Is it truth that Napoleon wore red socks?

Question

Is it truth that Napoleon wore red socks?

Answer 1

Napoleon liked to party just as much as everyone else!

Answer 2

Looks like they're dirty and black.

Answer 3

only on one picture in la louvre (paris) he wore red socks! that's the picture when he was send to st'Helen island near corsica!

Answer 4

While it is difficult to say categorically that Napoleon never wore red socks, it is most unlikely that he did. It is however said that during his spell as First Consul he was regularly given royal blue socks and gloves by Marcel Quelnez de Brun, owner of a fashionable clothing shop in Paris.