Bobby sock
Appearance
![A woman in a marching band uniform, including bobby socks walking down a street](http://178.128.105.246/content-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)
Bobby socks are a style of women's socks. They are white and worn ankle-length or collected at the ankle, instead of being rolled up fully extended on the leg. The term is derived from the socks being worn "bobbed", meaning around the ankle.[1]
The popularity of bobby socks among young American women in the 1940s led to this demographic being popularly referred to as "bobby soxers".[2]
They were initially popular in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s, later making a comeback in the 1980s.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Etymology of phrase 'bobby sox'". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ^ 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