Design your own socks

Custom Printed Socks - Pamper Your Feet with Cotton

Your custom socks are 100% cotton on the inside, this provides more than just exceptional comfort: Cotton provides moisture-wicking to keep your feet cool in the heat and warming the cold. It's a win-win. Create your own custom socks and style them with your favorite outfits. Every pair is printed in our studio. Printed by expert print technicians, you can use illustrations, artwork, graphic designs, text or even photos and make your feet a talking point. 

Please note that due to our printing methods you may see a visible print line along the back and the sole of your socks. This is due to our printing techniques, and its visibility is dependent on your design. Please bear this in mind when creating your custom printed socks.

Sizes

Sizing For Hemming And Shrinkage

We have a full Cut & Sew service here at Contrado, and are able to hem your fabric prints for a small additional charge. We create a small one- or two-fold hem that typically uses 0.2" to 0.75" (5-20mm) of material, depending on the thickness of the fabric. So, for example, if you want a finished piece of fabric that measures 39.37" x 39.37", you will need to order a size of 39.96" x 39.96" to allow for the hem (on top of that please also allow for shrinkage of min 2%). The thicker the fabric, the bigger the hem will be. You can choose to have your prints hemmed with either Black or White thread. On our silk and other light woven fabrics, one hemmed edge will be straight (vertically down the roll) and the other will be slightly rippled. The hemming material allowances are as follows and you need to make your print bigger to accommodate the hem:

• Light Fabrics (0.59oz-2.95oz): For silks and other light fabrics, we use 0.24" - 0.32" / 6mm-8mm in the hem (2 fold), so overall width/height will be minus 0.48"-0.56""/ 12-16mm
• Medium Fabrics (2.98oz-5.90oz): For medium-weight fabrics that fray, we use 0.5 - 0.75" / 15-20mm in the hem (2 fold) so overall width/height will be minus 1.4" - 1.6" / 35-40mm
• Stiff/Heavy/No-fray fabrics: we use 0.5 - 0.75" / 15-20mm in the hem (1 fold) so overall width/height will be minus 1.5" / 35-40mm

All of these measurements are approximate and can vary. Including with shrinkage, it can mean a fairly significant difference to ordered dimensions, so please plan your print accordingly. Depending on how open the weave is, our fabric can shrink anywhere from 2% to 8% with the average being 2.5%.

How Would you Like the Edge?

• As it comes. We cut around your image, leaving a simply scissor cut, perhaps uneven white fabric border. 
• Hem with thread. We can hem your fabric with a choice of black or white thread. Please allow 1-2 days additional production time. See below for information on how hemming affects the size of your print. We offer an overlock hem, as well as a folded hem (one or two fold depending on the fabric) however not all fabrics are suited to both hem types. If you can see both options, it means both are suitable, and you will be able to choose whichever you prefer. 
• Cut on the line. We will cut neatly on the edge of your design. This means that if you have a border around your design we will cut around that border, if your design takes the whole space of the fabric, then we will neatly cut around the edge of that image. Please be aware, when we cut along the line, we have to cut against the grain of the fabric. This is the standard procedure for fabric cutting. This means that with some fabrics, for example, Georgette and Mulmul, which have a slight wave in them, some fraying will occur. This is unavoidable, as the cut follows the grain of the textile. 

All of our fabrics are cut manually by hand, with the utmost care and attention. If your fabric has a slightly uneven look on the edges or a touch of fraying, this does not indicate a flaw in the textile. It is not always possible to achieve a perfectly straight cut with certain fabrics, so please do bare this in mind when it comes to your design. If you have any queries or would like to know about our cutting methods in more detail, please get in touch and we will be more than happy to discuss them with you.

Please note: As we make everything by hand, all sizes may vary slightly.

For further information about our fabrics see our FAQs.

Are these personalized socks easy to care for?

These are no run of the mill novelty item. Your custom socks are super high quality and come with a two-year guarantee on the print and material. Even though they are carefully, and expertly made, they are surprisingly easy to care for. They will handle repeat washes, and will retain their color, as long as they are washed at 86°F.

What do the custom socks originally look like?

Your socks start off with a white base color, with black tips on the toes and heels. This white allows for wonderful color reproduction and fine detail quality. Your designs are printed deep into the fabric, creating a permanent print. Like many flexible garments, when the socks are stretched, the design will lighten ever so slightly, but your images will still look striking and stylish.

What sizes do they come in?

Your socks are made to feet most feet sizes. After all, style shouldn't have a size limit. We make your custom socks in three sizes; US 5-8, 8.5-11, 11.5-13. Due to our printing process, these socks come up slightly bigger than their stated size. However, they shrink to their intended size after a couple of washes. For more sizing details, please see our size chart.