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[itiswhatitis]

My classroom gets very cold and every part of me except my toes can handle it.

Where can I buy wool socks in Seoul?

Thanks in advance.

[optik404]

Uniqlo for cheap ones, hiking stores for expensive ones.

[EZE]

I went with the Heattech socks at Uniqlo, but I don't think these are wool. I was just looking for something warm. My mom and dad shipped me some winter socks too.

One thing I do is wear my summer socks that have small holes in them as winter undersocks instead of throwing them away. That helps a lot.

[Aine1979]

I wear North Face Tent Mule slippers at school, they're super warm.

[mayorhaggar]

Look for a BigTen hiking goods store, they are probably at some E-Marts in Seoul. I go to the one at the Yongjeon-dong E-Mart in Daejeon and they have wool socks made by Darn Tough and Smartwool and a few other brands for about 19000 to 22000. Pretty similar to prices in the US. If you look them up on Gmarket they're like 35000 which is silly.

If you have small feet you might as well look for some fleece-lined slippers here. I have big feet so I had to order some from LL Bean in the US. Very warm.

[premiummince]

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[jdog2050]

If you go to gmarket you can find Camel wool socks. They're just as good as merino and only 19,000. Cheapest Merino I've ever found in Seoul were 17,000/pair.

[Rutherford]

The kirkland wool socks at Costco are nice. The mens' are just like smartwool and were something like 16000 for 4 pairs.