Trakkie Bottoms

[80sChav]

Which are your fave then? I totaly loved Puma King's in the Mid 90s and non matched them until Adidas Chilles' were brought out a year or 2 since! Man how i'd of worn either of these for School 'stead of proper School Trousers! :)

[Palazzo]

The Adidas ones with the usual 3 stripes down the legs but with the big poppers running down alongside them. I remember seeing them around and thinking they were the business and ended up with my own pair one Christmas. Unfortunately I remember them being a bit too big, you could have got another person in the pair I had! I think they are still around somewhere, I gave them to my dad incase he needed something to do the gardening/paint in.

Was always a big fan of the general 3 stripe ones as a kid too, wore those all the time. I'm pretty much strictly jeans now though unless I'm slobbing around the house and the old trackies are pulled out!

[caszhwl]

Sergio Tacchini in the early 1980's. I think the modern, Adidas ones with the 3 stripe look good (olive green).

[Sly]

I hated those popper ones, they made the wearers look like an absolute slob.

I remember Kappa being really big in the late 90's, although I've not seen anyone wear anything like that for about a decade. Whatever happened to them?

[Richard1978]

I had a Kappa T-Shirt until a few years ago.

They seemed to become popular with Chavs about 9-10 years ago so I guess they became less popular.

[Marine Boy]

I have no idea of the make of my trackie bottoms. I know my first were blue (70s) and my second were grey (80s). And that there was that moment when you realised you had to 'dress' correctly, [you know what I mean guys].

[Sly]

Thinking about it, I've never really wore tracksuits. I had a few when I was a child, but stopped wearing them once I was a teen. I have a pair of track suit bottoms now, but I only ever wear them when I am ill. When I go out I want to look presentable and I think tracksuits in general fall short of this mark.

[sf1378]

I like the current trackie bottoms made from soft cotton by Soul Cal and the like with the unelasticated legs. I do like them having longer legs than my own but don't like getting the hems dirty on the paving-why pay for things only to get them ruined?! So I always faff about trying to keep the back of the hems up on my trainers so the whole thing rests on my trainers as I walk along. IN the house, don't really mind, its outside mud and dirt I hate getting on any of my trews or jeans.

[darren]

trekkie bottoms are something i have wore since i first arrived on the earth.:D

seriously though i wear trekkie bottoms more than any other type of trousers.
what i like about them is they are elasticated round the waist so they can be adjusted to your waist size.

[branny]

Not had a tracksuit since I was a kid. I can never get one where the top and bottoms both fit perfectly.

The one I had as a child was black with two gold stripes and the bottoms had stirrups.

[darren]

Not had a tracksuit since I was a kid. I can never get one where the top and bottoms both fit perfectly.

The one I had as a child was black with two gold stripes and the bottoms had stirrups.
why can u not get one where the top and bottoms both fit perfectly.

i remember going for a job interview in a tracksuit.:D
i did not get the job.

[branny]

why can u not get one where the top and bottoms both fit perfectly.

i remember going for a job interview in a tracksuit.:D
i did not get the job.

Either legs or sleeves are too long. I must be an odd shape.

[80sChav]

I wish I could find (and always will) until I do find them - some Puma King Trakkie Bottoms!! Why I let both pairs get thrown out amazes me, they sure were the best until Adidas Chilles' arrived on the scene.

Admitted though i'm talking 16 years since they was new on the scene but I bet I still had them (Puma King's) in 1998, and last time I saw some was on a 2nd Hand Market in about 2003, but i've never seen (highly suprisingly) any on Ebay etc sadly.

[Adam]

Who remembers that pointless fad of wearing shorts over your tarkkie bottoms?

[JM28Cardiff]

My favourite late 80's/early 90's trackie bottoms were adidas. The three stripes didnt go all the way down, but stopped mid calf, and there were two stripes that went horizontally around the back of the leg at the mid calf level. Can't find an image of them anywhere though.

[xmark1234]

i wasnt much a sports person but when i did karate in the late 80s to mid 90s i had a puma set which i loved apart from that after i stopped going i carnt say ive owned a nother set

[maxmix]

Who remembers that pointless fad of wearing shorts over your tarkkie bottoms?

Definitely, Sergio Tacchini shorts over Sergio tracksuit bottoms, thought I looked really cool

[80sChav]

Definitely, Sergio Tacchini shorts over Sergio tracksuit bottoms, thought I looked really cool

We had this style in the 1990s where I lived as we we had Short Sleeved Football Shirts worn over your Jumper. I think the idea's petered out but I know a few st5ill wore Shorts over Tracksuit Bottoms for Football, but the Shoiorts over Tracksuit Bottoms was definitley a fad that was popular for no time at all in my area though.

[maxmix]

We had this style in the 1990s where I lived as we we had Short Sleeved Football Shirts worn over your Jumper. I think the idea's petered out but I know a few st5ill wore Shorts over Tracksuit Bottoms for Football, but the Shoiorts over Tracksuit Bottoms was definitley a fad that was popular for no time at all in my area though.

I'm talking about he early 80's, or possibly the late 70's, so maybe we are talking about the same thing, just different era's, strange memory for me, I remember training with my local(ish) Judo team and it being Sooooo cold, and thinking I looked soooooo cool!! Happy memories indeed.

[battyrat]

For some reason my parants thought that track suits used to look good on me back in the 70's.Always had those blue ones with the white stripes down the arms and legs.Hated the ruddy things.Never liked the material nor the way they used to cling to me.I can always remember pulling and tugging at the arms to give me a bit more space in them.As for the legs that had that stupid loop an the bottoms for your feet to slip through to hold the things straight.It felt like wearing one of those baby all in ones.The first chance I got to accidently put a hole on purpose in a track suit I did.In the end they gave up and allowed me to continue wearing jeans.

[spuggybridge]

Remember having Ellesse bottoms when I used to breakdance (badly) in the 80's, wouldn't be seen dead in a pair of chavkie bottoms these days.

[Trickyvee]

For some reason my parants thought that track suits used to look good on me back in the 70's.Always had those blue ones with the white stripes down the arms and legs.Hated the ruddy things.Never liked the material nor the way they used to cling to me.I can always remember pulling and tugging at the arms to give me a bit more space in them.As for the legs that had that stupid loop an the bottoms for your feet to slip through to hold the things straight.It felt like wearing one of those baby all in ones.The first chance I got to accidently put a hole on purpose in a track suit I did.In the end they gave up and allowed me to continue wearing jeans.

I remember getting bought a pair with the loops on the bottom as a kid. My god they are the most uncomfortable things ever, as annoying as having permanent creases in your socks! I whinged about them constantly but still had to wear them.

[Richard1978]

My sister seemed to have a lot of trousers with the loops when she was young.

She used to call them "up trousers" because she coudn't say stirrup.

[battyrat]

Trying to think back but its so long ago now.Have a feeling that the fashion for tracksuits in the 70's were tight fitting compared to the 80's where they quickly became more spacious and baggy.Found a photo of myself wearing a straight fitting tracksuit the other day and quickly hid it again.Must of been brought them to wear sometime after 1978 which is when I started secondary school.I expect it was required as part of the school uniform for sports in the winter.I don't have any memories of them before that date.

[darren]

i still wear trakke bottoms.
the pair im wearing i must have had now for 10 yrs.

ive had adidas umbro ones etc.

[80sChav]

I recall what Trakkie Bottoms used to be like in the 1980s, they were like a matching suit with the top more like a jumper, not a top like in later year's as such as became known.

I recall having these in 3 or 4 differing styles and they were like a Fluffy material. Sadly though (or luckily), this style went away by the start of the 190s and luckily when it did in the later part of the 1990s had improved in style and what was fashion totally in a new way alltogether. I am unsure if this was alway's the case - I think it would be about 1986 to 1988 i'm remembering

It would be great to know, if that any other members can any other member's recall these styles/fashoin from the era I mention, as I often wonder if it was only the treend etc where I lived and if that I was totally imaging it.

Thanks,

80sChav

[Trickyvee]

Trying to think back but its so long ago now.Have a feeling that the fashion for tracksuits in the 70's were tight fitting compared to the 80's where they quickly became more spacious and baggy.Found a photo of myself wearing a straight fitting tracksuit the other day and quickly hid it again.Must of been brought them to wear sometime after 1978 which is when I started secondary school.I expect it was required as part of the school uniform for sports in the winter.I don't have any memories of them before that date.

I think I remember wanting one of those classic red or blue 70s track suits with the white stripes but I was too little at the time. They did seem quite tight and very synthetic. Pure nylon probably.

[80sChav]

i still wear trakke bottoms.
the pair im wearing i must have had now for 10 yrs.

ive had adidas umbro ones etc.

This proves how things last Darren, nothing now clo0thes or electrical lasts I feel/think.

Can any other members recall what Tracksuits were like in the 1980s, I recall about 1986 when Yoga etc was popular people wore full suits and they were like cotton Tracksuits at one time, though I may be wrong as styles changed so much then I recall!? I can recall very well from 1987 being on Holiday in Ayr and how I wore thsee Tracksuits often back then. some of the designs were horrible (like a horrid mix match of purple and red - which i like both colours but not mixed). They were very 1980s indeed I think


80sChav

[victorbrunswick]

For some reason Bex's tracksuit in the 2009 version of "The Firm" comes to mind. The film being set in 1984.

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2009/10/30/1256926343825/The-Firm-2009-001.jpg

[Trickyvee]

I hated those popper ones, they made the wearers look like an absolute slob.

I remember Kappa being really big in the late 90's, although I've not seen anyone wear anything like that for about a decade. Whatever happened to them?

One of my primary school teachers often wore Kappa track suit bottoms. He was into his running but it does seem a bit scruffy now that he wore them in the class room. I didn't know they were Kappa at the time but remember the logo of people sitting back to back running down the legs. Don't know if they were trendy then. About 1985.

[darren]

does not seem right teachers wearing trekkie bottoms other that p.e. teachers as a few of mine did.
but only p.e. teachers did.

but sounds mate as though you had teachers that did not do p.e. that wore them which does not sound right.





One of my primary school teachers often wore Kappa track suit bottoms. He was into his running but it does seem a bit scruffy now that he wore them in the class room. I didn't know they were Kappa at the time but remember the logo of people sitting back to back running down the legs. Don't know if they were trendy then. About 1985.