A dress is a versatile piece of a woman’s wardrobe that can be casual or for special occasions. If you want to look more elegant, you can wear high heels with the dress. If you want to look more casual and feel comfortable, you can wear sneakers. I’ll tell you what socks to wear with sneakers and dresses below.
It’s best to wear no-show socks with sneakers and a woman’s dress to highlight the dress and your legs. If you want to be more daring, you can wear crew socks. Men can wear dress sneakers and a suit with crew socks or no-show socks for a more casual look.
In the rest of this post, you will find suggestions for both women and men. I’ll tell you which socks to choose with your outfit and how you can combine the color of your socks with a dress for women and suit trousers for men.
What Socks to Wear With Sneakers and a Dress
No-show socks are most often worn with a dress to achieve a sockless look that shows off the dress and legs. If you want to upgrade the look and complement it with socks, you can wear crew socks with the dress.
Men can also dress up, wearing more formal and elegant clothes, like a suit. When the occasion permits, and we don’t need to dress formally, we can wear dress sneakers instead of dress shoes and no-show socks instead of dress socks.
Wearing sneakers and socks with a dress is meant to look casual, so you must feel cozy and comfortable. Wear socks that are comfortable, which can be ordinary socks made of natural materials that breathe well and absorb sweat. You can read a comparison of the 5 most common sock fabrics here.
For even more comfort, you can wear cushioned socks with thicker fabric in the toe area, heel, and back of the foot. Cushioned socks will make you more comfortable, your feet will hurt less, and you will be better rested.
With no-show socks, it is important that they are of sufficient quality and do not creep down when worn. This can lead to unpleasant blisters. I suggest you read what are the 3 features that sports and leisure socks must have to prevent blisters.
So, You Want to Wear Long Socks With Sneakers with a Dress…
Long socks are special because they serve as an accessory to your outfit. Not just as a piece of clothing you wear to protect your foot and your sneakers. I think socks are the most underrated accessory that women and men can use.
In the rest of this post, I’ll show you how to match the color of your socks, sneakers, and dresses. Now I’d like to tell you which socks are best for which sneaker size. There are high-top and low-top sneakers. You can wear both with a dress but with different socks.
You can wear no-show and crew socks with low-top sneakers. However, it is not recommended to wear ankle or quarter socks because socks of these sizes are too low to add to your look and too long to be covered by sneakers. You can read more about when to wear ankle socks here.
When wearing high-top sneakers, you can wear ankle, quarter, or crew socks. It is not recommended to wear no-show socks because they are too short, and high-top sneakers can chafe us. If you want to achieve a sockless look with high-top sneakers, wear ankle socks or quarter socks if the sneakers go past the ankle. Crew socks should be worn when you want to be bold and upgrade your look.
How to match socks, sneakers, and a dress
Always match the sneakers and socks with the clothes you wear. In this case, it is a dress, but most often are trousers. Usually, darker clothes are combined with darker shoes and socks. Lighter-colored shoes and socks go better with lighter trousers or a dress.
In summer, lighter colors predominate, and white sneakers can be seen on many outfits. White sneakers also go well with white socks, which you can’t go wrong with in this case, as white is a neutral color. You can also wear socks that are the same color as your dress.
Crew socks are best paired with a dress if you are wearing a monochrome dress with monochrome socks. If you wear a colorful dress, wear the color that dominates the most and wear socks in that shade. It is not advisable to wear two different patterns on the dress and the socks.
The choice of sock materials is important
In many of my previous blogs, I have recommended wearing socks made of natural materials, which will be the case here too. If you want to give your feet a healthy treat, then wear socks made from cotton, wool or bamboo. These are the most used materials for making socks. You can read a more detailed comparison between cotton and polyester socks here.
Natural materials are more comfortable than synthetic materials (polyester, nylon, elastane). Natural materials also breathe well, absorb moisture and wick away sweat. This keeps the foot dry for longer and prevents fungal infections on the feet. As mentioned, click on the link above for more on the comparison between natural and synthetic materials.