Loose socks
Loose socks (
Japanese: ルーズソックス,
rūzu sokkusu) are a type of
sock that is popular among young
Japanese girls.
They are nearly always white and are very long, in some cases up to almost 2 meters. They are usually worn below the knee, held up with an adhesive called
sock glue and
sock touch, and somewhat resemble
leg warmers.
Some girls in lower
secondary school (
junior high school) and upper secondary school (senior
high school) wear loose socks with
their school uniforms. Certain schools forbid pupils to wear loose socks at school, so girls from these schools will often change into loose socks and wear them outside the school campus. The trend has also spread to some
primary-school pupils.
In Japan, loose socks have been in
fashion since the mid
1990s but since 2002 have become far less popular.
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