I can't believe you're wearing socks to bed. Me: Does wearing socks even do anything? She'll wear socks to bed sometimes, and I never do. It turns out that we both may be, because there are a couple of schools of thought when it comes to wearing socks to bed. That's especially true if you wear the same socks to bed at night that you've worn all day long, according to researchers who tested socks that people had worn from 7am to 11pm.