No-show socks are my sworn enemy.I hate them: the way they instantly slip off my heel the
second I step outside my apartment, the way they pool around in my sneakers, and the way
they still somehow peek over the sides of my loafers, rendering their name a lie.
But I will never stop wearing them.
Why? When they work, they look … so cool.
To be clear, actually wearing shoes without socks is gross. Your feet get sweaty and weird.
Your toes feel damp. And, worst of all, your sad, innocent Chuck Taylors will smell like that
one day ¡ª the day you stupidly did not wear socks ¡ª forever.
But there’s something satisfying about the no-show sock con, about projecting that you are somehow immune to gross feet, despite your
very real attempts to curb them underneath your shoes. On very hot days, or stressful days,
or (most often) days that are both hot and stressful, it even feels a little powerful ¡ª a way to
beat the system, a trick that harms no one else and keeps your feet dry. It looks effortless,
but only you know about it. That feels good!
