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In the realm of men’s fashion, there are some trends that are so cringe-inducing that they become grossly sexy, like shirts unbuttoned to the navel to reveal male cleavage or toothpick-thin mustaches.

Choosing to wear socks and sandals can be divisive but in recent years the pairing has gone mainstream. According to Wikipedia, and yes, there is a specific page about the trend, "wearing socks and ...

NAYSAYERS ARE WONT to trace the ever-contentious trend of pairing socks with sandals back to sartorially challenged Germans on holiday (a phenomenon which is well chronicled on Twitter). But for ...

The combination of sandals and socks has long been seen as a major footwear faux pas. And, as recently as last year when British department store Debenhams polled 1,500 customers on what they felt was ...

At New York Fashion Week in July, men on the runway were spotted wearing the open-air shoes with socks, and NFL stars, like Brandon Meriweather, have been spotted out and about shod with the ...

Professional athletes like members of the New York Giants are the inspiration for the latest (counterintuitive) high-fashion trend: wearing socks with sandals. Photo: Stu Woo/The Wall Street Journal ...

Combining socks with sandals is now a mainstream trend. But even back when it was a fashion no-go, Germans couldn't have cared less. We look into the stereotype, as well as Germany's strong tradition ...