XOAB: Socks, done right.
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Beautiful designs, great fit. Combed cotton or Merino wool. Made in the USA. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Backers: 1220
Average Pledge Per Backer: $81
Funded: $98,895 of $30,000
Dates: Aug 21st -> Oct 20th (60 days)
Project By: Rick & Neil Levine
Backers: 1220
Average Pledge Per Backer: $81
Funded: $98,895 of $30,000
Dates: Aug 21st -> Oct 20th (60 days)
Project By: Rick & Neil Levine
$98,895
current pledge level
Last Updated: October 20 @ 12:30 -0400 GMT
329%
of goal
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Latest News
A Colorado company you've heard of and one you haven't make Fast Company's most-innovative list
March 2nd - via: bizjournals.com
DENVER, CO - A great big Colorado company and an itty-bitty one share spots in the magazine's report on the world's most innovative companies. (Read More)
Complete catalog. 
October 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Almost there! Our Kickstarter project will close at noon, eastern time on Sunday. Neil has put together a new catalog graphic that includes our original designs and colorways, the new colorways we added based on your survey responses, and the... (Read More)
Housekeeping, and a few notes...
October 16th - via: kickstarter.com
A few clarifications and details to our last update on the new designs. Thank you to those who have already chosen to add our new designs to their pledge. (See our previous update here.)An international backer asked if our free shipping for the... (Read More)
A thank you: two exclusive designs.
October 13th - via: kickstarter.com
As we enter the final week of our campaign we thank you all again for your participation, enthusiasm and generosity of spirit. As you read this update, our dye house is busy dyeing our yarn, and we're working on getting our web site ready to let you... (Read More)
And the Winner is ...
October 9th - via: kickstarter.com
The results are in! Thank you to everyone who participated in our 50K stretch goal survey for new colorsways. Over 500 of you selected your favorites and you chose well. We appreciate your help and we're very excited to expand the line by 2 new... (Read More)
$75K reached; gift shipping.
October 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to all your support, we've reached our second stretch goal, at $75,000, and have more than 1,000 backers. We're very gratified by your enthusiasm. Because we've reached $75K, we're going to provide individual gift shipping for our socks for... (Read More)
Brothers Rick and Neil Levine want to bring color and pattern to the men's sock market
October 3rd - via: denverpost.com
DENVER, CO - For guys, choosing socks is a simple affair. Work socks are black or brown. Sports, white. Done. (Read More)
Color survey.
October 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Our first stretch goal for our Kickstarter campaign was to add more color possibilities for backers to choose from. In response to your overwhelming support, we'd like you to help us select the new colors. Please follow this link to a color survey;... (Read More)
New colors; new press.
September 19th - via: kickstarter.com
(Breaking news! There's a great story about XOAB today in Fast Company's Co.Design: http://xoab.me/1dsz0Pw. Thanks to writer John Brownlee for a wonderful summary of what we're up to.) Thank you for your concern and support this week. The rain has... (Read More)
How Do You Design The Craziest, Most Comfortable Socks? Algorithms
September 19th - via: fastcodesign.com
XOAB wanted to make the most colorful and comfortable socks you've ever worn but they had to overcome some big technical hurdles to do so. (Read More)
$50,000; a quick note
September 12th - via: kickstarter.com
We've reached $50,000! Our thanks go out to the 640 backers who helped us get here. Apologies for the brevity of this update. We'll post more about this milestone, and getting our colorway survey rolling in the coming week. Why so short? Rick is in... (Read More)
Stretch goals.
September 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
We hope you had a great weekend! We've been busy these last few days mapping out our next steps, now that we can secure our initial yarn inventory thanks to your pledges. We want to make it easier to get you more socks while focusing on what we love... (Read More)
Thank you.
August 30th - via: kickstarter.com
We've made it to our goal of $30K so much sooner than we ever expected, all thanks to your support and enthusiasm and because you've shared our socks with your friends and communities. We are touched and very grateful to all of you who made this... (Read More)
Half-way there
August 26th - via: kickstarter.com
We reached 50% of our goal at 7:30 am eastern time this morning, a few hours less than five days since we launched. At the end of the day we're now heading towards 60%. Neil and I are overwhelmed by the support you've shown us. It's very heartening... (Read More)
Crowdfunding Mailbox: XOAB - Socks Done Right, STANNT Shirts, Swirlgear Women's Running Apparel
August 24th - via: crowdfundinsider.com
This week’s Mailbox is dedicated to Fashion – a Fashion Week Mailbox. Amongst many other very interesting crowdfunding campaigns we received several clothing related projects. Each unique in their own way. (Read More)
We're on our way!
August 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to all of you for making our first day a success. We can't do this without you, and we're touched by the support we're seeing from not only our friends but also from those we haven't met who have seen our project and want to try our socks. Our... (Read More)
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