‘When I came out to my family, no one seemed to understand how or why this happened. Everyone carried on with their lives and I felt extremely unaccepted months went by and Christmas of 2015 and I was very excited to know it was my first Christmas as a boy. And I had worries about this. I wouldn’t accept me who I was. But that morning I woke up to these socks at the end of my bed. from the boys section. I took this as a sign of acception. I continue to get many versions of orange socks and this experience has helped me to give them out too.’

OBJECT NUMBER MOT000093

This object currently lives in The Bishopsgate Institute.

Photo by Katie Davies, Fashion Space Gallery, London College of Fashion.