Nike initially signed the licensing agreement with the NFL in October 2010, and it has since created the uniform elements covered by the pact, including jerseys, belts, pants, socks and gloves.

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There was music, too an accordion being played by a stout little man in short pants and high socks who wore a hat ornamented with a long feather.

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Forget the rules about coordinating your socks with your pants.

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Eber put the pajama pants on him, then the socks, then the boots.

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He was wearing an elegant suit of a modern cut, the jacket purposefully small, the pants short enough to reveal his garishly printed socks.

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Stepping cautiously through the slime until he reached solid ground, looking disoriented, he regarded his image in the shallow water of the river while the paratroopers dried their feet with an old shirt, then pulled on their socks and boots and rolled down their pants.

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Adopt the continental flair of Stefano Pilati, the former Yves Saint Laurent designer who wore tangerine socks (most probably cashmere) with gray flannel pants and a shawl collared sweater.

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Because his pants were so short, she could see his legs where his socks ended.

NEWYORKER: Temporary

Law enforcement sources said archive staff members told FBI agents they saw Berger placing items in his jacket and pants, and one archive staffer told agents that Berger also placed something in his socks.

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