Bobby sock

{{short description|Women's ankle-length socks}} {{for|other uses of "bobby socks", "bobby sox" and variant terms|Bobby socks (disambiguation)}} {{use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} thumb|alt=Two m0dern women cosplaying 1940s fashion|Two modern women cosplaying 1940s fashion, wearing one type of bobby socks (27 June 2010)

'''Bobby socks''' are a style of women's socks. They are usually white and worn ankle-length or collected at the ankle, instead of being rolled up fully extended on the leg. The term is derived from the socks being worn "bobbed", meaning around the ankle.<ref>{{cite web|title=Etymology of phrase 'bobby sox'|language=en|website=Online Etymology Dictionary|access-date=2023-12-29|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/bobby%20sox#etymonline_v_32067}}</ref>

The popularity of bobby socks among young American women in the 1940s led to this demographic being popularly referred to as "bobby soxers".<ref>''Jane & Michael Stern's Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: An A to Z Guide of Who's who and What's What, from Aerobics and Bubble Gum to Valley of the Dolls and Moon Unit Zappa'', Jane and Michael Stern. HarperPerennial, 1992, p. 61</ref>

They were initially popular in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s, and they later made a comeback in the 1980s.<ref>''Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-bottoms: 1940s–1950s'', Sara Pendergast, Tom Pendergast. UXL/Thomson Gale, 2002</ref>

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