks as a catchall that includes trouser socks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oxfords-with-socks-pants--can-i-go-my-own-way-what-price-pay#post-800505 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:52:26 +0000 Angie 800505@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I never wear socks with oxfords because I don't fancy the look. But I do wear knee-highs and hose! I will wear trousers socks with trousers and my heeled oxfords.I LOVE to wear socks though - that's why I like booties. They work well with socks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oxfords-with-socks-pants--can-i-go-my-own-way-what-price-pay#post-800502 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:49:16 +0000 unfrumped 800502@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for the votes and suggestions!</p> <p>I am enough of a fashion zombie that I think I will still aim for some kind of compromise that keeps the whole outfit from looking too heavy or "manly", or maybe a better way to put it is I want to try to wear them in some way that is my own kind of look, whether or not it's a runway look.</p> <p>Lace-up shoes (low-heeled) can often just really make my feet happy, and so I hope to have a pair or so here and there when they are "in style" in some form or another. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oxfords-with-socks-pants--can-i-go-my-own-way-what-price-pay#post-800494 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:45:03 +0000 Bagaline 800494@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm all for socks for warmth and comfort . Are we supposed to have cold blue feet for the sake of look ? I love the nice argyle socks that I wear with my loafers and and sod the "law". On numerous blogs, you can see many photos of barefoot women wearing winter coats: I find it as ridiculous as wearing woolly gloves with a swimming suit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oxfords-with-socks-pants--can-i-go-my-own-way-what-price-pay#post-800313 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:48:51 +0000 Alecia 800313@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My feet are always cold. I vote for socks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oxfords-with-socks-pants--can-i-go-my-own-way-what-price-pay#post-800280 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:35:06 +0000 Deborah 800280@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you should do what works for you:) Personally I don't like socks. I wear little sockette type things similar to what Diana has posted - but mine are more a thick stocking like fabric - so that it looks like I am not wearing socks. Alternately, I wear a nude stocking sock, again so it's looks as though I am bare footed. I just prefer the look. I find it more streamlined and I just don't enjoy the look of socks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oxfords-with-socks-pants--can-i-go-my-own-way-what-price-pay#post-800274 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:22:29 +0000 ManidipaM 800274@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not wearing anything higher vamped than loafers without socks either! At best, stockings or nude tights even. But no socks, no go, for oxfords, booties and boots! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oxfords-with-socks-pants--can-i-go-my-own-way-what-price-pay#post-800194 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 02:39:26 +0000 Diana 800194@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay to oxfords with socks. I have worn mine with little ruffled ankle socks (which is, admittedly, a kind of twee look but it's fun). Under long pants I just wear normal socks. Just don't wear horrid white athletic socks and you're fine. I also have these smartwool secret socks which are fab and don't show under my oxfords so I get a sockless look without the discomfort.<br /> <a href="http://www.zappos.com/smartwool-hide-and-seek-3-pack-black?ef_id=UNHSqQAAQ4G3Fw6R:20121220023921:s" rel="nofollow">http://www.zappos.com/smartwoo.....20023921:s</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oxfords-with-socks-pants--can-i-go-my-own-way-what-price-pay#post-800176 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 02:23:11 +0000 Suz 800176@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Socks all the way! Just wear nice ones and you're fine! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oxfords-with-socks-pants--can-i-go-my-own-way-what-price-pay#post-800132 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:47:37 +0000 Thistle 800132@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am a firm believer in socks. It's cold out there!</p> <p>Seriously, though, in my climate, if socks are not viable with the shoe, then no shoe. I am not sure why oxfords would not be completely appropriate with socks. Men wear oxfords, and they always wear socks with them! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oxfords-with-socks-pants--can-i-go-my-own-way-what-price-pay#post-800128 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:45:24 +0000 Jaime 800128@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wear most of my oxfords with (thin) socks and I don't see any problem with it at all! I wear them with all sorts of trouser styles also. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oxfords-with-socks-pants--can-i-go-my-own-way-what-price-pay#post-800021 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:22:36 +0000 Karie 800021@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The only closed toed shoes I can stand to wear w/o socks are soft flats, and I wear flesh colored peds with those. I also have narrow feet, and depending on the outfit, I either wear nylons, tights, or women's trouser socks with my shoes.<br /> I personally think oxford shoes would look best with women's trouser socks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oxfords-with-socks-pants--can-i-go-my-own-way-what-price-pay#post-799980 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:26:06 +0000 Keix 799980@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've never really been good at wearing closed-toe shoes without socks, even pumps. Oxfords, especially, would seem to be very sweaty even if all-leather construction. I'd go for the socks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oxfords-with-socks-pants--can-i-go-my-own-way-what-price-pay#post-799976 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:24:36 +0000 Raisin 799976@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm wearing mine now with very thin stocking socks. I wear black to blend in with the dark shoes and dark pants. I also wear nude to appear sock less. I think it works! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oxfords-with-socks-pants--can-i-go-my-own-way-what-price-pay#post-799973 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:22:33 +0000 rachylou 799973@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I believe in socks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oxfords-with-socks-pants--can-i-go-my-own-way-what-price-pay#post-799969 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:17:11 +0000 unfrumped 799969@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So I have always enjoyed "laceup" shoes because of my narrow foot (esp. heel) and the secure feeling--good for striding. I had oxford-type shoes in several past decades when they were in here and there. I also just like how they look if I find the right pair that don't make my feet look more ginormous.</p> <p>The trend has been to be sockless, to be with tapered or cropped pants or shorts or skirts. But sockless is not me, except for canvas-type shoes.</p> <p>And the point of oxfords for me would be as an option for what I would use as a comfortable, secure work-shoe wardrobe, and while I'd try some tapered pants if I can find some, that's a harder go for pear shape and for work wear. And I would always wear at least a thin sock, even if lace or something.</p> <p>Which I've already done with some faux-patent oxfords I got earlier this year.</p> <p>Is this fashion heresy, and do I care, or am I setting my own style, which is what we are supposed to do, to some extent, anyway?</p> <p>I'm very willing to try some intentional ways to "fit" closer to the trend expectation or to offset the masculine features. Such as, if a more fun color or pattern helps; if combining with a very feminine top and jewelry helps. But probably the bottom half would still look like trousers + oxfords which, dumb me, I thought was part of the point, at one time--like a Hepburn look or something.</p> <p>So yay--experiment with oxfords + socks and buck the styling conventions.</p> <p>Nay--forego because people will laugh at me behind my back and I might care. </p>