Socks and sandals, the hot new look

• The socks-and-sandals combo is trendy
• Stars, fashion houses like the style
• Expert warns shoes must 'have weight to them'

IT'S been a fashion faux pas for decades but the socks-and-sandals combo is now hot on the catwalk.

Elite fashion houses Burberry, Dior, Prada and Armani have adopted the trend - more commonly associated with elderly men - in their autumn- winter 2010 runway shows.

And Chloe Sevigny, British TV presenter Alexa Chung and model Agyness Deyn have been photographed sporting the style.

Marisa Fontana, the editor of fashion website Fab Sugar, said socks with sandals were a hit this winter and would trickle down to chain stores.

"[But] they have to have a bit of weight to them," she said.

"You wouldn't go teaming [socks] with a stiletto or evening shoe.

"Any of the wooden-heeled shoes out at the moment, definitely - ankle boots, too. I'd probably avoid white socks and go for grey or neutral
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