England have historically worn red shirts with white shorts and red socks as an away strip option.

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Adam Rapp sported red socks, and Terrence McNally donned green from head to toe, a happy coincidence for an evening about when, where and how to stop and go.

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And he did have the proverbial red socks on.

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Recently, he has added to those footwear flourishes by mixing cardinal red with bishop purple socks from Gammarelli in Rome, suppliers to the Vatican.

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On his feet he wore a pair of red moccasins, and his socks (imagine wearing socks on the island) seemed to be the same color as his trousers, but, again, that might have been the effect of the moonlight on the water.

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She wore a red jumpsuit and flip-flops over white socks.

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