pelihu wrote:
Technically, socks should be darker than your suit, and lighter than your shoes. For interviews, your suit should be the darkest shade of navy blue (which looks black under most lighting) or charcoal gray. If you can find a shade between these and your black shoes (you're going to be wearing black shoes aren't you?), then go for it. For the purposes of interviewing, black socks works best, because there just aren't many shades between navy blue and black.
Good stuff Pel.
I can't even picture in my head socks being darker than shoes. Just so wrong. Anyway, your socks should match your pants. While the bottom of your pants is moving around, your color-matching socks give a more consistent view of your pant leg.
If your socks match your shoes, but not your pants, it looks like you're wearing boots.
But for all intents and purposes, Pelihu's advice was to be fool-proof, hence the black socks to match the dark shade of charcoal/navy suits.