Socks so swanky, even Dad wouldn’t mind them as a gift!

If you keep up with Cream‘s gifts guides – be it for Christmas, Valentine’s or Mother’s Day – you’ll note we’ve never included socks. Not becuase of the old socks-and-jocks as a last-minute gift trope but because we haven’t really come across extra-spesh socks worthy of inclusion.

Happily, we’ve now encountered Swanky Socks. An Aussie-made product, these socks are super-comfortable and made from either bamboo or temperature-regulating merino wool.

Swanky Socks are currently donating much-need socks to homeless shelters. For every pair of Swanky Socks sold, a pair is donated to people experiencing homelessness, with almost a million dollars worth of socks donated to date.

But there are other great reasons why we love these socks. They’re long-lasting meaning less landfill. The socks made of Merino wool are softer than your regular wool and six times stronger than cotton. They’re odour-resistant and non-allergenic.

Other socks in the Swanky range are made of combed cotton, and some even of recycled plastic!

Swanky Socks retail at $32.95 a pair.

Available from swankysocks.com.

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