Our Socks
You buy one pair, and you give another pair for free!
Monday, October 27th, 2008We’re very proud to announce Socks for Happy People’s ‘Buy One Give One Free!’ initiative. The scheme ensures we all make a genuine difference to others with every pair of Socks for Happy People we get our feet into!
It’s really simple. Whenever you buy a pair of our Socks for Happy People, you also buy [...]
Easy on the plastic now
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008Life without plastic pretty is hard to imagine now. Well, thanks to BBC journalist Christine Jeavans it’s about to get a little easier as she’s given up buying or accepting anything which contains or is packaged in plastic for the month of august.
It’s an interesting and important idea, and one that’s close to our hearts. [...]
Sweat buckets?
Monday, July 7th, 2008That’s OK, as our socks are made from Bamboo remember, which is the fastest growing plant this world of ours has to offer thanks to it’s amazing natural absorbency qualities. Here’s a nice little video that shows as much, with the thread on the left being 70% Bamboo/30% Cotton and the thread on the right [...]
Happy to not be Primark
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Did you manage to catch the Panorama program on Monday evening about high street retailer Primark? It was called ‘Primark: On the Rack’ and is still available to catch online here for the next few days…it’s definatley worth watching.
The one thing that stands out for me is the sheer complexity of the situation. Economic, commercial, [...]
Country mourns our absence from Euro 2008
Saturday, June 7th, 2008You’d be forgiven for not noting the start of the start of Europe’s most extravagant national sock competition, Euro 2008, which started this weekend. Should you be totally in dark, let me explain.
Nations from around Europe choose 22 of their most talented men to show off their countries’ most magnificent socks. The fans roar and [...]
Hairy Camels
Sunday, June 1st, 2008These Mongolian Bactrian Camels (with their two humps) happily endure temperatures as low as -80°C, because of their warm hair and their hairiness.
‘Wherever is this blog entry going?’ you’re probably thinking.
Well, I wanted to mention these hairy friends as we’ve just received some Camel Hair sock samples from Mongolia and we’re very excited. The socks [...]
The beauty of bamboo
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008Our launch collection will be made almost completely from bamboo since it’s just so suited to socks!
It’s far softer than cotton, and way more breathable
It has fantastic wicking capability to keep your feet dry all day long
The fibres thermo-control properties keep you naturally warmer in winter and cooler in summer
Bamboo is naturally anti-bacterial and anti-fungal [...]
When are the socks coming?*
Thursday, May 8th, 2008I get asked this on a daily basis, which is great as it’s clear that a lot of people are very excited. But while we implore people to be patient I’d just like to note that we are still making happy ripples even before the socks arrive.
Like last night for example while myself and [...]