If you watched The View Thursday morning (today!), than this is old news for you. But if you happened to miss it, we have some BIG news. Are you sitting down dreamers? Because it is finally time to unveil our latest sock venture. Sock Dreams proudly presents (drum roll, please) Whoopi’s Socks! That’s right; Sock Dreams has teamed up with none other than the fun and fabulous sock-lover extraordinaire, Whoopi Goldberg. Together, we bring you three gorgeous styles, all designed, made & printed in the USA.
Whoopi loves gnomes as much as (and maybe a little more than) any of us; she has gnomes of many varieties in her garden at home. Our artist worked hard to capture Whoopi’s likeness as a nature-loving spirit, lounging among the foliage with her little foxy friends in the Whoopi Gnomes Midcalf.
The Boy Who Drew Cats is an old Japanese fairy tale that captured Whoopi’s imagination. In the early stages of designing socks, she told us the tale over the phone and it resonated with everyone here. In the story, a young boy is sent from his family farm to study to become a priest but is sent away for drawing cats everywhere—on scrolls, on the walls, on every blank space he could find. He eventually ends up at an abandoned temple where he again covers every available surface with his feline friends, and then, tired from travelling and drawing, goes to sleep in a cupboard. In the night he is awoken to the sounds of fearsome battle, and the next morning emerges from his cupboard to find a great goblin rat has been defeated… by his cat drawings come to life! His talent for drawing, which seemed like an idle waste of time to those around him, saved both himself and the nearby town from the goblin rat’s reign of terror. We think anyone who has been told their dream isn’t worth pursuing can identify with this story.
Here There Be Monsters takes inspiration from Whoopi’s love of old maps, specifically the Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus. Drawn in the early 16th century, it was the first more-or-less accurate map of the Nordic countries, and jump started a long history of Swedish cartography. Today it inspires young and old alike with its depictions of fearsome beasts and fanciful creatures. Because this map would have been purchased in black and white the map’s owner was free to color it as they desired, so we are offering two beautiful color schemes to choose from.
Pretty cool, right? The socks are available exclusively through us and come with the minimal 100% recycled packaging you’ve come to expect from Sock Dreams products. We hope that you are as delighted by these new designs as we are!