My husband was always a big fan of gold toe half calf wool socks but lately, it seems like the quality of gold toe has declined and it looks like they have discontinued their half calf wools socks.  And my husband can be very particular about the quality of his clothes.  So when his wool dress socks were starting to look pretty sad, I started searching for some replacements.  After hitting about a zillion stores and not finding any good quality socks, I turned online to look.  I found these and some ecco dress socks and bought a pair of each.  Well after over a month of use, he is very happy with both pairs of socks.  Both fit as expected, have not shown any pilling, and are not showing premature wear.  If you are looking for good quality dress socks, you won't go wrong with either these of the ecco dress socks.  Highly recommend.