The sculpture depicts a man seated on a bollard, naked except for the eponymous sock on his left foot.

[3] In 1997, Charnwood Borough Council decided to have a sculpture to provide "an attractive feature and focus of public interest" in the newly-pedestrianised Loughborough Market Place.

A panel of local experts and laypeople were gathered to make the decision; the winning design was by Scottish sculptor, Shona Kinloch.

My idea for the Loughborough Market Place is a man, rather on the stocky side, who sits admiring his zigzag sock.

The design on the sock is inspired by the fact of the woollen industry, hosiery and knitwear being the speciality, contributing greatly to Loughborough's prosperity.