Here at Socks4Life, we work hard to bring you the best selection of dress, athletic, and casual socks at the most affordable prices. For most people we feel that’s a pretty solid goal, high quality socks that people can afford. What if we decided one day to only sell the highest socks? What would our store look like? Other than being much, much smaller, I imagine it’d look something like these.
The most affordable of our Ferrari priced line up of high end hosiery is the Zimmerli 100% Cashmere Over-the-Calf Dress Sock. Even though it has the longest name of all these socks, it might have the shortest lifespan. According to Zimmerli, after about the sixth or seventh wash these socks start to fall apart. So 200 dollars buys you a lot of comfort, but not a lot of resiliency.
Next up on tour of hypothetical decadence is the nearly twelve hundred dollar ode to ‘Because we can’ from Falke of Germany. These socks that retail for $1,188 a pair are made from an exceedingly rare and fabric called Vicuna. Vicuna fabric is, shockingly enough, made from the down hair of the Peruvian Vicuna. Vicuna fabric retails for about the same price as gold by weight, which makes sense when you realize that the Vicuna is an endangered species that only produces one pound of wool.
If you were ever wondering whether or not you’d moved on from ‘Why yes, I will supersize that’ rich to ‘I should become a supervillian’ rich these socks should be able to help you realize it. The Cervelt socks from Harry’s of London, cost 1500 dollars. The high cost of the fabric comes from the fact that Cervelt is made from the fur of one type of red deer that is only found on New Zealand.
And to round out the top end of our record setting sock store catalog we have a pair of socks that cost $10,500. Admittedly these socks have already been worn once, but it was only once and in the NFC Championship Game in 2013. If you haven’t already guessed yet, these are the socks that Frank Gore wore ‘too low’ according to the NFL. While these socks aren’t actually for sale, it’s the start of the off season and taking potshots at the No Fun League is always a good time.