The "Sock Queen" Knits Tradition and Innovation Together by The Manufacturing Report published on 2019-12-04T19:39:47Z Dubbed the "Sock Queen" by The New York Times, Gina Locklear, founder of zkano organic socks, founded her company with the central mission of saving her parents' sock mill in Fort Payne, Ala. Ten years later, she's as determined as ever to restore her hometown's manufacturing legacy as the "Sock Capital of the World." Photo courtesy of zkano Genre Storytelling