How high does a crew sock sit?
A crew sock finishes mid-calf, roughly six to eight inches above the heel, which is the height most multipack and everyday programmes buy.
Sock types
Custom Crew Socks, Made to Your Spec
The everyday mid-calf workhorse, built to your brand. Custom and wholesale crew socks for apparel lines, multipacks, and merch, from a 2,000-pair minimum made in Turkiye.
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Overview
A crew sock is judged after fifty washes, not on the shelf
The everyday crew sock is the highest-rotation item in most wardrobes, so it fails where buyers never see it at purchase: a welt that relaxes and sags, a heel that thins, a mid-calf height that drifts from pair to pair across a large run. For a basics or multipack program, that post-laundry durability is the entire reputation, and it is decided on the knitting machine, not in the artwork. As a private-label and OEM manufacturer, Sihman Inc. engineers crew socks to survive the rotation: a ribbed welt set to a cuff tension that stays up wash after wash, reinforced heels and toes, and a combed-cotton or blended body held to the same height from the first pair to the last.
Crew length, set to your size curve
“Crew” is a height band rather than a single measurement, so we lock it with you at sampling. Typical starting points:
- Cuff height: roughly 15 to 20 cm up the calf (true mid-calf), tunable to your range.
- Size breaks: EU 35 to 46 across two or three knitted breaks, labeled to your US, UK, or EU sizing.
Plain on the outside, branded throughout
A simple crew is still a branding surface. We knit your logos, stripes, and color blocks straight into the sock as durable color rather than print, add woven labels, and band multipacks in your own packaging. The make holds steady from a first run through the 5,000+ pair volumes that basics and multipack lines depend on, knit in Istanbul through our sister company Elteksan and delivered duty-paid into the US on one landed price.
What a crew program needs from a factory
Everyday socks compete on cost and consistency, not novelty, so the factory matters more than the pattern. You bring the design and the size curve; we bring the knit engineering, the batch-to-batch quality control, and the capacity to run a basics line at the volumes its margins are built on.
Key features
Built to your spec
01
Versatile mid-calf height
The crew length is the everyday default: it works across casual, sport, and workwear ranges, making it the backbone of most sock programs.
02
Ribbed stay-up cuff
A comfortable ribbed welt holds the sock up all day without digging in, tuned to your preferred tension.
03
Reinforced wear zones
Reinforced heels and toes extend the life of an everyday sock that gets worn and washed constantly.
04
Flexible knit-in branding
Stripes, color blocks, and knit-in logos reproduce cleanly, so a plain workhorse can still carry strong brand identity.
Materials & customization
Yarns and finishing options
Materials
- Combed cotton for soft, breathable everyday wear
- Cotton / polyamide / elastane for durability and fit
- Bamboo or Modal blends for a softer premium tier
- Recycled-content blends for sustainable ranges
Customization
- Cuff tension and ribbing style
- Plain, striped, and color-blocked designs
- Knit-in logos and brand colors
- Woven labels, hang tags, and multipack banding
- Single-pair and multipack packaging
Who it’s for
Brands we manufacture for
- Everyday apparel and basics brands
- Multipack and value retail ranges
- Workwear and uniform programs
- Merchandise and corporate-gifting lines
Why Sihman
Sihman Inc. is the sister company of Elteksan, a private label sock manufacturer knitting in Istanbul since 1999. Every pair is made in Istanbul through our sister company Elteksan, which manages production.
Budgeting a program? See indicative per-pair prices, delivered duty-paid, in our pricing guide.
Production · Brief
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
- Are crew socks good for multipacks?
- Yes. The crew length is the most universal everyday height, which makes it ideal for multipacks. We produce the volumes multipack ranges need, with the best pricing on runs of 10,000+ pairs.
- Can a plain crew sock still carry our branding?
- Yes. Even a simple crew can carry knit-in logos, stripes, color blocks, and woven labels in your brand colors, woven as durable color rather than print. We manufacture to your design.
- What materials suit a crew range?
- Combed cotton is the everyday workhorse; bamboo, Modal, and recycled blends let you offer a softer or more sustainable premium tier. We'll help you tier the range at sampling.
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