Fort Payne: Zkano & Little River Sock Company

Fort Payne was once the Sock Capital of the World and Gina Locklear is keeping its claim-to-fame alive with Zkano and Little River Sock Company, her two lines of high-end socks. Locklear started the company in 2009 to design and manufacture socks using certified organic cotton and sustainable practices at Emi-G Knitting, her parent’s sock company that is one of the few mills still operating in Fort Payne. All phases of production are in-house from knitting to finishing without the use of harmful heavy metal dyes. Locklear says the company has “no plans to ever leave Fort Payne.”

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