We love dads at Nic Harry. This Father’s Day we’re celebrating #AllDads and want to give your dad a R2500 shopping spree!
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Nic Harry Founder on Expresso Show
This week we saw the memorial of our fallen sock heroes. It was the memorial day for lost socks world wide.
Our founder, Nic Haralambous, appeared on the Expresso show to talk about lost socks, matching style and colour blocking in our Rosebank Store.
The Lost Sock Interview begins at the 7:20 minute mark in the video below. Get your colour-blocking going!
Crazy Nic Harry Competition Alert
Holy Wowzers do we have a competition for you! Enter below and you stand a chance to win one of each product type that we produce. That’s 14 different items you can add to your wardrobe. Pretty crazy if you ask us. Answer one really simple question below and then share, share, share!
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Better Man & Better Style
Nic Harry is partnering with Better Man for an upcoming event on April 26th. Enter below to win. Visit Better Man to join the event happening!
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Socks Delivered Every Month
At Nic Harry, shopping for socks is something that we love to do. We pour over our incredible designs, the different fibres to choose from and the various types of socks that we love to wear. This is definitely not how everyone feels about shopping for socks.
When we started selling socks, the very thing we did was offer a sock subscription option to our fans. It’s been over four years since we first launched our monthly sock delivery service and we’re proud to still offer up the best socks delivered in incredible packaging every month.
Our subscription service has grown from a small offering to a large part of what we do. We love sending our socks every month to excited sockaholics who relish in their new designs.
The entire process is really simple and after a few quick choices you’ll be receiving our daring bamboo socks every month!
Select how many pairs you want – one pair of socks per month or two pairs of socks per month. That depends on how much you love insanely great socks made from bamboo fibres that will love and caress your feet.
Select the billing option – do you want to pay as you go every month or pay upfront for 12 months?
That’s it. Really.
How many pairs for how long and… you’re done!
If you are buying a sock subscription for a friend then we suggest you purchase an upfront 12 month subscription so you can pay for it, forget about it and let us ship one gift every month for a year! Your friend will love you.
There is one last thing… if you sign up for one of our sock subscriptions you will receive the first delivery of socks for free. Yep, you read that correctly. Sign up now and your first month is on us. We’ll send it to you just because we think we might become friends.
Head over to the subscription page right now and find out more.
UnBranded on CliffCentral Talking Socks and Love
The month of February saw Nic Harry launch the Month of Love campaign that featured polarising images of various types of partners in bed together. Timothy Maurice from the UnBranded show on CliffCentral spoke interviewed me about the campaign, my views on love and Nic Harry’s approach to men oppressing other men.
DJ Fresh loves Nic Harry Socks!
We love receiving compliments and we love gaining new fans. On the 20th of February I was fortunate enough to feature on the Fresh Show bright and early.
Fresh and his team are amazing, funny and very good at what they do. Like Nic Harry.
You can listen to the entire interview below:
Love knows
Love knows no colour.
Love knows no design.
Love knows no religion.
Love knows no borders.
Love knows no gender.
Love knows no age.
Love is love is love.
Love.
#SockLove
What Valentine’s Day Should Be
Valentine’s day is about love, right?
Wrong.
That’s what you’re meant to believe. That’s what they want you to believe. But there is no love or pleasure in the pressure that you feel to perform on February 14th every bloody year. What a stupid idea. Celebrate your love on the one day that makes it impossible to get a dinner reservation. On the one day that makes roses stupidly expensive (who the fuck decided that roses were the flowers of love?). On the day that you have that big meeting or the day that it happens to be your birthday. Imagine if it’s your birthday on Valentine’s Day? That must suck so much*.
This Valentine’s Day, I want you to stop and think about what love really means to you. Is it about spending time with the person you’re the most fond of? Is it sitting with your friend who has just lost the love of their life? Is it about comforting your dad because your mom left town with your local barman? Really stop and think about it. Right now. Pause and take a minute to engage your brain about what love means to you. Not what you’re told to buy. Not what you’re told to wear. Not what you’re told to listen to or eat.
If you’ve given this any thought at all, you’ll come to the same realisation I have: Valentine’s day is not about love. It’s about buying shit. Now, don’t get me wrong; I’m happy if you want to buy some socks from Nic Harry to give as a gift on Valentine’s day. But that’s not about love. That’s an incredible stylish and thoughtful gift that you’re giving to someone you love. It’s not love.
This Valentine’s day, I want people to love themselves, frequently, freely and with as much enthusiasm as they feel is appropriate.
I want couples to look at each other longingly without feeling the need to look down and flick open their phones to check for that next “like”.
I want men to stop berating other men for loving men.
I want women to forget what magazines tell them is an appropriate way to show their love on Valentine’s day.
I want us to stop trying to make up for a year of lost love in a single day. If you work 100 hour weeks, take it from me: nothing you do on February 14th is going to make up for missing your partner’s birthday last year. Nothing. I want you to work every day to do smaller things that make a bigger difference to your partner or anyone that you love.
I want you to love because it’s the right thing to do, not because it’s the appropriate thing to do on the 14th of a random month.
I want you to forget about skin colour because love knows no colour. I want you to ignore design because love knows no design.
I want us to be as enthusiastic about our relationships today as we are about them on Valentine’s day.
Go home today and love.
*For the month of February, if it’s your birthday on February 14th and you can prove it, come into one of our physical retail stores and we’ll give you a free pair of socks with any purchase.
The Boring State of Menswear at the Golden Globes 2017
Awards shows are meant to be amazing displays of style, class and celebrity. That’s true if you’re interested in women’s fashion. It’s a big fat farce if you want to see anything new or interesting in men’s fashion.
It seems to me that at the men attending the 2017 Golden Globes were so overwhelmed with the fear of being judged that no one (except for Donald Glover) stepped out into the wild and tried to do anything unique or even remotely interesting.
Here’s what Esquire Magazine considers to be the best dressed men:
Thank goodness for Donald Glover. Rocking that brown crushed velvet tux with a purple bowtie. We salute you, Donald.
Look, if you want to rock a black tuxedo and it makes you feel special and handsome, then I’m all for it. I’m just baffled by the lack of colour. How are the men above “best dressed” when they all look the same? What’s different or unique or interesting enough about their outfits to qualify the best dressed prize? To me, they should all win the unity prize for unknowingly arriving at the awards show with coordinated outfits.
Why don’t men at awards shows dress with inspiration from the women that attend? The ladies rocked some impressive outfits:
When is it going to be acceptable for men to wear a yellow tuxedo? When will men be able to wear a white tuxedo with red and orange flamed details running up the leg like the dress Thandi Newton is wearing?
If you’re a celebrity and attending an awards show, I’d think that there would be enough bravado to really show off a pop of colour.
Let’s bring some colour to the red carpet. You can start with your socks.
I’m Tired of Male Judgement
For as long as I can remember I’ve been mocked and challenged about the way that I dress, my hairstyle, my beard, my tattoos and anything else that was different.
I have a few frustrating questions that have gone unanswered in my life and I’d like to ask some of them now, publicly, in the hopes of finding some answers.
What exactly does “different” mean?
Different from what?
Who defines “different”?
The most overwhelmingly depressing thought that I have in relation to style is that most men are forced to wear the same thing every day. They are forced to wear the same thing as their colleagues, as other offices, as other people in the same industries in different places around the world. Many men wear the same clothes for their entire lives because other men tell them to, directly or indirectly. That’s a sad state of affairs.
Who says that the same is better? Who was the person that decided it was better that we all look the same and that anyone who differs from the norm should rightfully be mocked by other men who all look the same? Who is that guy? I want to know because I fucking hate that guy.
I’ll bet that in every group of friends there is that one guy who you can guarantee will make an insulting comment if you’re wearing something new or different when you go out. Seriously, take a second to think about your group of friends. What’s his name? That one guy. Or, how about that guy who tells you how gay you look when you wear those pink socks you love so much?
That last one pisses me off on so many levels I can barely think of where to start. Let me try; Who was the guy that decided to use the word gay as an insult? I hate that guy.
Who was the guy that decided that pink is not a colour that everyone can wear? Who assigned gender to colours? I hate that guy too (you know it was a guy).
Lastly, who the hell gave that guy permission to open his ignorant mouth and judge the colour of my socks? I really, really hate that guy.
Do men like this not have anything better to do? Did his father never teach him that if he doesn’t have anything nice to say it’s better to say nothing at all? How about you shut your judge-hole, wear your boring grey everything and look like every other judgemental lemming out there.
I’ll wear my pink socks, thanks.
Interview with Jaydé Julius
Jaydé Julius is our latest Nic Harry Cycling Sock Ambassador, and judging by his passion for cycling and our socks, he’s a perfect fit! Read on to find out more about Jaydé’s style and what he likes to get up to on and off the bike.
Nic Harry (NH): Firstly, tell us a bit about yourself. What do you do?
Jaydé Julius (JJ): My name is Jaydé Julius and I’m a professional full time cycling athlete.
Born and raised in Cape Town, I’m considered half Belgian as I lived overseas for 6 years since I was 13 years old. I enjoyed racing abroad in Europe while finishing my school years over there.
I speak three languages- English, Flemish and a bit of French and Italian.
I love to travel and meet new people and find new exciting things to do. Life’s for the living!
NH: How would you describe your style?
JJ: I love my style. My racing look is sharp and ready to win at all times, while my own unique and sophisticated style is a hip dress code. Nic Harry plays a big role in my style on and off the bike.
Everyday is a @nicharrystyle socks kinda day. The Foundation of my style on the bike #NicHarrystyles #Cyclingsocks #HaveFun pic.twitter.com/HEIMtZZl8T
— Jaydé Julius (@JaydeJulius) December 7, 2016
NH: When you’re not on the bike, what do you get up to?
JJ: I like having fun, doing things that makes me feel “alive”, like racing fast cars on Killarney Racetrack in my spare time. I enjoy chilling with friends on the beach catching the rays. Rollerblading is my second favourite hobby, another way to jet off on wheels.
NH: How did you get into cycling?
JJ: I’m very fortunate to say my dad introduced me to the world of cycling. He raced semi-professionally in SA so I grew up seeing him race. When I was 13 years I started really racing and entering big competitions, so people realised I was a major talent in the country and abroad. My life changed when I moved over to Europe, I learnt about and understood the real life I’m living as a professional cycling athlete while living with a Belgian host family and my parents were living in Cape Town.
It was very different but also the best years of my life as a kid and I still love my sport as much as I did the first day, when my dad gave me my very first racing bike.
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NH: Where’s your favourite place to ride?
JJ: Definitely during Cape Town summers and travelling into the Swiss Mountains. I’d say Belgium for its racing culture and Italy for both that and style!
NH: Do you compete in a lot of races?
JJ: Yes I do, I race both locally and internationally abroad.
This year, after very narrowly coming second in the Cape Town Cycle Tour 2016, my goals are set to win stages at the Tour De France one day. That would be the dream, to be in Nic Harry socks and winning in France!
NH: How important is what you wear when you’re on the bike?
JJ: My dress code rules on the bike:
Always look ready to win even if it’s just training. It makes me feel good if I’m wearing something extra special like socks! I think I live life fully and full of ambition so I have to enjoy the simple things that can spice things up everyday.
NH: What is your favourite item of clothing?
JJ: Socks and underwear
NH: What is the oldest item of clothing you own?
JJ: I would say underwear, socks and shoes since I’ve had the the same waist line and shoe size since 16 years old.
NH: Who is your favourite fashion designer?
JJ: I have a family member by the name of Errol Arendse “Arendz”, he’s my uncle and he’s the family fashion designer.
But my favourite and where I find my sensational dress code would be Ralph Lauren.
NH: How often do you wear a tie?
JJ: Not often because at home I mostly wear things like Adidas track pants and a T-shirt, but I’ll wear a tie for events like the SA sports awards or any award ceremonies. In town in the evening with friends I’ll usually be wearing a Carducci bow tie.
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NH: What is your favourite accessory? (wrist band, watch, pocket square, tie, etc etc)
JJ: I love accessories! Most importantly a watch, bow tie and wrist bands.
NH: How often do you shop for clothing?
JJ: My weakness! Happens to me every time I step foot in a shopping mall or whenever something strikes my attention.
NH: What is your least favourite thing to wear?
JJ: Baggie clothing
NH: Where do you find style inspiration?
JJ: To be honest I like my own style. Especially my racing fit style and lifestyle. CR7 [Christiano Ronaldo] and Daniel Craig’s style do it for me as well.
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Quick shots
NH: Winter or summer style?
JJ: Both (that’s a tough one).
NH: Sneakers or slops?
JJ: Sneakers
NH: Button up or T-shirt?
JJ: Button up
NH: Denims or chinos?
JJ: Both! Definitely chinos would be the winner… more style!
NH: Shirts: Tucked in or left out?
JJ: Always tucked in