The fashion mistakes you need to avoid on the running trail

Running is all about getting your heart and legs working. Filling your lungs with fresh air and getting to the finish line. Not about dressing nicely, you think.

Tell that to Stella McCartney, Adidas' star designer who has made fashion in the fitness world hotter than a bikram yoga studio. Sport and fashion, fashion and sport. The distance between the two worlds has never been shorter.

The range of running clothes and shoes is huge (just click around) and you're sure to find something that appeals to you. But then there are certain combinations, garments and accessories that never really work on anyone. That's right, the fashion failures. Here they are. And yes, the list is completely subjective.

1. Five fingers with high socks. Whichever side you're on in the debate about the function of shoes, this can't pass. The running equivalent of the shirtless tourist in a restaurant, it's never ok. Even the clowns at the circus would be hesitant to put it on.

2. Fanny pack. It's easy to get around these days with all the good backpacks and clever pockets everywhere. There's no need to run around looking like a ticket seller on the archipelago boat (no offense to them, the bag serves an important function).

3. Short tights and a giant t-shirt. You don't want to give the illusion that you're dressed like Donald Duck. And no matter how fast you are, you don't want to look like a head case as you plow through the trail.

Thegeneral loss: the three-quarter pant. A staple on every fashion miss list. Here too. They are immensely popular and provide a nice breeze around the shins, but don't make your legs look like a racehorse's legs. More like the legs of a Shetland pony.

Bubblers: Rattling keys in your pocket. We can still hear you when you come panting down the trail. Take. Just. With. Keys. You. Need.