Hi, it’s John and Mark.
We haven’t gone anywhere.
After nine wonderful years of shipping socks around the world, creating meaningful jobs, and spreading happiness, we’ve decided to pause our direct-to-consumer online store.
This pause is intentional.
We’re taking time to reflect on everything we’ve learned, streamline what worked best, and rebuild the store so we can be stronger, more focused, and even more joyful. When we return in 2026, it will be with an updated version of John’s Crazy Socks, rooted in the same mission we’ve always had: spreading happiness and showing what people with differing abilities can do.
In the meantime:
Most importantly, John’s Crazy Socks is not closing.
We’re building what comes next.
Thank you for being part of our journey.
We can’t wait to share what’s ahead.
John & Mark
Hi, it’s John and Mark.
We haven’t gone anywhere.
After nine wonderful years of shipping socks around the world, creating meaningful jobs, and spreading happiness, we’ve decided to pause our direct-to-consumer online store.
This pause is intentional.
We’re taking time to reflect on everything we’ve learned, streamline what worked best, and rebuild the store so we can be stronger, more focused, and even more joyful. When we return in 2026, it will be with an updated version of John’s Crazy Socks, rooted in the same mission we’ve always had: spreading happiness and showing what people with differing abilities can do.
In the meantime:
Most importantly, John’s Crazy Socks is not closing.
We’re building what comes next.
Thank you for being part of our journey.
We can’t wait to share what’s ahead.
John & Mark
What came first, the words for
fox and
socks, or the fact that the words needed to rhyme because their appearance on these
Fox in Socks Socks is too adorable to imagine them anywhere else? Well, let's take a closer look at the history behind
Fox in Socks Socks. The word
fox comes from Old English, spoken during the early Middle Ages, and is derived from
fuhsaz from Proto-Germanic, a language spoken roughly 4,000 or 5,000 years ago. It doesn't stop there, however, for
fuhsaz comes from the word
puḱ-, which meant “thick-haired” in Proto-Indo-European, spoken perhaps around 3500 BC.
Socks is a modern word derived from the Old English word for slipper,
socc. That word traces back to the Latin word,
soccus, which in turn comes from the Ancient Greek's
sykchos. So the origins date back to somewhere in the range of 900 BC to 600 AD.
So fox came first. And then socks. And then these
Fox in Socks Socks. An etymology lesson and the cutest pair of socks that you'll own? That's John's Crazy Socks, for you.
