Socks were fabric garments that covered one's feet, worn beneath shoes.
In 2022, when a time travelling La'an Noonien-Singh and an alternate James T. Kirk sought to blend into 21st century Toronto, they stole a set of clothes from a Roots which had a sale display for thermal socks outside the fitting room. (SNW: "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow")
Prior to departing from a deuterium mining planet, Trip Tucker gave Q'ell a PADD containing the schematics for Enterprise NX-01 as a parting gift, adding, "you said you like to look at starships. This one'll knock your socks off." (ENT: "Marauders")
Instances[]
Captain Keene of the ECS Fortunate wore gray–black socks while being treated in the ship's infirmary in August 2151. (ENT: "Fortunate Son")
Doctor Paul Stubbs was wearing green wool socks when relaxing in his guest quarters aboard the USS Enterprise-D. (TNG: "Evolution")
During bachelorhood, Miles O'Brien had the habit of always leaving his socks on the floor of his quarters every night, as his wife Keiko had explained to Data and Jenna D'Sora in 2367. When Miles and Keiko got married, she made the mistake of picking his socks up a few times, but eventually came to the realization that if she kept it up she would doing it for he rest of her life, so she stopped, figuring that Miles would get the message and do it himself. Ten days later, the sock pile stood half a meter high, and after two weeks, she couldn't stand it anymore and she bundled them up and put them in the cleaning processor, and had continued to do it to that day. While Miles denied the socks were ever piled that high, he did say that she did a very good job at taking care of his socks. (TNG: "In Theory")
Lieutenant Worf wore brown wool socks during his paralysis in 2368. (TNG: "Ethics")
Jake Sisko typically wore colorful socks matching his outfits. (DS9: "The Nagus")
Starfleet uniform socks in the 2360s and 2370s were black. (TNG: "In Theory", "Suspicions"; VOY: "Ex Post Facto", "Natural Law", "Renaissance Man")
The Starfleet uniform of the early 2380s were typically worn with white socks. Captain Dayton was so insistent that the bridge of the USS Solvang be kept in brand-new condition, that she had her bridge officers remove their boots on the bridge, serving their shift with just socks on their feet. (LD: "No Small Parts")
A briefcase of socks was among the various items Ensign Brad Boimler's friends stashed on his former bunk after he transferred to the USS Titan in 2380. (LD: "Strange Energies")
Use by alien races[]
Ferengi in the 22nd century wore colorful socks. (ENT: "Acquisition")
The Andorian Thy'lek Shran was wearing dark socks while being treated by the Aenar in their underground city. (ENT: "The Aenar")
The Ferengi Zek wore colored wool socks. (DS9: "The Nagus")
Norvo Tigan wore black socks when he took off his shoes and sobered up on his bed. (DS9: "Prodigal Daughter")