Tom of Finland Box
Gift BoxRegular price $ 48.00 Sale price $ 45.60
Get one of each of our Tom of Finland crew sock designs, all packaged in our fun pop art gift box. Includes one pair of Denim Trio, one pair of Leather Duo and one pair of Vitruvian Men.
Add your gift message on the cart page and it will be printed on the packing slip.
Based on the artwork of Tom of Finland, all socks in this box are officially licensed.
🇺🇸 All Our Socks are Proudly Made in the USA 🇺🇸
Tom of Finland Foundation Instagram
Touko Laaksonen, better known to friends and fans simply as “Tom” was an uncompromising artist that drew as he fantasized, and in so doing, created a fantastic collection of erotic illustrations.
Born in 1920, Tom came up in a world terrified and disdainful of homosexuality, and therefore ignorant of its dimension and diversity.
In an era when gay men were pigeonholed as exclusively effeminate and flamboyant, Tom challenged stereotypes and broadened the public identity of queerness through his male gaze… of his male gays.
Today, Tom’s collection of illustrations continue to serve as an unabashed depiction of queer fantasy, which has paved the way for erotic artists to showcase their work and be proud of it.
Countless artists have enjoyed the freedom pioneered by Tom’s original work, best explained by filmmaker John Waters ; “Peter Berlin, Kenneth Anger, Joe Dallesandro, Jeff Stryker, Jim Morrison, James Bidgood, John Rechy, even Elvis and James Dean. None of them could have existed without Tom Of Finland’s art coming first. He took the word “butch” and turned it into a lifestyle. No, a reason to live.” (John Chiaverina, July 23, 2020, "Eight Artists on the Influence of Tom of Finland", The New York Times)
1% of all sales of Tom of Finland socks will be donated to the Tom of Finland Foundation.
Dress crew socks fit from a women’s size 6 US to approximately a men’s 12.5 US. Knit in a thinner weave, these socks hit around mid-calf and wear comfortably with all shoe types. Machine wash cold, line dry.
