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Trainers and sneakers have come a long way from the gym – today you’ll find them on fashion runways and catwalks as urban wear is well truly the latest craze in the fashion world. Brands such as Puma, Nike and Onitsuka Tiger sneakers are becoming all the rage – and they sport the hefty designer price tags to match. Many top of the line lables are lending a hand in stylising and creating – not a sneaker, but really a pair of footwear art. While sneaker traditions are certainly being cast aside, there are still a number of steadfast fashion no-no’s when it comes to trainer wear.

Don’t be caught making one of these classic fashion faux pas:

White Sneakers with Black Jeans – made famous by Jerry Seinfeld, but still cringe worthy unless you want to be labelled a geek. However, there are some new takes on this traditional fashion-don’t, with celebrities like Justin Timberlake hitting the red carpet in white sneakers and a black suit for the MTV Video Music Awards. However, unless you liken your fashion conscience to those of Timberlake – it’s probably best to steer clear.

Ditch the Visible Sock, especially dark ones – we all should know white socks with dress shoes and dark trousers are a bad idea, but the opposite is also true. If you’re sporting light coloured sneaks, stay away from the long black tube socks. Instead, opt for low cut socks that stop just at your ankle, especially if you’ll be wearing them with shorts.

Hybrid Recall – the cars may be all the rage, but you’re not fooling anyone with a hybrid sneaker. Trainers that pose as dress shoes, with leather tops and sporty soles, are just trying to be something they’re not. They don’t make a good impression at work and certainly won’t fit in at the gym, so the best place for them is the back of your closet!

Wrong Way to Walk to Work – women have been doing it for years, but much to our dismay, men are picking up the trend of wearing their gym trainers with their work clothes for the daily commute. Guys, if you really can’t take the hard leather soles on your delicate feet, stick to a pair of stylish Merrell shoes or similar street shoes with your suits, not $400 cross trainers with fluorescent orange racing stripes. (See next point)

A Fine Line – continuing from the point above, there is a fine line between trainers for the street and trainers for training. Sport sneakers belong in the gym or on the court so use your running shoes, cross trainers and tennis shoes for the purposes that they were designed for and limit your daily wear to Converse sneakers or casual street shoes.

Lovely ladies have always enjoyed wearing silk scarves for fashion. However, how many unusual ways to use your silk scarves do you know besides the common neck wearing? Here are some creative ways to use your silk scarves and you can develop your own ways to use them even better.

If you’re planning to spend time on the beach, you’ll need a bikini. If you would like an extra protection, you could think about silk scarves as a covering for the front upper body. You can get a better useful feature from the large square silk scarves. Take two neighboring ends and make a knot at the back of neck. These remaining two ends are joined at the back waist. Tuck the loose ends in to make alterations. You can dress like a fashion models on the beach, because the silk texture and rich designs give you a lot of choices. If you are brave enough to show your beautiful back, then you can only wear the large silk scarves.

Silk scarves may be used to tie a butterfly knot on your cap as well. To this scarf knot both large square silk scarves and long silk scarves can be applied. Surrounding a broad rimmed hat with a silk scarf can bring a plain hat to life. The silk scarf may be fastened like a butterfly on your headgear or the ends may even be left loose. You can have a completely different look from the silk scarf, even a common farmer hat. Both colorful scarves and plain scarves can be used to create a new fashion look.

Decorative belts are a big thing these days to complement the many low waist pants that people are wearing. Lengthier silk scarves as well as sequin-embellished silk scarves may be used as belt-type accessories. Moreover, the silk textural quality makes it appealing as fashion.

Accessories play a very important role in changing the look of the women. Tying a scarf on the handbag has become popular by following the trend of attaching a doll key ring on the handbags. Silk scarves are so versatile that some people like to tie them to their handbags or make fancy knots like a flower and sewed onto a canvas bag.

Women have been using scarves for 20 plus years to tie up their hair. Silk scarves have the better texture and more attractive patterns. Now the accessory has been changed to silk scarves. In addition to tie your horse tail hair, you can also twist the silk scarf with your hair together. This classical method will not be matched for all lively women.