Happy Socks is based in New York, NY. Happy Socks began in 2008 when friends Mikael Soderlindh and Viktor Tell had a vision: to spread happiness by turning an everyday essential into a colorful design piece with a rigid standard of ultimate quality, craftsmanship and creativity. Their line of women's socks is named inchHysteriainch, which often described women in a negative light - but they wanted to combat that negativity and empower women to be exactly who they want to be.