I haven’t worn the socks six times. Truth be told, I have only seen pictures of them, but I feel that’s sufficient for the ambitions of this review. The socks are made of cotton, machine washable and retail for about a tenner. It might annoy some here that they come in only one size: 7-11 (UK). That doesn’t bother me though, as I’m size 11 and have no intention of buying a pair anyway. The design focuses largely on the iconic Dark Side of the Moon album cover and the Pink Floyd lettering previously used somewhere else, probably on one of their freebie postcards. The rest of the sock is devoted to an appropriate shade of black. The real surprise, as so often the case with Floyd, is in the hidden depths. The “sole”, if you like. The iconic Dark Side spectrum, originally emanating from a prism, is here a stand-alone feature, a sort of rainbow stripe that will no doubt conjure up all sorts of images and odours, depending on the individual wearer far more than the artwork itself.

What does it all *mean*? Hard to say, really. Nothing, in the grand scheme of things, I suspect.

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