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Port City Brewing x Neon Bandits

Many of you know Neon Bandits for our functional, comfortable and bold socks. But a little-known fact is that a large (and growing) part of our business comes from custom and collaborative socks. We have had the pleasure of working on a number of custom projects over the past few months. Some partners have done a custom colorway of an existing Neon Bandits design, while other partners have had us develop concepts from scratch. We were excited when we first started talking with the Port City Brewing Company down in Virginia, and now with the final product in hand we could not be more...

Meet the New Additions

The sun is (finally) out and signs of Spring are all around us-- baseball has started, the Boston Marathon is Monday and we've put away our winter boots... for the time being. But long before the weather took a positive turn, we started thinking about new styles for Spring. Earlier this week, we launched The Yardarm and The Monomoy, both named for the camp that Dan and I spent many summers growing up. Stay tuned for more of those stories... Yes, you'll notice their fresh designs and their bold colorways, but you should also notice that these two styles are available in two sizes! At Neon Bandits,...

The Advantage of a Knit-In Sock

Before launching Neon Bandits in June of 2015, we spent over 18 months trying to find a factory partner that could produce the highest quality socks. We didn’t want just any socks to have our name on them; we wanted to make a quality sock that met (or exceeded) the durability and functionality of the largest brands in the space. And over the past year and a half, based on the feedback that we have received from customers, teams and partners, we have done just that. A major point of differentiation (and one that us sock geeks love to boast about)...

The Bright Approach to Halloween

Halloween is just two weeks away and if you’re anything like us, we’d bet you haven’t figured out your costume just yet. In an effort to help, here are five costume options where Neon Bandits will help you steal the show: Tom Cruise in Risky Business. All Scientology jokes aside, this costume is easy- peasy. Throw on an oversized dress shirt, fake Ray Bans and a pair of The Flip, and you have yourself a costume. A nerd. To pull of the nerd look, add some tape to your glasses, hike up your pants a little higher (held up at...

The Freshest Pairings

Just like pairing a fine wine with cheese, at Neon Bandits we like to pair fine socks with fresh kicks. We stay on top of the latest and greatest sneaker releases, and are always thinking about how we can pair them up with Neon Bandits. In the spirit of summer being just around the corner, we’ve paired up Neon Bandits with some of the hottest new sneaker releases. You can thank us later… Nike recently released the Air Presto Flyknit. We could easily rattle off 20 adjectives to describe how awesome these are. Pair the Air Presto Flyknit with The 781 white and...

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Port City Brewing x Neon Bandits

Meet the New Additions

The Advantage of a Knit-In Sock

The Bright Approach to Halloween

The Freshest Pairings

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