The earliest formal wear socks was actually the mid-tube socks in the 16th century, the European aristocracy to wear tube socks for the United States.

Apparel and apparel because nothing more than to better protect and beautify our body, 

the emergence of socks is no exception. 

The earliest socks are actually more aptly known as the leggings, 

the ancient Egyptians had used leather leg banding and sewn with linen or wool fabric similar to the socks of the dress.

 With the development of costumes and civilizations, people's demand for beauty gradually apparently overshadowed the practicality of men's formal wear socks is in the form of beautiful stockings into the line of sight. In the 16th and 17th centuries, 

Europe's aristocratic men's clothing was exquisitely dressed and well-dressed.

Men in bulky shorts, stockings and high heels at the time even drank more fat than women. Garter as a men's products also came into being, they are decorated with lace in the stockings socks, 

and decorated with a bow on the knee outside, very delicate ornate. Until the 19th century, the popularity of trousers to completely replace the stockings become men's clothing,

 men's garter also slipped from the thigh to the calf position, 

and relegated to an "internal" decoration. 

The 16th-century European aristocrats used the stockings as their beauty. 19th-century gentlemen, while still retaining the garter, have changed their position on the calf.