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This one leans towards the trail. The Nallur works a marled, earthy rib against contrast cuffs and a dark heel — a rugged, outdoorsy pair that's just as happy inside walking boots as it is kicking about at the weekend. Hard-wearing and characterful, it brings ANT45's eighty years of sock-making to the more rough-and-ready end of the drawer.
ANT45 sprang to life from a simple conviction: a cashmere sock deserves the same care as a cashmere jumper. It's the work of Calzificio Bonadei, a family mill in the heart of Brescia that's been making socks since 1945, for decades as the quiet hands behind Zegna, Ferragamo and Jimmy Choo. It's the kind of pedigree you can't fake — eight decades of craft, and all of it under one Italian roof. Sure, the fibres might not be local (Egyptian cotton, Australian merino, Mongolian cashmere), but every stitch, wash and fold is done in-house by people who've devoted their lives to it. The resulting socks take pride of place in any drawer, adding a bit of luxury to the inside of every brogue, boot and boat shoe — and good enough that gifting a pair feels less like giving socks and more like letting someone in on a secret.