August' 24
The Story
Please allow us to spare several words on your August sock model. In some Slavic languages, the word for August comes from the word “sickle”, a tool that proves that the road to understanding booming demographics, much like with love, goes through one’s stomach.
In the year 1245, the population of England was about four-and-a-quarter million. Exactly five centuries later, it grew by about one and a half million, which translates to a growth of six per cent per century. The following hundred years tripled the population, to sixteen million.
The sickle was truly the hero of the late Middle Ages. It was enough to extend the blade and handle to create a scythe – a tool that multiplied the efficiency of a sickle.
That is why most of the British kingdom transitioned from sickles to scythes in the seventeenth century, increasing agricultural yield. Why the sickle later became so popular with the comrades of the 19th and early 20th century still eludes us.
This increase in diversity was the greatest factor fuelling the yield of the August harvest. Just as a black sock would quickly bore the human eye, so would constantly harvesting the same crops. Luckily, nature bestowed upon us a broad selection of produce. Replacing a boring monoculture with a thought-out mix of various plants and crops will introduce eye-catching diversity and improve the health of the ecosystem.
Material
Cotton yarn represents 80 % of the socks. The structure is lighter everywhere the dark yarn meets the base, leading heat away from your foot. For better resistance to wear and tear, we added 10 % polyamide.
The skeleton of the socks consists of 5 % Lycra and 5 % polypropylene. The latter gives the sock more tensile strength and the former contributes with elasticity and antibacterial protection.
May August harvest only the best of socks,
Your Supreme Sock Council
Edition: Men's socks
All socks from Sockfellows are designed and manufactured in the Czech Republic.
