Fashion

[alohakz]

does anybody remember socks that had a brown leather sole stitched to the bottom? i can't remember what they're called? i know it's a slipper sock but i thought they had a specific name?

[cindyNC]

I googled it and 

cabin socks or Canadiana socks

[Imaoldhippie]

I remember them, I think my dad had a pair.  They were just called slipper socks.

[Kachina624]

My grandmother discovered slipper socks must have been in late '50s, and one Christmas everyone in the family got a pair.  I don't remember their formal name but it wasn't the ones already mentioned.

Seems like maybe Ripon Slipper Socks?

[Desertdi]

I remember the "gripper" socks.   (I used to stick to the wax on the kitchen floor.)

[Bookplate]

I wonder how one laundered socks with leather soles.

[Kachina624]

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@Bookplate wrote:

I wonder how one laundered socks with leather soles.

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@Bookplate.  Like shoes, I don't think they were laundered.   Also the knitted portion was 100% wool.  Boy, were they warm.  There really weren't socks, sort of hybrid slippers.

[ROMARY]

As long as the leather soles aren't slippery.

Maybe a brand / style that has ribbed rubber  anti-slip soles.

[DottieBlue]

The Vermont Country Store used to carry them, but I don't know if they still do.  I think they were just called Slipper Socks.  The sole was leather and the sock part was wool and they also had a style made of cotton instead of wool.

[jannabelle1]

They still sell them...I bought a pair a couple of years ago for my husband - they have the logo for his favorite college football team. Even though they have a soft leather sole, I put them in a little laundry bag and put them in the wash machine. I air-dried them and they turned out just fine. He said they're very warm....almost too warm!