Mean streets

For the stripe-and-checkered-only shy type, socks are rarely considered much more than underwear. This piece of clothing come in the same colors and patterns as daily office apparel.

But with so little elements in menswear to show personality and to distinguish oneself from the maddening crowd, every single detail matters: even a little knit runs a long way.

When you roam the streets, hang out, visit your weekend haunts or simply goof off, you can bring the color back into your get up without being excessively loud and self-involved. Get playful and quirky by accentuating your blue and play-it-safe neutrals uniform with a basic palette of bright hues.

Boys will be boys. Get a kick from a fresh chromatic perspective. Match them with your ruffled ruffian outfit.

Jump, run, jog, and take a flying kick! Stretch and wear them out as you play the hectic tourist, city wanderer, or plain street bum.

Modify your metropolitan poseur and whack your preppy intellectual into less cerebral affectation.

Put a sock on your inhibitions and wear them up to the knee. Who says only soccer players and high school girls get to have all the fun?

In whatever look your mood surprises you with, pulled up or rolled down, a cool new pair is sure to send you preening or leaping.