School socks are a very necessary part of a school uniform in themselves, school socks carry a limited but vital ability to represent a school from a branding and colours perspective.

For example, most school socks will be a specific colour, school socks in Grey are very common, in fact the majority of school socks are actually Grey. 

The standard school sock will normally have some form of additional colour or colours generally at the top of the sock in the form if a stripe.

Quite often, the boys school sock will be Grey with one or more stripes at the top of the sock whilst the girls school sock could be white or black with or without a stripe or stripes.

It is more necessary these days for the girls school sock to have a feminine look and feel to it as opposed to the boys school sock which is more functional and practical and certainly, the boys school sock needs to be more hard wearing.

In winter, a shorter school sock will be worn by the boys if the school uniform policy is such that in winter, long trousers together with a shorter school sock should be worn and in summer, short pants with a longer school sock is more practical.

This is often the case in warmer parts of the country  where it is simply not practical to wear long pants and short school socks in summer.

When this is the case, them the longer school sock generally has an identity of its own. By this I mean that it will usually have stripes or some form of additional colour that identifies the school, this is usually by way of stripes.

It is not impossible though, to have a school sock with some form of logo but his is very uncommon and frankly, most school sock machines are not equipped to be able to do this.

With regards to the girls school sock, it will generally be the cash that in summer, short school socks are worn together with a skirt or skorts.

I'm winter, most often, it will be long pants together with possibly warmer school socks.

Generally girls school socks used for winter will not have additional colors because it is unseen for the most part and needs to be more functional in keeping the feet warm.

There are numerous types of school socks that are worn throughout the year, for example, there is a school sock for hockey and rugby. Sometimes these school sock could be the same, in other words they double up for both sports.

Generally these types of school sock will have padding on them at the bottom of and around the bottom part of the sock to make them more comfortable to wear.

These type of school socks will also have some form of stripe indicating the colors of the school they represent, thereby giving these school socks some form of identity. 

When a skirt or skorts are worn, it is more common for the school socks to have some form of additional colour by way of a stripe or stripes because the school socks are visible and so need to have their own identity.

Back to the school socks used for sporting purposes. The long school socks specifically designed for sports such as hockey or rugby also need to be able to accommodate shin pads.

In order for school socks to be able to accomodate shin pads, they need to be exceptionally well constructed to ensure that after the shin pad has been removed, the school sock does not become stretched and out of shape.

There are also shorter school socks available for sport, almost always with padding on the underside of the school sock.

This type of school sock will be used for sports such as tennis or cricket, it is much shorter and has a different construction because it does not require a shin pad to be worn.

Shorter school socks used for sporting events are usually much softer to the feel because of the cotton content.

When it comes to hygiene, it is important that school socks can breathe properly. In order for this to be possible, it is important that school socks have sufficient amounts or percentages of cotton content.

Also school socks, just like corporate socks or logo'd socks need to be able to stretch and so require a sufficient amount of stretch yarns to enable this process to take place.

The main aim of school socks is to ensure that they are comfortable to wear, affordable and represent the school accordingly.

With this in mind, school socks are an important and very necessary part of the school uniform.

School socks have to be representative and carry their own identity and perform the function requires of them or they are not doing the job for which they were designed and manufactured.

So with all of this in mind, there really is much more to  school socks than meets the eye.

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