The Ultimate Bison Sock, $38, available at United By Blue
The original review: 20 cold-weather essentials we swear by for getting through the fall and winter months
"My coworker Amir Ismael first turned me on to United By Blue with their socks over the summer. I put them on, thought they felt nice, and then noticed my feet were sweating. I’ll never need these things, I thought to myself. Then winter came.
The temperature was creeping down to what had become a very unfamiliar and unbearably uncomfortable level. Frantically, on Black Friday no less, I scrambled to find the thickest, warmest socks known to mankind. Then, serendipitously, a United By Blue sale popped up in my email inbox and I quickly recalled how my feet roasted and perspired in their socks. Oh how the tables had turned. Perchance to dream! I dusted off my wallet, rummaged into its bowels for my credit card, and blew a cool pair of Benjamins without thinking twice.
At $38 a pair, these Bison wool socks aren’t cheap (frankly, they’re almost more than I’m generally willing to spend on even a pair of shoes), but they’re as thick as can be and even after about a dozen washes, they’re still thick and springy as virgin wool. I’m wearing them at this very moment, and my feet and I continue to exist with profuse gratitude to Amir. If your feet are even remotely cold right now, buy these socks. Yes, I know they’re $38, but if I’ve learned anything upon my return to the dreary, sludgy brown streets of the northeast, it’s that you cannot put a price on a good pair of socks." — Owen Burke, senior reporter