Mash One x Sock Council Socks mark our first foray in to collabs and graffiti inspired Socks. We’ve wanted to do these for ages, because we think the styles, shapes, colour of graffiti tags, pieces and dubs lend themselves perfectly to nice Socks. Styles for miles.
We’ve held an almost lifelong interest in graffiti, from getting a copy of Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant’s Subway Art, to being friends with writers growing up on Tyneside. At one point we were even responsible for organising an exhibition at the Baltic Centre For Contemporary Art featuring Barry McGee (Twist), Space Invader (those little pixelated video game characters that are everywhere), and Shepard Fairey (Obey). After this we curated the G Word, The Baltic’s first ever exhibition of local artists of any kind, that drew record crowds to the centre.
We’ve been friends with Mash since the 1990s, comparing trainers in Newcastle pubs, talking graffiti and Newcastle United. He’s a really sound bloke who works in the creative industries, like so many writers who get a bad name as vandals, their hobby actually leads to really positive things, because they’re supremely talented.
So, after all that waffle, it’s wonderful we’ve been able to make these Socks together and we hope you enjoy them as much as we liked working on them together.
SIZING
The socks are one size fits most, roughly…Large 6 to 11
The socks are half hose and will go to the mid-calf.
Made from 75% combed cotton, 23% nylon and 2% elastane, in Portugal.
