The sock is the most intimate garment a man wears and the most commonly abandoned to chance. It should not be. A well-made sock in merino or fine cotton holds its elasticity, holds its colour, and holds its shape through years of wear without the heel thinning or the toe wearing through in a season. These are socks from makers who take them seriously: Canali, Amanda Christensen, and William Lockie among them. The detail nobody sees until they do, at which point it says everything.