It took moving in with my husband-to-be, a sock aficionado who favours vivid colours in a fine gauge, for me to understand the extent to which some men obsess over socks. But then one day I discovered an entirely unworn stash, still with their labels on, hidden at the back of his overflowing drawer: pastel pink and yellow socks by Richard James; multi-coloured striped socks by Paul Smith; maroon wool and cotton mix socks by Falke; as well as pairs by loafer brand Fin’s and the fine cotton label Sunspel. Did he, I wondered, have some sort of ... issue he hadn’t told me about?
與我的未婚夫共同生活一段時間之後，我才明白一些人對襪子的迷戀之深。他是一個襪子癡迷者，並且特別鍾愛細針、色彩鮮豔的襪子。然而有一天，在他塞滿東西的抽屜內側，我發現了一堆根本沒有穿過、還帶有標籤的藏匿物：一雙理察詹姆士(Richard James)牌子的水粉+黃色襪子，一雙保羅史密斯(Paul Smith)牌子的多色彩條紋襪子，一雙法爾科(Falke)牌子的栗色棉毛混紡襪子，還有一雙拖鞋品牌Fin’s的襪子，以及純棉品牌Sunspel的襪子。我不禁猜測，他身上是不是有一些事情沒有告訴我？