i think it was either to cover his viltigo или cover his burns from the pepsi accident....then he wore it 4 his fashion like the перчатка, перчатки или the hat!!!!! and cos he is sexy!!!
I really don't think it was to cover his viligligo(idk how to spell it lol) anyways mabye it was cuz of that but I heard one time mj сказал(-а) that he wore them cuz wen he dances he wanted the light to reflect on the tape so people can also focus on his hand movements LOL that's y he wore the shiny socks too lol