Socks. Bet you don’t think about them much. Well, I do, and believe me, I have some serious opinions about socks. They have to be just right, especially for leg-intensive activities like skiing. If they’re going under ski boots or climbing boots, they have to be tall enough to keep from creating pressure points, and can’t slip down or bunch up. Not too thick, not too thin, not too short, not too tight – getting the idea? Just call me Goldisocks.

My chief complaint about ski socks is that they are never quite the right length. If they’re too short, they cut into the calf, and if they’re long enough, they dig right into the knee joint by the end of the day. Lorpen to the rescue! These socks are long – long enough to pull right up over my knees a la Britney Spears in her “Baby One More Time” days (which gives me yet ANOTHER Halloween costume idea). While they don’t quite stay put long enough to finish my music video, they don’t dig into the backs of my knees and they don’t shift around or fall down. They give a little firm support without cutting off circulation, and basically I can forget they are even there. Lorpen: the socks you can forget about. Hm, maybe that’s not the image they want – but in my book, that’s exactly what I’m looking for. If you’re thinking about your socks all day, you’re probably wishing you wore different ones. If you’ve forgotten you’re wearing them, it’s a victory.