/fa/ - Fashion

>>12611245
Original sock poster here to help you out.

I bought three pairs from SheIn for dirt cheap. Sadly, I could only find them in women's crew socks and the quality is sort of like you said, lack-luster, but I don't mind spending $3 per pair.

Also, I'm pretty sure SheIn dropships from some Chinese manufacturer, so just keep in mind that you could potentially find some for dirt cheap on Alibaba or something.

As for dying your own socks, it would probably be pretty tough to do but I'm sure it's doable. You would probably have to section off the socks using tape, then to prevent the dye from bleeding, you would probably need to coat the white portions with some sort of liquid repellent, and then use a dye which you can spray onto the socks to better control running. The hard part would probably be finding a water repellent which wouldn't run as well.

You could potentially go the sewing route and sew in other socks to complete the red and blue bars, but that would probably look wonky.

If anyone else is wondering, I decided to lay a pair of the socks in a pan of tea for an hour. After taking them out of the pan, I noticed that there were large dark tea splotches on it. So in a last ditch effort, I threw them in the washer with some whites and bleached.

The finished result was almost perfect for the look I was going for; I've included a picture that shows a pair that I've only sent through the wash once vs the tea-treated pair, and I've added in the shoes that I wear with them to show more of what I was going for.