Our Story
Paul Bryan Lineage
Paul Bryan, Inc. is deeply rooted in North Carolina textiles. The family lineage dates back to circa 1930's, where Paul's grandfather started the textile journey. He eventually opened Russell Hosiery Mills in Star, NC, which became a staple textile brand across the US and setting up the next 3 generations to follow in his footsteps.
A heartwarming Tale (not really though) of 2 friends and a Sock Company
Paul & Bryan Background:
Both, Paul & Bryan, hail from small manufacturing towns in North Carolina. They met in 1996 while working for a Wilmington, NC radio station, where they worked together for more than a decade. Eventually, Paul left NC for the bright lights of New York City to work for an online video company, focusing on corporate video. Bryan remained in radio running his morning show for a while longer. Around 2008, Paul finally decided to join the family hosiery business, much to the delight of his family. He then focused his efforts on selling socks into retail stores across the US and developing new products.
Paul Bryan USA Socks Creation:
In 2019, Paul approached Bryan about upping the sock game and delving into the world of USA Made, luxury socks. The goal was to construct extremely comfortable, durable socks with high end knitting machines and high end yarns. The emphasis was to keep all operations, from design to manufacturing, here in the United States. Using the connections established by Paul and Bryan, as well as the 2 generations before them, Paul Bryan is proud to say that all operations and products are Made in the USA. At the end of the day, the goal is to have everyone fill their sock drawers with an American made, well constructed, comfortable sock.
The Paul Bryan Quality:
We use the highest quality yarns to create upscale, high quality socks that are built for comfort and durability. We design and manufacture all of our products in North Carolina. The Paul Bryan label may be new, but our sock pedigree goes back to 1928.
Bottom Line......WE KNOW SOCKS!!!
The Paul Bryan Yarns:
The Paul Bryan Sock line currently consist of these fine, high end yarns:
Long Staple Ring Spun Combed Cotton
Acrylic
Merino Wool
Coolmax Polyester
More to come as we continue to grow.
BCA PINK RIBBON MISSION
Everyone has a cause nowadays. The popular thing is to hand out socks to the homeless. The reality is, most sock manufacturers do this already, the general public is just not aware of it. We wanted to take a different approach and opted to continue the work started by Paul’s father, by donating $1 from every pink ribbon pair sold to fund ongoing breast cancer research.
The staggering fact is, 1 out of every 4 people is affected (directly or indirectly) by this disease and we are no different, as both Paul and Bryan have been affected indirectly by breast cancer.
All donations are made annually during the 4th quarter to Duke University Medical Center.
In today’s world, Paul Bryan, Inc. knows how important transparency is. Because of this, we are offering our customers the ability to track their donation from their purchased pink ribbon socks. Just email us at questionpbmotives@paulbryanusa.com.