Ancient socks called "footwear" or "foot bags", and through the evolution of thousands of years, it has developed into the current form of socks. The women of the ancient Roman city wrapped fine straps on their feet and legs. The leggings were the most primitive socks. Until the middle of the Middle Ages, this kind of "socks" became popular in Europe, but instead of fine belts, cloths were used. In the 16th century, the Spaniards began to separate the trousers stockings from their trousers and began to knit socks by weaving. Englishman Lee, W. (WilliamLee) engaged his wife in hand-knitting, which led him to the study of knitting machinery. In 1589, he invented the world's first hand-knitting machine for weaving wool trousers. In 1598 it was redesigned into a knitting machine that can produce finer stockings. Soon Frenchman Fournier started production of stockings in Lyon. It was not until the middle of the 17th century that cotton socks were produced. After the invention of nylon by DuPont in 1938, the first batch of nylon socks was put on the market in the same year. Since then, a complete change has taken place in the sock market. Nylon stockings have become popular and popular. The European fashion was late until the first batch of nylon stockings was formally launched in 1945. According to research, the most primitive socks appeared in China's Xia Dynasty (21st to 17th century BC). In the "Wen Zi" book, there is the phrase "The king of the King of Literature, the Department of Socks," refers to the band of Zhou Wenwang's socks. From the point of view of the two pairs of kneeling socks unearthed from the Tomb of the Western Han Dynasty at No. 1 Mawangdui in Changsha, they were all made of a tailor's tailoring, stitched to the foot and back, and the bottom was seamless. The stockings are open at the back and garters are attached to the opening. The number of socks is 23cm and 23.4cm, and the socks are 21cm high and 22.5cm high.　

Before the socks worn by people, people have been using leggings in a broad sense. This can be traced back to ancient Egypt when the kind of leather straps and the socks-like dress sewn with hemp or woolen fabrics. During the Crusade period, the sock Chausses appeared, but it was not prepared for the ladies. The Crusaders used pure silk fabrics to make beautiful socks. The ladies decorate their ankles with exquisitely small shoes and flicker under beautiful skirts. At that time, socks were patents for men. In 1589, Wilhelm Lee, a student at the British seminary, invented a machine for manually sewing socks, which was six times faster than hand sewing. This was the originator of the sewing machine. At the same time, ladies began to wear socks. Industrial sock production began in 1860. Hosiery industry has been looking for new materials to replace the small and expensive silk, and the production of blended yarn has made the hosiery industry a great success. In 1928, DuPont displayed the first pair of nylon socks, and at the same time, Bayer introduced polypropylene socks. In 1940, high nylon socks in the United States to create the highest historical record of sales, and began to become ordinary daily necessities.