Paris Fashion Week - @Chanel, Mis-matched Socks

LWF '10...The Yellow Happy Socks

My friend Hermano and his socks. Great colours and contrast

But I will never understand (as a sock fetishist) what is the point of designing socks with details - such as these colour blocks - that will forever be invisible to the passing eye! It's nice for the wearer to know that when in the privacy of his home he can smugly look down at his feet sans footwear and acknowledge those secret toe and heel colour blocks. But why bother designing such follies if they make no discernible visual contribution to a particular look?!

Remember many a times in otherwise well-stocked sock departments of my favourite shopping emporiums when my frustration reached near violent levels upon coming across the most beautiful colour combinations - on the toes and heels!! Ha! Heart now sunk I replaced the offending garment and left with a determination to start my own foot stockings company...(Erm...In the pipeline!)

Happy Socks offered an initial jolt of hope in the field, but sadly, I've been disappointed by their safe or down-right odd colour combos of late.

Richard James does have a vibrant colour palette but his socks practically feel like women's tights on due to the fabric's extreme thinness...

LWF '10...Omar Kashoura

After a quick change, Omar re-appears in another stylish get-up. Love the orange socks mixed with the green jeans and grey shoes. Also, his own-design briefcase

London Fashion Week '10...Mis-matched Socks

WOW this is hot!! The look of the future?!

Ayame Socks

I'm in love!! Saw these socks yesterday at Son of Stag on Brick Lane and it was love at first sight. Sadly, they're prohibitively dear (£25-30) but I was seriously considering spending the monthly mortgage payment on the top four here...What stopped me was my general unease towards pieces of clothing that, through their pricetag, become too "Sunday Best", too "precious" thus rendering them almost unwearable in my mind. Yet, yet..."sighs"

Now, as pieces of art, framed, on the wall - that's a whole other matter!...

London by Union Canal

This is really cute.

Interestingly, this is not a look I could ever emulate as I'm not big on earth tones, cardigans or turned up trouser cuffs yet this really works for me. Just to show you that it's not what you wear, it's how you wear it, blah blah...

Just noticed. I have the same flat-toed brogues but in a lighter shade. Mine were a flea market find. Loakes, naturally...