The scruffy trainers that will set you back £600!

WITH their battered soles and faded fabric, they look like the sort of thing found in the back of the store cupboard or at a jumble sale.

But these scruffy trainers are, in fact, new and being sold by a high-end fashion brand for £600.

The shoes, which come in a range of colour combinations, are made by Balenciaga, who have painstakingly designed them to look worn. They will go on sale in stores later this month but have already sold out online.

The luxury Spanish fashion brand describes the ‘Triple S Trainers’ as ‘multi-material oversize trainers with

complex sole’. But fashion fans have been left bemused by their scuffed appearance. One asked on Twitter: ‘Why are people paying for these when you can just find them in lost property at school?’ Another said: ‘They look like an old pair of shoes...