Dimensional Stability of Men’s Socks

Abdessalem, Saber Ben; Abidi, Fatma; Mokhtar, Sofiene; Elmarzougui, Saber

doi:10.1108/rjta-12-04-2008-b006

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“…Many scientific papers have analyzed the improvement of the properties of socks using different types of fibers, e.g., cotton, wool, acrylic or their blends, and either blended or not with polyester, polyamide and/or elastane [ 1 , 5 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ]. Few authors include viscose and bamboo, soybean, flax [ 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ] and even reclaimed the cotton fibers [ 20 , 21 ] in the analysis of the sock knits.…”

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“…Dimensional stability is one of the basic requirements for socks [ 11 ]. The leg and sole parts can undergo major shrinkage after washing, which affects the usability of the socks due to size mismatching problems [ 5 , 10 ]. However, most published work has been concerned with the dimensional stability of knitted fabrics rather than socks [ 11 ].…”

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“…Cotton/polyamide 70/30 and cotton/polyamide/elastane (79/20/1) socks were found to shrink significantly after the first wash. The second wash had no significant effect on the dimensional variations, as the socks had already assumed their fully relaxed dimensions [ 10 ]. It was found that, as the elastane content increases, the shrinkage of the socks decreases [ 11 ], and that the drying temperature and the external force during the drying time also have a great influence on the dimensional change of the socks [ 43 ].…”

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Usage Durability and Comfort Properties of Socks Made from Differently Spun Modal and Micro Modal Yarns

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Socks, being a necessary item of clothing, must be comfortable and maintain their quality throughout their life. Since the applicability of modal fibers and microfibers, as well as yarns produced using unconventional processes, in sock knitting has been insufficiently researched, this paper evaluated three groups of medium sized socks knitted in a plain single jersey pattern produced with the highest percentage of ring, rotor and air-jet spun modal or micro modal yarns of the same linear density in full plating with different textured polyamide 6.6 yarns compared to conventional cotton socks. The sock quality was evaluated through an investigation of the physical properties, wear resistance and dimensional stability, as well as the water vapor absorption, air permeability and thermal resistance using the thermal foot model before and after five repeated washing and drying cycles, according to the proposed methodology. The results showed that the fiber fineness, the structure of the differently spun yarns and the sock plain knits, the polyamide content and the implementation of the pretreatment of the socks had an influence on the obtained results. The socks made from modal and micro modal yarns differed in their properties. Compared to cotton socks, they have better comfort properties, a generally better pilling resistance and, after pretreatment, a comparable abrasion resistance.

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“…While there is some research on socks from a historical perspective (Farrell, 1992;Cole, 2010) or a technical point of view (Abdessalem et al, 2008;Mohammad et al, 2012), little has been written about their subversive qualities within subcultural style. However, one could argue that socks, located at the liminal zone between the internal and external, have historically been a site of sartorial transgression in menswear.…”

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A casual obsession: Inside the British Sock Fetish Council

Groves

2022

Critical Studies in Men's Fashion

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This article interrogates the positioning of socks as a culturally transgressive garment by football casuals through a case study of the British Sock Fetish Council (BSFC). While most studies contextualize casuals within a discourse of hooliganism and violence, their use of dress as a means of negotiating shared masculine identities remains under-researched. Founded in 2011, the BSFC quickly grew to over 1000 card-carrying members, holding meets at Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham and London, as well as at football matches throughout the United Kingdom. Within the BSFC, the term ‘fetish’ is not used to denote a sexual predilection by an almost entirely heterosexual community. Instead, it acknowledges the members’ obsession with clothing and highlights the sub-textual tensions inherent in their individual and collective practices. The author was an active participant within the BSFC, witnessing first-hand the community’s development through the online dissemination of highly constructed, self-generated imagery, featuring colourful, patterned socks juxtaposed with rare trainers. This article explores the self-reflexive use of social media to construct group practices and provides insights into how socks were instrumental in establishing consensus on inclusive and hybrid masculine identities within this community.

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“…Many scientific studies have analyzed the performance of socks made of a high cotton content plated or blended with various synthetic fibers. They mostly refer to the comfort properties of the socks, e.g., comfort pressure [11][12][13], sock-skin friction [10,13], physiological and sensory parameters [13,14], thermal properties [15][16][17], moisture management, and air permeability [18][19][20], and/or to the usage properties of the socks, e.g., abrasion resistance, pilling performance [9,20,21], and dimensional stability [4,[22][23][24].…”

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Quality Assessment of Socks Produced from Viscose and Lyocell Fibers

Tomljenović,

Živičnjak,

Skenderi

2024

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Most casual socks are produced from cotton and are usually combined with synthetic fibers. The suitability of viscose and lyocell fibers for knitting socks needs to be investigated further. Therefore, three series of plain socks were produced, composed in the largest content from single-spun viscose or lyocell yarns fully plated with texturized polyamide 6.6 multifilament yarn. The quality of three types of main yarns manufactured by ring, open-end rotor, and air-jet spinning processes and two types of polyamide plating yarns used in the production of socks were assessed together with the structural, usage, and comfort quality of the socks before and after simulating household laundering. In comparison with cotton socks produced from ring-spun yarns under the same conditions, the results showed that viscose and lyocell socks have better moisture absorption and breathability, comparable dimensional stability, and lower abrasion resistance; lyocell socks have lower thermal resistance; and viscose socks are less prone to surface pilling after wet pretreatment.

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Dimensional Stability of Men’s Socks

Cited by 6 publications

References 12 publications

Usage Durability and Comfort Properties of Socks Made from Differently Spun Modal and Micro Modal Yarns

Usage Durability and Comfort Properties of Socks Made from Differently Spun Modal and Micro Modal Yarns

A casual obsession: Inside the British Sock Fetish Council

Quality Assessment of Socks Produced from Viscose and Lyocell Fibers

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