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What I'm calling the "Bachelor Socks Pattern". Go out and buy multiple 6-in-one packs of the same socks (Most economical with black/blue business style socks).

What I'm calling the "Bachelor Socks Pattern". Go out and buy multiple 6-in-one packs of the same socks (Most economical with black/blue business style socks). Go all out and get like 8 packs @ ~$5 each. At $40 cost you replace all your socks with a single type and color and have a massive oversupply (about 3 weeks worth in the above calc, prob more than you need really). No need to sort, just keep them in a big basket of socks, now you have endless matching socks never to be sorted again. Put your other socks aside in a bag and recycle when your convinced it's working. [I purchased so many after doing this for myself initially and then finding out the rest of the family were ALL cheekily wearing my socks as they all quietly found it easier to match one of my black pairs over finding exact matches for their socks from the sock basket]

roryisok 9y ago
This is a great tip, thanks! Of course, it only reduces my stock sorting load by 25%, can't force the wife and two girls to wear only grey socks for the rest of their lives :)
- evolve2k 9y ago
  I can't remember the name but there was an online sock company for girls where all the socks were deliberately different ("odd") (left and right). They were all different but fashionable matched in a kid friendly way. Another way to achieve removing sock finding and sorting process :)
  - evolve2k 9y ago
    FWIW a quick search revealed there are various "mismatched" socks options for girls and women - https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s/ref=is_s_ss_i_0_16?k=mismatched+socks+women&sprefix=mismatched+socks&crid=2FAZ09623PD8R https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s/ref=is_s_ss_i_0_16?k=mismatch...
tvmalsv 9y ago
I did that very thing and it's working out nicely. Bought a big box of bulk socks. I haven't even opened half the pairs after two years. And that was the only mistake: I should have opened all of them and dumped them into a FIFO sock drawer. As it is now, I'll open a new 6-pack and they will be new-level black while the older pairs have faded to an off-black. And then you're back to matching pairs of dark black vs light black. I think I got them from www.bargain-bulk-sock-sales.com. Someone here mentioned them (don't remember if they endorsed or merely named) in a previous sock thread.
cup-of-tea 9y ago
I did this many years ago with black socks and just had the unsorted drawer of socks. But unfortunately black doesn't go with everything, in particular it doesn't go with brown and it doesn't work at all with shorts. Since I wear both black and brown shoes, I find myself needing at least navy, black and white socks. The system then began to fall apart as I would then allow maroon socks to go with red shirts. Maybe I should start again with those four colours. It should still be easy to find them in an unsorted drawer.
bclemens 9y ago
I've done this with most of my clothes. I was a little worried people would comment about me wearing the same thing every day, but in five months of wearing identical blue shirts and brown slacks, nobody has said anything negative about it. I missed that aspect of the military, but it seems any job can be a uniformed job if you're not a fashion idol.

roryisok 9y ago

This is a great tip, thanks! Of course, it only reduces my stock sorting load by 25%, can't force the wife and two girls to wear only grey socks for the rest of their lives :)

evolve2k 9y ago
I can't remember the name but there was an online sock company for girls where all the socks were deliberately different ("odd") (left and right). They were all different but fashionable matched in a kid friendly way. Another way to achieve removing sock finding and sorting process :)
- evolve2k 9y ago
  FWIW a quick search revealed there are various "mismatched" socks options for girls and women - https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s/ref=is_s_ss_i_0_16?k=mismatched+socks+women&sprefix=mismatched+socks&crid=2FAZ09623PD8R https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s/ref=is_s_ss_i_0_16?k=mismatch...

tvmalsv 9y ago

I did that very thing and it's working out nicely. Bought a big box of bulk socks. I haven't even opened half the pairs after two years. And that was the only mistake: I should have opened all of them and dumped them into a FIFO sock drawer. As it is now, I'll open a new 6-pack and they will be new-level black while the older pairs have faded to an off-black. And then you're back to matching pairs of dark black vs light black. I think I got them from www.bargain-bulk-sock-sales.com. Someone here mentioned them (don't remember if they endorsed or merely named) in a previous sock thread.

cup-of-tea 9y ago

I did this many years ago with black socks and just had the unsorted drawer of socks. But unfortunately black doesn't go with everything, in particular it doesn't go with brown and it doesn't work at all with shorts. Since I wear both black and brown shoes, I find myself needing at least navy, black and white socks. The system then began to fall apart as I would then allow maroon socks to go with red shirts. Maybe I should start again with those four colours. It should still be easy to find them in an unsorted drawer.

bclemens 9y ago

I've done this with most of my clothes. I was a little worried people would comment about me wearing the same thing every day, but in five months of wearing identical blue shirts and brown slacks, nobody has said anything negative about it. I missed that aspect of the military, but it seems any job can be a uniformed job if you're not a fashion idol.