The Perfect Socks
Grey marl
12 €
In stock
9 €
Preorder
- Hard-wearing and ultra comfy made in Europe
- Reinforced heel and toe
- Steady and reliable elasticated rib
Grey marl
4,000 of you took part in our sock questionnaire, that’s a lot of input. Here are the problems you've had with your socks in the past.
1
The fabric didn’t, well, blow your socks off
2
They stretched and lost their shape
3
Holes appeared in no time flat
4
The heel wore thin in a flash
We’ve been working our socks off
A socksess story
We've worked with you from A to Z, to create these socks and correct all the faults you had told us about. They're beautiful, they're comfortable, they're hard-wearing, they're made in Europe and they're just waiting for you to make your feet happy.
The right fabric first
You don’t make superlative socks with shoddy materials. So we did our thing: got into some serious material research. A few months later, we landed on the perfect sock combo: 75% organic cotton, 23% polyamide and 2% elastane. That’s a lot of top-quality cotton in the mix. In fact, it’s almost twice the amount big brands offer. It all adds up to great stats for comfortable, hardwearing, breathable socks.
Stand up guys
We’ve all had a pair of socks that like to do a runner… Creeping down your leg as you walk, slowly settling around your ankle. It’s a no from us. We added an elasticated band to the ribbing on these, it’s sturdy stuff that won’t be losing its grip any time soon. These’ll stay put at calf level without cutting off the blood supply to your feet. A bonus, we reckon.
No hole-in-one here
Open-toe or heel-free socks have never been a good look. We didn’t want you to end up being the face of an involuntary new trend, so we reinforced the heel and the tips of our socks with a cotton/polyamide knit that passed our rub test with flying colours. Hardy stuff, that won’t look like Swiss cheese after a few outings.
Neat Finish
The top part of the Perfect Sock is finished with tubular hemming. That’s a technical way of saying we folded the sock onto itself to keep a neat, clean finish that also happens to make it more resistant to the many tugs and pulls it will no doubt be facing over its extensive lifetime.
European sock making
These are 100% made in Europe. In Portugal, to be precise. We enlisted the jersey wizards at Fiorima whose cotton expertise goes a long way, meaning your Perfect Socks will too.
Tested and approved…
We’re happy to say that the Perfect Socks have clocked an impressive 8.6/10 score for style, 8.7 for the cut and 8.9 for comfort. Fine - it’s not literally perfect - but it’s pretty damn good. Now you can be dressed to the nines in Asphalte from head to toe.
A lifetime in… Asphalte socks
Tested, tugged, toed - we put these through their paces in the testing department, and now they’ve been given the toe-wiggle of approval by you. Your input and feedback got us there so give yourselves a pat on the back, or a soft cottony rub on the ankle - whatever feels right. European-made, top-quality footwear, at a fair price.
All the production steps for your Perfect Socks
What goes into making your Perfect Socks? The materials have travelled a total of 11,038 km (6,858 miles) from field to doormat.
Cotton, elastane and polyamide sourcing
Farming cooperatives, Fulgar Spa India, Pakistan, Turkey and Italy.
Spinning of cotton, elastane and polyamide
Farming cooperatives, Fulgar Spa India, Pakistan, Turkey and Italy.
Dyeing
Trifitrofa Comercio De Fios Portugal
Knitting
Fiorima Portugal
Garment make
Fiorima Portugal
Transport
Road haulage
Environmental Impact
Our aim is to always give you as much information as possible on the clothes we make so you can make an informed decision before preordering. This includes the environmental impact of each pair of Perfect Socks we produce expressed in simple terms that we can all easily understand. There’s no point hiding from it:
0 kg
of CO2 emitted
The equivalent of 6.9 km (4.3 miles) by car.
0.02 g
of phosphor released in the water
The equivalent of growing 0.4 kg of apples.
9 MJ
energy depletion
The equivalent of 3.3h of heating (in avg. flat).
NO SWEAT!
Delivery costs
We deliver worldwide, with the cost automatically calculated at checkout. These vary depending on where you are and how you want to be delivered - full info here.
Easy to change sizes
If you get the wrong size, fear not, we accept returns and exchanges. For orders in Europe these are free, and for countries, in the rest of the world we ask you to pay the return and we will take care of the cost of sending out an exchange. Just log into your Asphalte account and we’ll get that sorted.
IT’S A RISK-FREE INVESTMENT
Sure, we work hard on our products, but we won’t take it personally if, for whatever reason, you change your mind about the item you’ve preordered. We’re all friends here, you can be honest with us. So long as the item is in its original condition, with tags and packaging intact, you can send it back to us for a full refund. No worries.