These are cute socks.  Very thin, no padding at all.  There is a fair amount of stretch in the sock, with the "neck" (I don't know what else to cal it) being minimally stretchy.  This seems to keep the sock in place - I wear them around the house or while wearing clog-type shoes, so I don't know how they would do in a regular shoe with an enclosed heel.  The colors and patterns are very bright and they turned out well after a run through the washer and dryer.  They come out of the dryer looking like baby socks, but stretched to fit my size-10 foot just fine.  My main issue with these is that the toe seams are rough and very uncomfortable.  The ends of the seams are kind of a knot of threading, which rubs at my toes.

Overall, cute socks but not very comfortable.