Sock City

A place called Sock City doesn’t steer you wrong. It’s a sock store. Wall to wall socks for kids, teens, adults. maybe a few novelty items like magnets here and there. but mainly, it’s socks.
It’s a joy to check out all the different prints on socks and sock styles. I enjoy it at least. It’s costly and even though i know this, i’m still taken aback at times when i look at prices. Like, really? But sometimes it’s the right gift and it’s worth it.
Sock City is in Old Sacramento.
Metered street parking or parking garage

Seen one sock store, you pretty much seen them all. No bargains here, but expect to pay anywhere from $ 3.99 to $ 20 for all sorts of socks — tall, short, wool, cotton, trendy, WTF, sports socks, winter socks, knee high socks, socks for flats, socks for boots… you get the gist. It’s fun to walk in and see the explosion of colors here. Customer service was pretty much non-​existent, but in a good way — no one needs to see you giggle over a Bert and Ernie pair of socks.

This has great sock variety, the guy working was trying to help me find basic white knee high socks for less than $ 10, he told me that there wasn’t any but I ended up finding a pair for $ 3.99. Which was interesting because I was looking harder than the worker who should know more than me. My boyfriend ended up seeing a box of sports socks and just curiously look through it. But the guy was totally rude about asking him to stop and some girl was like «I hate when people do that» and he was like «you work retail too hahaha». Like did you have to say it like that in front of paying customers? Seriously?! okay I understand my boyfriend shouldn’t have done that but as a worker he shouldn’t be talking to customers like that. I don’t normally write Unilocal reviews because I brush off the mistakes or any accidents because that’s life. But that guy was totally unnecessary about something so little. Customer service was shady but I did enjoy seeing a great variety of socks that are perfect for all age groups.

Soooooooooooooooo many socks and only two feet to put them on. Love this place. If your looking for some kind of special socks, you’ll find it here.

Love this place. So many options on socks… duh! But, this girl loves her east bay teams, and is so very happy to have socks available in all her teams. My bf bought me some golden state warriors socks (more like slippers) to keep my feet warm. We chose GSW because they have the best record on our east bay teams. lol. I love Old Sacramento and the shops. We always enjoy our little trips down here. We will be back soon.

Quite a variety of socks covering all 3 walls of the store. I was impressed with the amount of socks with dog pictures on them. A lot of dog lovers out there. Didn’t see that many cat socks ‘tho. Some of the socks are likely good for Halloween. A few SF Giants socks but not that many. A fun place to visit but unless you’re really into wild looking socks or you’re allowed to dress like «Abby» on the NCIS t.v. show, not likely the average business person would wear these crazy socks to work.

This may well be the single best sock store my wife and I have been to. And mind you, we’ve been to many.
My wife has MANY pairs of crazy socks. Holiday socks of all varieties. Ankle socks, toe socks, knee-​high… I could go on. Hundreds of socks. But I digress. It’s not uncommon for us to go to a sock store and find nothing new. Here, that is not a problem. Ample types for men, women and children. And the patterns range from slightly odd to completely insane. For example? Giraffes flying around, tied to a bunch of balloons. Just got those! Burger socks for babies? Why not!
If you’re looking for socks, and I mean ANY socks, this is the place. High recommendation.

Socks, Socks and more Socks. I was looking for some socks with a horse theme on them or cowgirl up. They had one pair of socks like that, but they looked more for a cowboy. Yeehow. The ladies who worked in this store lookef high and low for the horse themed or cowgirl up socks. They also checked their computers which was saying yes they do have them but it was actually no. So I did end up getting some mini pincher long socks for the cowgirl

It was fun but not as big of a selection as I thought. Be prepared to spend $ 7-​$ 10 per pair. A little pricey but I love socks and had to get a few pair.

My love of socks and stockings goes way back to my younger days in knee socks. We had a love hate relationship when I used to care about matching socks, but now I don’t care. It’s fun to mix things up.
I love stockings and often wear patterned tights, panty hose and knee socks. I like to find interesting ones because a pair of sexy stockings can turn your little black dress into a hawt little outfit.
Sock City has everything you need and some you may just want. I found a unique pair of patterned stockings that looked like thigh his with a garter and I couldn’t pass them up. They may have been pricey ($ 17), but they dress up any outfit and I couldn’t pass them up.
I just wish I could afford to buy all the socks I wanted, but I’ll keep coming back to buy myself little presents every now and then. ;)

I love the idea of a store that just sells quirky, silly, funny things that you can wear. I bought a fun pair of socks here, and every time I wear them, I make sure to wear them so they can be seen.
Viva Sock City!

I love sock city!!! I get tons of socks for every occasion. I love the knee highs the best. Also i rarely wear matching socks so i just get a ton and mix and match them. Perfect to bring a friend and have fun. The service is great and they gave me tons of brand new socks right out of the packaging boxes. Also they aren’t expensive and you always have such a huge variety.

It should be called «Sock Porn».
I love wearing funky miss matched socks– especially when Im wearing something conservative (pants, of course, silly)
This is THE perfect gift place. I know a few others with a sock fetish… I stop here especially around their special days. Kids prices are very reasonable, as Brad H mentions– and adult-​size can get pricey (especially for a nice pair of men’s socks) but it is still a nice place to come and splurge, when you are playing tourist for the day.

Whenever I visit this fun store I keep humming the Jan and Dean oldie, «Surf City.»
I’ve tweaked the lyrics a bit:
«Two socks for every girl… Sock City here I come.»
I know lame, lame, lame
If you are a sock aficionado /​sock –aholic you’ll feel like you’ve reached Sock Shangri-​la when you enter this store.
They have socks for babies, kids, men and women.
Wool socks, knee high, tights, socks for dressy occasions
Most of their socks are adorned with enticing designs — - cars, dogs, stripes, wildlife, faces, cupcakes, sushi, Frida Kahlo and so much more.
There is a sock for everyone from curmudgeons to Pollyannas.
Therein lies the problem for shopaholics like me…
But I did exercise MAJOR restraint and only bought a few pairs–
one for myself the rest as gifts!

Hmm its a store filled with… Socks… I guess I didnt dig it that much cuz Ive seen this in the mall kiosks before. But if socks is your thang, than this place has hella socks.
Im more of a flip flop kind of girl.

Socks for every day of your life! Do you enjoy golf? There’s a pair for you! A fan of Disney? Twenty pairs for you. The best part? Toesie socks!

All right, so here’s the dealio. I have never been inside of this store, so I know nothing about the customer service or any of those reindeer games.
But I have a wee bit of a reputation for having bitching socks. And I have been given these socks as gifts. Just to let you know, my socks with weiner dogs wearing Christmas sweaters have been the hit of the party.
Hell. yes.

Its become a tradition that when my wife and kids come to visit me from Arizona, we head to Sock City and my boys get to pick out a pair of fun socks as a souvenir of the visit. Children’s socks are reasonably priced and there is a fun selection of many different designs. They have some great socks for men and women as well, although since the pairs I want run $ 30 – 40 each, I’m still waiting to buy any. All in all, since interesting socks are a good way to spice up any outfit, it’s fun to know that this store exists.

As much I’d love to share my passion for fun socks (sometimes called party socks) with my fellow Unilocalers, I don’t believe this to be the appropriate forum for a thousand word manifesto on how sparkly socks with kittens will free your mind and win the revolution.
But I would like to mention what a magical place Sock City is. I had no good reason to be wandering around Old Sac today, and it didn’t seem like anyone else there did either. The Christmas decorations looked old and tattered, and everyone was moping around on the cobblestone in the hazy winter afternoon. But walking into Sock City for the very first time felt like something in between Dorothy’s technicolor entrance into Munchkinland, or perhaps like being dropped off at Dollywood on ecstasy.
I could only take home the periwinkle socks with the large rust and peach floral print, but I could do some serious damage on this place if I had one of those job things. You just wait, Sock City!
I don’t really have like a sock «problem» or anything, not really, but it’s kinda a good I’m not in Old Sac a whole lot. Also, I’d love to see more religious socks, and more glitter maybe.

What? A whole store dedicated to socks?
Well, they have other things, too: boxer shorts, wash clothes.
Maybe I’m just not adventurous enough! Well, if I wanted a pair of magic monkey socks, I now know where to find it.