![[bobby-sox-girls.jpg|300]] ## Links - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_soxer_(subculture)) - [How Stuff Works: How Bobby-soxers Worked](https://people.howstuffworks.com/bobby-soxer.htm)[°](https://elliotclowes.com/cold/2024/https__people.howstuffworks.com_bobby-soxer.htm.html) ## Overview Bobby soxers were a subculture of young women in the [[1940s]] who were interested in popular music, especially [[Frank Sinatra]], and wore loose-fitting clothing and bobby socks. They would often wear [saddle shoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddle_shoe) or [loafers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slip-on_shoe). It was the bobby socks that gave them their name. Though the girls themselves seem to have rejected the term.