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up_the_ante 18 Apr 2018 22:45:45 1,574 posts
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Anyone else partial to a pair of retro trainers? I've always loved a pair of New Balance 420s or Nike Air Pegasus or 80s adidas. Nike released a flynit 30th anniversary edition of the original Air Max last year, which look great and are so comfy. But the trainer I always wanted as a school kid and never got, and I guess is considered retro now, is the Air Max 90 Infrared. If you were a schoolkid in the 90s you probably know this trainer well. Anyone else want the 2013 flynit version?

up_the_ante 19 Apr 2018 16:24:30 1,574 posts
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No one? Ok, anyone got a beat up pair of old adidas sambas?

nickthegun 19 Apr 2018 16:28:55 87,711 posts
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It did make me laugh when The Daily Stormer declared NB to be the 'official shoes of white people' like it actually needed confirming.

up_the_ante 19 Apr 2018 16:36:16 1,574 posts
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Funnily enough I wore a pair of NB when I visited Germany and only found out afterwards that only Neo-Nazis wear NB in Germany. Something to do with the N for Nazi. And they've kind of hi-jacked NB brand there. Well except for clueless tourists :confused:

smoothpete 19 Apr 2018 17:52:31 37,743 posts
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A mate of mine is a proper sneakerhead, his collection is insured for Ł80k, or it was last time I asked anyway. When he was in New York he walked into whatever shop it was wearing a pair of 87s which they had on display in a glass case. His shoe game is strong.

beastmaster 19 Apr 2018 18:29:44 22,373 posts
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I used to have a pair of Adidas Java in dark blue and red suade. I loved those trainers.

retro74 19 Apr 2018 18:51:51 3,802 posts
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Are New Balance popular in the Far East? I remember being in the Lake District and loads of the oriental tourists were wearing them - whole families usually, which I found very quirky

Deleted user 19 April 2018 19:59:17

They improve their balance.

Youthist 19 Apr 2018 20:03:02 14,724 posts
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Adidas Los Angeles are were it was at.

nickthegun 19 Apr 2018 20:06:47 87,711 posts
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I've got probably 20 pairs of trainers but I've been wearing the same pair of white Adidas Superstar 80s for pretty much six months solid, which is almost a personal best.

They just go with everything.

Deleted user 19 April 2018 20:09:10

I just have a pair of black pumps that still fit me from primary school. Been wearing them for 34 years now.

Deleted user 19 April 2018 20:22:40

Woolworths?

up_the_ante 19 Apr 2018 20:27:13 1,574 posts
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retro74 wrote:
Are New Balance popular in the Far East? I remember being in the Lake District and loads of the oriental tourists were wearing them - whole families usually, which I found very quirky

Yeah I think they are. There's quite a large Chinese population at the university near me and half the women seem to wear New Balance in some pink/grey/white colour combo. New Balance do seem to have some odd image perceptions from area to area. North America is dad's that have moustaches and tuck their t-shirts in to their jeans, Germany is neo Nazis :confused:

Decks 19 Apr 2018 20:27:37 31,014 posts
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I'm finding it really difficult to find trainers I like these days. They're all shit.

Load_2.0 19 Apr 2018 21:24:32 33,582 posts
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I signed up for for a few sites that send me about new releases.

Whilst I like some of the stuff that is coming out I have maybe six or seven pairs I haven't worn once so have to resist filling up my wardrobe with more. The clearance sales require a lot of restraint.

At last count I had 34 pairs of trainers and in summer I live in flip flops 90% of the time so it's a bit silly.

challenge_hanukkah 19 Apr 2018 21:29:08 14,400 posts
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You people sure do own a lot of shoes.

Load_2.0 19 Apr 2018 21:29:12 33,582 posts
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I also fucking love high tops and mids.

Unfortunately I'm a fat old man not a cool model or ghetto hipster. So I just wear them round the house like a weirdo.

up_the_ante 19 Apr 2018 21:48:59 1,574 posts
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@Load_2.0 I hear you. I've got about 20 pairs of trainers too, all retro, no modern crap

When I go out in the more colourful ones I do feel slightly self-conscious. But my formula is if you wear flash trainers wear plain clothes, and vice versa. It's the folk that wear showy trainers and showy clothes together that look like douchebags.