How high is the perfect crew sock? A trend started with Lady D and continued with Fear of God

There seems to be a very precise mathematical formula behind the perfect size of the sock, a specific balance that includes the thickness of the fabric, the height on the leg - at the right distance from the ankle, but also the knee -, strength or softness. Solved the age-old issue of sandals with socks, now completely safe and even trendy, in every shape and color (thanks Tyler, the Creator), now the battle has moved to the field of sportswear, a territory in which the sock is ready to take center stage.

"The importance of the sock. It's almost more important than the height of the sneaker." Gilda Ambrosio, a guest during the second episode of the first season of The SneakerPod, nss magazine podcast created in collaboration with StockX, gave this definition, making clear the importance of an often underestimated accessory, today the protagonist of a huge trend, of which Gilda is one of the major representatives. "It all started with a mistake. I was in New York, I walked into CVS and bought a box with 4 pairs of socks for $12. Only later did I realize that I bought the wrong box of socks, that those reached up to the knee. The trend then exploded, but I can no longer find other socks like them." To remedy the lack of socks of the right length, Ambrosio ended up designing them herself, including them in the collections of her brand The Attico. 

After the return of the knee-high thanks to the genius of Miuccia Prada, who made it in a veiled and logoed version that became a cult, the ugly chic trend adds a new piece, in socks once relegated to gyms and now ready for Fashion Week.