Luxury dress socks from pringle of scotland these 100 mercerised cotton rib socks have the fineness smoothness and silky finesse that is necessary for quality formal shoes which usually have a more narrow closer fit the mercerisation process is an expensive one but turns cotton into a far more luxurious and stronger fabricthe distinctive mercerised sheen of these true sockhalf calf pringle of scotland socks makes them a sophisticated choice for men who prefer a lighter pair of dress soc