Mismatch socks à la mode

It is necessary to wear matching socks ? It seems to me that the rules have changed or times has changed. My french teacher's oldest daughter, a teenager, wears mismatch socks. She smiled and indulged me by sharing that she goes to school with mismatch socks too. It's her modus operandi. 

Her mum chimed in that she does not match up her clean socks and it is easier to settle with wearing mismatch socks.

When I was in Amsterdam, my boyfriend's teenage daughter also wore mismatch socks. When I observed two teenagers from different continents doing the same thing, I suppose this is the trend these days.  Recently, my french teacher's youngest daughter joined her sister.  Here's a picture of her creative match.

 

 Whether the motivation is to simplify the need to organize the socks drawer, to spark creativity or to draw attention, this is a new form of self-expression. I find it fun, inspiring and creative. If I were to do that when I was in missionary school, I would be sent to the principle's office. Oh... what a missed opportunity for self-expression during my youth.