These include cookies that allow you to be remembered as you explore the site within a single session or, if you request, from session to session. In some cases these cookies can improve the speed with which we can process your request as they allow us to remember site preferences that you’ve selected. Before giving into defeat I'd pull the fallen socks back up a few times —as high as possible, ensuring I gave my feet sock wedgies — but my efforts never made a difference. She primarily covers entertainment and digital culture trends, and in her free time she can be found watching TV, sending voice notes, or going viral on Twitter for admiring knitwear.

She taught me about music, dance, and life, but perhaps, more importantly, she introduced me to the unsung hero of the sock world: half socks. It might look like the sock fragments would come off more easily than full socks, but they cling onto the front of your foot for dear life. Social media and advertising cookies of third parties are used to offer you social media functionalities and personalised ads. Some may argue that exposed ankles are still gross, but these people are likely living in the 18th century, so whatever.Everything's fine when you put the socks and shoes on, but a few steps later, you're left walking on lumps of misplaced fabric. They help to make the bag and checkout process possible as well as assisting in security issues and conforming to regulations. De-selecting these cookies may result in you seeing advertising that is not as relevant to you, not being able to link effectively to Facebook, Twitter or other social networks, and/or not being allowed to share content on social media. I'd giddily prance around the house with my incomplete socks on, sliding and spinning across the wooden floors on my toes. You know, that day-derailing moment when a sock, especially a low-cut sock, slips down around your foot and awkwardly bunches under the arch?

Anyone who wears Chuck Taylors, Vans, Keds, or other lace-up or slip-on sneakers has likely experienced the dreaded sock drop.I have drawers bursting with ankle socks, crew socks, boot socks, knee socks, over the knee socks, and even a few pairs of shitty no-show socks. They get the job done, and simultaneously give the impression that you're an extremely chill person who wears sneakers sans socks — without the grossness of actually going sock-less, of course.