Well it certainly goes without saying how important socks are in Men's life. Whether it’s on sports shoes or formal one or actually for that matter even if they are on floaters, socks forms an indispensable part of the feet.

It is advisable to buy a couple of pairs of dark socks for special occasions. It is also important to see to it that you wear socks that match your trousers, and ideally buy socks while you are shopping for trousers that would certainly make life much easier!

Socks are knit fabrics and fabric used is 100% cotton, cotton-nylon, cotton-lycra, cotton polyester, wool and its blends. They can be in plain, stripes or in designs like argyle.

An argyle is a diamond shaped pattern in contrasting colors. However, cotton socks are the most popular category. Research indicated that when socks are worn for long periods that generally start to smell. This is because feet are enclosed for more than 10 hours are day with out any oxygen and space to breathe.

In order to overcome this drawback, brands like zodiac have come out with odor-free socks i.e. socks that don’t smell no matter for how long you keep wearing them.

Normally socks are sold as one piece each though pack of fives and threes are becoming very common. Major brands in socks are include stop, zodiac, Park Avenue and mustang and recently even brands like provogue, zod are coming out with socks.

Most of the other Men's apparels come in different sizes usually starting form extra small, to extra, extra, and extra large. However, this is not the case when it comes to socks.

All socks come in free size. There are a lot of types, colors and patterns available in different brands that can also be viewed online and ordered.