Thanks all for the votes, really pleased that I have jumped from bottom 10% on first submission to top 15% on this, my fourth photo. Really chuffed that someone has even added this to their favourites.
A great many choices - all very colorful! Nice lighting - by allowing the main socks to be well lit and the background fade into semi-darkness. Your title "What's wrong with black" makes me think of your border! What's wrong is that it is too heavy and non needed for me. I normally don't subtract points for borders - but I had to think twice on this one.