Socks are primarily a fashion accessory -for me, anyway. The exception is athletic type socks, which need to be functional above all else.

I have so many dress and casual socks in all kinds of colors and patterns. I buy a new pair or 7 whenever I go clothes shopping. I only wear each pair maybe once every couple of months. As such, I probably never need to buy another pair again, lol.

But even at my infrequent wear cycle, there are some socks that have begun to wear out, whether it’s a hole, fraying or loss of elasticity. Sometimes the matching one just disappears into the sock dimension.

I just don’t think socks can ever be BIFL. They can’t be designed to be that because you wear them on the part of the body that gets the most action. BIFL, to me, implies something you only have to buy once and it will last forever and you certainly can’t do that with a pair of socks.