Next time you’re outside, look at ankles. Observe socks. These little tubes of fabric that you ball up and toss in the laundry every night are the Rosetta Stone of style. Humans have been wearing ...

MY HOSIERY GATEWAY DRUG was a pair of tie-dye socks my acupuncturist gave me in 2019. They came from Woodsock, his husband’s sock shop in Woodstock, N.Y. Before, I’d never been much into tie-dye or ...