Natalie and Alabama Chanin partner with fellow Alabamian Gina Locklear of sister brands zkano and Little River Sock Mill to create a line of Made in the USA, organic cotton socks. Little River Sock Mill is located in Fort Payne, a northern Alabama town that once held the title of Sock Capital of The World. The sock business has been in Gina’s family for three decades.
In addition to producing socks designed for the Alabama Chanin collections, Little River Sock Mill also makes a limited-edition run of socks from the cotton grown for the Alabama Cotton Project in partnership with Billy Reid.
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Slide 1: Shortie Socks in olive with black backseam from the Alabama Chanin and Little River Sock Mill collaboration, 2015, photograph by Rinne Allen
Slide 2: Stripe Crew Socks from the Alabama Chanin and Little River Sock Mill collaboration, 2018, photograph by Rinne Allen
Slide 3: Over-the-Knee Socks from the Alabama Chanin and Little River Sock Mill collaboration, 2018, photograph by Christy Bush
Slides 4–5: Socks from the Alabama Chanin and Little River Sock Mill collaboration displayed in The Factory Store, 2016, photographs by Rinne Allen
Slide 6: Multi-Stripe Tall Socks from the Alabama Chanin and Little River Sock Mill collaboration, 2015, photograph by Rinne Allen