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Retroland | Bobby socks (317 words) |
 | The white anklets known as bobby socks rocked the conservative world when teenagers began wearing the socks with saddle shoes as a form of adolescent rebellion in the late 40's. |
| The girls who wore these anklets were dubbed 'bobby soxers', and the trend spread to high school girls across the country. |
| While the bobby sock was not necessarily responsible for teenage angst and rebellion, it was a strong expression of it, commonly linked with the real plague against conservativism: rock and roll. |
| Bobby Soxers: Nostalgia (447 words) |
| American women preferred to go barelegged or to paint their legs with a ‘suntan’ color of stockings (complete with back seam painted on), so young girls were left to adopt the short sock for themselves. |
| While dancing in socks might have seemed rebellious, it was actually to prevent the polished gymnasium floor from being scuffed by the fl soles of saddle shoes commonly worn. |
| Whether worn with penny loafers or saddle shoes, cuffed jeans or poodle skirts, the white bobby sock was to a girl’s rebellion what the white t-shirt was to boys: While neither was responsible for teenage angst and rebellion, both were strong expressions of it. |
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