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Soho street Pantherella’s

ChrisQ — Fri, 13 May 2011 07:31:30 +0000

SPOTTED my friend (and fellow sock lover) JustinP ON the streets of Soho, SPORTING a shiny new pair of Pantherella socks ACCOMPANIED by a pair of B Store loafers and skinny jeans. Great combo.

Socks @ Start

ChrisQ — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:48:14 +0000

One of my favorite boutiques around London is Daniel Start. And why’s it one of my favorite – because of their exquisite selection of socks: Pantherella and Comme des Garcons. Of course, I already have a whole selection of Pantherellas, but I couldn’t resist buying a pair of pink Comme’s.

SockGirl’s sock salute

ChrisQ — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:25:15 +0000

So, inspired by London Fashion Week, me and SockGirl decided to do our own impromtu fashion show / shoot on the streets of Mayfair last weekend. Sporting the upcoming SocksforSir.com range, SockGirl took on a novel approach to modeling socks – with the sock salute ; – )

Sockman visits Pantherella HQ (aka Sock Heaven)

ChrisQ — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:58:49 +0000

I love socks and I love factories, so the chance to visit one of Britain’s last remaining sock factories (Pantherella’s in Leicester) was pretty awesome!

I had no idea what to expect when it came to what is involved in sock manufacturing, however my trip around Pantherella didn’t disappoint. The huge level of detail and care taken to produce each pair of socks is amazing – from quality testing the yarn (using rub tests – rubbing the yarn 10,000s of times to check durability) to hand-linking the toes, to ensure supreme quality and fit.

Whilst I was there, I filmed the factory tour and a number of interviews with various members of the Pantherella team – which I’ll be releasing over the next couple of weeks.

One of the big questions I wanted to know, was whether the Pantherella team (all 100 of them) wore Pantherella’s to work? Of course the answer (to the man) was yes, so I took a couple of photos as proof. David (Commercial Director) was seen sporting a pair of knee-length argyle numbers, whilst Dave (Factory manager) was spotted wearing a natty pair of Richard James!

Sock marriage made in heaven: English socks + Italian shoes

ChrisQ — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:43:33 +0000

It’s got to be my favorite combos – a fine pair of English socks (preferably Pantherella) served up with a fine pair of hand-made Italian shoes (preferably loafers). This weekend me and Sock Girl went to a friend’s wedding at the Royal Holloway where I was SPOTTED wearing a pair of Richard James’ finest Pantherella-made pink socks, ACCOMPANIED by a truly awesome pair of Italian suede tassled-loafers from Eterno (Conduit Street).

To finish off the combo, I was SPORTING my 80’s-tastic Ralph Lauren pinstripe suit. Possibly the finest sock-shoe-suit combo this side of the Thames : – )

Pantherellas land in Washington

ChrisQ — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:51:28 +0000

SPOTTED Sockman outside the White House in Washington DC wearing a pair of Patherella pleasure socks (the ultimate for travelling). Question: what socks do you think the President wears?