Answer by Rose Ames for When and where did socks become common?
That depends on what you mean by 'socks'. Hesiod (Greece, ~700 bce) recommends that farmers line their boots with felted wool for extra insulation. That wool layer could be considered the first sock,...
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Answer by Gangnus for When and where did socks become common?
That depends on the country, I think. In the USSR, socks became common for more than 50% of people around the 1950s. The reason is that people often had to use one pair of boots for more than one...
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To be clear, I mean the socks you wear on your feet, to insulate you form your shoes/boots/other footwear.By common, I mean easily available to the masses, rather than just to the rich.
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