A Pairing of Socks

Food and wine for your feet

1. Blue Q

Dress your feet in funny. Other sarcastically cool socks include Kick This Day in its Sunshiney Ass, worn regularly by OWP editor Hilary Berg. $9.99 www.blueq.com

2. Wheel House

Wine being poured down your sock never looked so good. Hundreds of novelty socks flood this company’s massive catalog. $11.95 www.wheelhousedesigns.com

3. K Bell

Girls gone footsie with a personality for every set of toes, including Sushi Girl, Tailgating Girl, Knitting Girl and many others. $8.50 www.shopkbell.com

4. Sock It to Me

Be Awesome. Wear Awesome. The company’s motto sums up these double double cheeseburger knee-highs designed in Portland. $12 www.sockittome.com

5. Betabrand

San Francisco chef Chris Cosentino inspired these salumi socks. After considering various types, he decided mortadella, sopressata and prosciutto would look best wrapped around a pair of meat feet. $36 (3-pack) www.betabrand.com

6. Gumball Poodle

Let your legs do the talking with these vintage-inspired knee-highs with quirky buzz words like BANANAS, PIZZA, BOOKWORM, KALE, NERD, NINJA, BEER, GEEK, ZOMBIE ... you get the idea. $10 www.gumballpoodle.com