with his lobster and superman socks worn on his 89th birthday or canadian prime minister justin trudeau sport everything from ducks to chewbacca. >> you're famous for your socks. >> it distracts people every now and then. >> so do no socks in a courtroom. since he's in custody, manafort is not allowed to wear a belt or shoe laces and he's only allowed government issued white socks. his spokesman tells cnn he doesn't like white socks. as esquire put it, paul manafort is being forced into socklessness by his own vanity. they also point out actually white socks are awesome, they're in. >> love with the white socks. >> reporter: but some loafa lovers prefer freedom for their feet and if he wouldn't wear white socks, it's a safe bet the fashion conscious former trump campaign chairman wouldn't get caught dead in trump hair socks