Socks aren’t usually something I consider important. I don’t really think about them and therefore they don’t usually match.
In Sweden, winter Swedish socks are important obviously during the cold winters.
But sock style in Sweden is important and is something that should be considered with every outfit. Because most likely, at some point, you will need to take off your shoes.
For example, I was dressed up for a very important job interview in December. I took careful care to dress professionally. And when I got there, I needed to take off my shoes.
These are the socks I had on.
Another example is a party I went to all dressed up…
I forgot to remember to wear cute socks…
Flash forward to Bozeman, Montana. Socks are no longer an issue. Most people wear shoes in doors. Yep, they do not take off their shoes at all!
Suddenly socks are no longer so important. Which is good, because I never got used to remembering to pay attention to my socks!
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I don’t get that……. I mean, why not take off one’s shoes when beeing indoors?
I Know that’s not how you do it “in the states” but why?
I hate wearing shoes inside, they drag dirt into the house, they make your feet warm (and smelly), you can’t (shouldn’t) put your feet up on the sofa and so on!
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I know! Well, first off not all houses are like that. My parents’ house is a no-shoe house. But many aren’t. They argue that their dogs make the house dirty, or they don’t have nice carpets so it doesn’t matter, etc.
I’m at a friend’s house now, standing in my boots because the floor is dirty and I can’t stand it. I need slippers. I think I will always be a no-shoe girl. Its hard, because when you are in a “shoe” house, you can’t really take off your shoes because it is dirty, and then your socks get dirty, and so on…
And what do we do when the socks get dirty?
We clean them! 
Mine get dirty from going around at the work floor here, if I don’t put my slippers on, but then I take them off when I come home. But, I also only wear black socks.
And that is what I didn’t learn. To wear freakin black socks so I don’t have to worry about it
This was such a fun post. It’s so interesting to see what new problems other people from outside have to deal with, which we have had to deal with for a long time, and perhaps haven’t put that much thought into. Really interesting perspective.
Glad you like it! I thought it was kinda silly, but it was a constant problem I had in Sweden. I like that I don’t have to worry about socks, but I hate wearing shoes inside! But as the saying goes “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”
Most definitely not silly.
This ordinary day to day reflections are what’s interesting, at least from my perspective. And an extra plus with the images.
These! I always notice my major grammar mistakes afterwards. And no edit button…
Ha! Its the Internet, I’m sure my entire blog is full of grammatical errors
@Daniel, yeah I don’t understand wearing shoes indoors either. Even at work. I either go around in my socks, or I wear some slippers. I usually have slippers like these: http://is.gd/R5KLVd
I don’t wear shoes in my house either, but why in the world would you have to take your shoes off at a job interview! That sounds just weird. Also, at parties I’m all in favor of bringing pretty indoor shoes and switching…
It was one place, but that is quite common and it is great being in slippers at work. It is extremely common in Czech, shoes are taken off in school too. No idea if that is the case for Sweden as well…
Yes, I should have done party shoes!
Shoes are taken off mostly in lågstadiet and mellanstadiet, not in högstadiet, gymnasium, högskola. The reason being, I think, that it’s only in lågstadiet and mellanstadiet that you have a dedicated room. In the later years, you most of the time have different rooms for each class, and you have lockers instead of hangers. (Sorry that I didn’t have the energy to translate everything)