Michael Jordan, aside from his current choice of wardrobe, really was a fashion icon and trend setter in the 1980's and 90's, as he changed the way America wore it's socks.
Around the late 1980's we all started copying his low style of sock wear and as the years progressed, the socks became lower and lower until you could barely see them lol
Kids would get teased if their socks were "too high" and even now it took a bit of bravery for me to pull my "striped or branded" crew socks up and wear them with shorts, as it had been ingrained in my mind that it wasn't "cool"
As of today, I've settled with half socks as "the ideal way" to wear socks, as I still feel I'm going to get teased if I rock the full crew sock length (but I still do it anyways) as everything in America is so weird right now anyhow