This is really dumb.
The website claims "Minisocks are unexpected." Well, yeah, that's about the nicest thing you could say. "They will give you a chic parisian touch and will enhance your favorite pair of shoes." I think my favorite pair of shoes would run off screaming if a "minisock" got anywhere near them. Not to mention the reaction The Mad One would have. Running off screaming is probably the mildest possible scenario there.
What an incredibly bad idea.
Recalling the Dreadful Eighties, the closest socks came to pumps was in that ZZ Top video "Sharp Dressed Man"(?) with the chickies in bobby socks and stilletos. It wasn't a good idea then -- and the French only made it worse in the reviving and embellishing. Another reason to dislike the French... Yea, Italy won the World Cup! More importantly - YEA! The World Cup is OVER!!!!
I've tried these and they are actually amazingly cool looking! Very price-y though.
I'm having a hard time believing it, Pat, but if you can make 'em work, more power to you! I've never been known for my fashion sense, to say the very least :-)