My husband is persnickety about socks and his favorite brand is no longer making the tall boot socks, so he's been hunting for a replacement brand. After six different sets, he settled on the Wranglers.

These stay up over the calf all day without sliding down or shifting and they aren't so tight that they hurt. They are thick and comfortable in steel toe work boots doing actual work, but not sweltering hot in July Texas heat. I've run several pairs of these through the laundry multiple times in hot water and they are holding up fine - no shrinking and no loose elastic.