About
Sock Council
Football socks inspired by kits, players, grounds and the culture around the game.
Sock Council started in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2011, founded by [CONFIRM: founder's name as it should be published]. The socks are designed on Tyneside and knitted in Portugal, in cotton.
It began among football fans in Newcastle [CONFIRM: the Heaton pub origin, from the ChronicleLive feature of 27 June 2014]. Today the range covers clubs and countries at home and abroad, with socks for the railways, the hills and the cinema alongside.
- Started
- 2011, in Newcastle upon Tyne
- Designed
- On Tyneside
- Knitted
- In Portugal, in cotton
- Sister shop
- Football Bobbles: bobble hats, bucket hats and scarves
Written about
- ChronicleLive
- A feature on Sock Council, 27 June 2014. [CONFIRM: headline and link]
- Critical Studies in Men's Fashion
- An academic paper on Sock Council and its members. [CONFIRM: title, authors, year and link]