Trainer Trends

[nuttytigger]

My current trainers.

[80sChav]

Re: Trainer Trends

I guess that I have always appreciated my Trainers - not in the 1980s, as they never interested me until about I was about 12. Though it is amazing to think of how the styles have changed in the last 30 years, though I think the last 20 (or at least from the 1990s had better ones).

I can not recall too many types recieving any attention from me in the 1980s - hence why I never botherd about them I guess in a way. Indeed though the Humble Training Shoe as ithey used to be known as), has devloped a long long way I think - even since the 1970s with such an arry of choice, pattern, style etc.

80sChav

[nuttytigger]

My first pair of expensive trainers were reebok with a hexagon on the sole that was like an air bubble on the nikes. That would've been 1993/1994.

My first pair of nikes was in 1996 and they were for school!

Currently wearing Adidas ones, similar to campus ones but no idea what they actually are called as my mum got me them in Florida last year.

[stuckinthe80's]

Re: Trainer Trends



From 'Shoot' magazine circa 1984.

[havasack]

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Not particularly from my childhood but more so from the mid 80's I loved my Adidas Trim Trab's and Diadora Venice. Currently comfortable in brown with red stripe Adidas Ciero's. What has me puzzled is the trainers have to look 'distressed', as soon as you got a pair you scuffed them, battered them, played football with them to get them looking right as soon as possible, now kids want them to look pristeen, what's the world coming to eh ? have they no sense of style ?

[Powdered toast man]

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I had a pair of Voit basketball boots that came from a market stall. The soles fell off them after a few weeks. Must have been crappy knock-offs as my dad had spent 3 months working in the US and said that Voit were one of the quality 'cool' brands there. My folks woulnd never spend money on branded footwear so I then ended up with a pair of white and lime-green ACC boots from Fosters menswear. I wore them for PE at school and the teacher always made us tuck in the tongues of our boots before we were allowed to do any activities!

[Richard1978]

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I remember my brother had some quirky green & silver ones made by Inter. This would have been 1987-8.

[80sChav]

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Can anyone recall the LIme Green Trainers that did were popular in the early to mid 90s. I forget who made them, but they looked very like they did'nt belong to the era of the time, from what I can recall/how I thought about them then at the time. Somehow though thinking back and giving it in-depth thought (may-be as I grow older etc etc) they have really grown on me and it makes me think, they have got to the status of a true "fashion icon" of the time that was laughed at quite a bit from people I knew then.

Not as I ever owned any but if they are loved and liked even say 5/10/15% more now, they have done well I think to bethought of like so I think. I guess this is what nostagla can achieve in a way as it is not thought of the first time round like so with many fashion styles until year's later - this is what makes such thing's I feel somehow.

[darren]

Re: adidas trainers

i did wear reebok and umbro trainers from memory.

i never really bought any one particular brand just whatever i liked.

a lot of the i time just bought the cheapest ones regrdless of brand.

[80sChav]

Re: Trainers of your day/era

I guess that I was similar regards as what Richard as said. I remember now thnking about Trainers, that having the tounges out on Trainers dicated what brand was "in" at the time too very often as did how you had your laces done to a lesser degree.

[Richard1978]

Re: Trainers of your day/era

Of all all the trainers I've has I think most have been Reebok, not that I ever remember going out of my way to stick to one brand, my current ones are Addidas.

[darren]

Re: Trainers of your day/era

cheers sly thats it.
i could not tie my laces till i was 16 so they where very handy trainers.
did not take long putting them on or getting them off.

Velcro...

[Sly]

Re: Trainers of your day/era

Velcro...

[darren]

Re: Trainers of your day/era

i always wore trainers a lot.
i just wore whatever i liked the looked of.

never bought them just because they where a big make like adidas etc.
mainly becauase they are so comfortable not sore on your feet.

been wearing trainers since i was young under ten.

i liked the trainers that you wore which had no laces instead one side was like sticky and you puulled someting from one side then it would stick to the other side thus tightening the trainers.
hope i explained this right.

[80sChav]

Trainers of your day/era

Which were the ones that were "in" and to be seen as "in"? For me I never botherd with Trainers til I was about 16/17 and recall well buying some Liverpool Football Club Trainers that had the badge printed into the design if this makes sense.. Then when I got my first own money about 17 I bought some Nike's at about £90 from some Sports Shop that were equal to Footlocker in Today's terms, but hardly ever wore them too much though, though I recall they were well cool

I guess I never had a real favourite pair, just any that looked nice really. What about other members?