What makes a person look cool? What to wear when you want to relax but at the same time don’t want to get blisters on your foot. Flip Flops of course proclaim the fashion experts as well as the laymen. Flip Flops are increasingly being used by people worldwide, especially the US, as they have some properties that are hard to match. Flip Flops are affordable, at the same time cool. Even health experts say that wearing Flip Flops at home while working or doing daily chores is the best way to keep blisters away.
The use of flip-flops has also been encouraged in some branches of European and North American military as sanitary footwear in communal showers, where wearing flip flops slows the spread of fungal infections. Following on from this, some soldiers and other trampers or hikers have begun carrying flip-flops, or a pair of flip-flop soles sewn to socks, as a light weight emergency replacement for damaged boots.
It is interesting to know how Flip Flops that have become such a rage originated in the first place. It was observed that when a person wears a footwear that makes a peculiar sound when walking on the floor. The origin of the term "flip-flop" derives from the rhythmic slapping noise that the sandals make while slapping against the wearer's heels.
Flip-flops are available in a wide variety of materials such as leather, transparent plastic, and rubber and wood. Flip flops are also popular with bare footers when they have to wear shoes since they allow the foot to be out in the open but still constitute a shoe. They are also popular because they are easy to bring in a backpack or purse because of their flat design.
Although one of the most humble forms of footwear, many people consider flip-flops comfortable. Flip-flops tend to conform to the foot structure of the wearer.
There are many popular designs of flip flops, however Havaianas' is considered very cool and popular. It is said that the design is inspired by the rice straw and wood zori sandals used with kimonos. The name Havaianas, Portuguese for Hawaiians, refers to a popular vacation destination.
The use of crystals for flip flops is a trendy new style statement that one can make.
Crystals reflect a variety of colors due to its is physical properties such as reflection and refraction. A crystal is a solid in which the constituent atoms, molecules, or ions are packed in a regularly ordered, repeating pattern extending in all three spatial dimensions.
Generally, crystals form when they undergo a process of solidification. Under ideal conditions, the result may be a single crystal, where all of the atoms in the solid fit into the same crystal structure. However, generally, many crystals form simultaneously during solidification, leading to a polycrystalline solid. For example, most metals encountered in everyday life are polycrystals. Crystals are often symmetrically intergrown to form crystal twins.
One of the popular crystals used is Swarovski crystal. They are brilliant crystals with great reflection. In order to create a crystal that allows light to refract in a rainbow spectrum, Swarovski coats some of its crystals with special metallic chemical coatings. Aurora Borealis, or "AB", is one of the most popular coatings, and gives the surface a rainbow oil slick appearance. Other coatings include Crystal Transmission, Volcano, Aurum, and Dorado. Coatings are applied to 50% of an object, however some are coated two times, and thus are designated AB 2X, Dorado 2X etc.
Brooch the Subject/By LASHONDA STINSON
The sparkling rhinestone or crystal-beaded beauties are not only just worn on clothes. Belts, purses, hats, scarves and even shoes can be accented with brooches. They can even be worn in your hair to decorate a sleek bun or ponytail or to softly pull up hair to the side.
JENNIFER ELLISON'S AMAZING FASHION JOURNEY/By Karen Clarkson
ON the red carpet at Monday's premiere of Phantom Of The Opera, the transformation from brassy to classy is complete. Jennifer looks every inch the glamorous movie star in a sparkling white designer evening gown teamed with a Swarovski crystal handbag and Gina shoes.
Black is Beautiful/VIVIAN McINERNY
Crystal brooches are the latest fashion reincarnation. To look modern -- not as if you simply forgot to change your jewelry for the past 30 years -- pin a cluster of coordinating brooches at the shoulder, the waist, or even the hem of a dress. Pin them to a pair of strappy shoes or onto a small handbag to add sparkle to the evening. A crystal brooch attached to a grosgrain ribbon can make a stylish belt.
