Care Instructions

Our socks are knit on 200-needle machines from elite long-strand cotton and bamboo, with a linked seamless toe and N9 silver treatment. That construction is what keeps them soft, breathable, and odor-free and heat, harsh chemicals, and force are the three things that undo it. Follow the points below, and your pairs will hold their shape, color, and stretch wash after wash.

Wash Cold, Inside Out

• Machine wash at 30°C or below, or hand wash in cold water. Hot water breaks down the elastane that gives the cuff and arch band their grip
• Turn socks inside out before washing. This protects the printed design and lifts sweat and dead skin out of the fiber where it actually collects
• Wash with like colors, and use a mesh laundry bag to stop pairs separating in the drum
  
  

Do Not Bleach

• Chlorine and oxygen bleach strip the dye unevenly and leave patches that will not wash out. On white socks it yellows the fibre over time rather than whitening it
• Bleach also degrades the N9 silver anti-odour treatment and weakens the yarn, so the socks lose their freshness and thin out at the heel much faster
• Avoid detergents marketed as "whitening" or "brightening" — most contain bleaching agents
  
  

Do Not Tumble Dry

• The dryer combines high heat with constant tumbling — the fastest way to shrink a sock, kill the cuff elastic and pill the surface
• Compression socks are the most sensitive of all: tumble drying permanently reduces the graduated compression, and the sock will no longer do its job
  
  

Do Not Iron

• Direct heat from an iron flattens the cushioned knit, melts the elastane in the ribbing and can scorch or glaze the fabric surface
• Any printed or embroidered design will lift, crack or stick to the plate
  
  

Do Not Dry Clean

• Dry-cleaning solvents dissolve the natural finish of combed cotton and bamboo, leaving the sock stiff and dull, and they strip the silver treatment
• The heat of the pressing stage then sets that damage permanently
  
  

Do Not Twist or Wring

• Wringing forces water out by stretching the knit against itself. It distorts the seamless toe, slackens the arch band and pulls the sock permanently out of shape.
• Twisting also creases the fibres, which is what causes early pilling on the footbed.
  
  
  

Storing Your Socks

• Fold your socks — don't roll one cuff over the other. Rolling stretches the cuff and is the number-one reason socks stop staying up.
• Store them fully dry, in a cool, ventilated drawer. Damp storage is what causes musty odors and mildew spots.