What's with the pink socks and thong, no homo
They are not "socks" per se, but are called Nike Aqua Socks, where have you been? Nike had these water shoes back in the early 90s, that were very trendy, in fact they were the forerunner to the neoprene "socks" in the in Air Haraches.
My guess is that Cormier decided to match his posing trunks with the Nikes.
Here are some more examples:
and a split toed version