[QUOTE] You're kidding?[/QUOTE] I hope so. Anyone knows the proper colour of socks to wear is black. Unless you have blue shoes of course - but no-one of quality wears blue shoes (hides shoes I got married in - dark blue Italian shoes that I still have in a cupboard somewhere). Of course dark navy is considerably better than (say) purple. And those who wear white socks with anything other than trainers are utterly without sartorial breeding of any kind. [QUOTE] Even with a black suit and black shoes?[/QUOTE] Well quite. Phil.