Talking Feet

These socks are sunnier than Simon “sunny disposition” Porte himself. Notoriously carefree and positive, the French designer has effortlessly translated the design-forward charm of his womenswear line into menswear staples for SS19. These yellow “Les Chaussettes” socks have a je ne sais quoi, but one thing je sais for sure is they are joie de vivre distilled into a yolky cotton-blend tube sock.

Retro-classic socks get a modern update. Let your legs do the talking, according to Wacko Maria’s skater socks. These guys are for getting away with it.

Former Central Saint Marten’s graduate Sofia Prantera started her label Aries after spending years at cult labels Slam City Skates and Silas. Her background in streetwear comes together with her formal design training to produce a line of luxury goods with a casual sensibility. It’s easy to picture this pair with loose, cuffed work pants, their message legible across the ankle as their wearer kickflips down the road. Fun socks are not a crime!

Toe socks aren’t just for the feet of tweens gel-penning in their rooms, or of those planted with balance on a yoga mat. Toe socks go luxury as irony and camp are on the rise, socks-and-sandals no longer a faux pas but a sign of someone so in the know they know to pretend they aren’t. Fendi’s striped beige “Fiend” socks emit a perfectly convoluted sartorial signal.

Here a sport sock stalwart has a bit of fun, by way of Renaissance Boy Eli Russell Linetz’s collaboration with Nike.

Just when you thought you had seen it all with socks, Japanese label Doublet serves up the Three-in-One.