Trainers

First impressions are good, only read a little bit so far but it seems decent. I was worried it might not be much more than rehashed press releases / the shit posted on Hypebeast. Also enough spot colours and banging print processes in there to help you feel better about spanking so much ££ on it.

Not sure it’ll work in Aus but “NEW20” gives 20% off from Phaidon.

Nice! Thanks for that. Code works, £25 for shipping mind.

Sweet code, thanks. £3 shipping. :)

Can anyone ID the trainers this guy's wearing?

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJEsTlIBN25/?igshid=17myb9f8jjlw7

Yeah Nicola has them. Nike Air Span II

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Bam, that was quick!

Thanks Caz.

Thanks for code @moog

This thread's gone quiet just as I need some new trainers.

I've bought some Nike Tailwind 79 in the burgundy colour but I'm just not in love with them. They're like a slightly more boring version of the pair they're replacing, which I loved:

I've also got some Nike Air Span II arriving tomorrow which I got cheap off ebay but I'm not sure they're going to fit (half a size down from normal) and they look a bit chunky.

What else is good for a boring dad? Something classic-looking but not NB. Not white or black but dark grey is good.

What else is good for a boring dad?

I've found Nike SB Zoom and Blazer to be rather good.
Nice fit, comfortable and decent colours.

Air Force Gore Tex?

Boring Dad gotta be Adidas Gazelle innit?

plus suede Samba for when you’re on the pull at Pets at Home

suede Samba

Oooh. 2009 I had a pair of Consortium corduroy Samba, how you like them apples?

Been there, done that (though never pulled).

Apropos of nothing, I got a pair of these Watership Down-esque hi-tops back in 2010:

https://www.depop.com/products/cgreen89-onitsuka-tiger-year-of-the/

I still wear them today, because I'm a boring Dad and I don't buy clothes.

Never actually had Gazelles. Samba, Spezial, and Beckenbauer Allround - and the latter two I'd definitely get again.

I've got some chunky Scotchgard Vans which play a similar wintry role.

I'm seeing these new trainers as my pushchair in a park in spring shoes.

Pegasus 89 are good.
Internationalist, MD.
They fit the pattern like your tailwind.

Good shout. I slightly prefer the Blazers but I think a lot of the other SBs look good too.

Internationalist my fave old school shape

Air Vortex a close second

After about 30 years of wanting I have finally got around to getting some Adidas Torsions.

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+1 suede samba for dull dads. I had a Jamaica pair of the island series. Got eaten by foxes, wrote to Adidas to suggest they added a fox deterant, they never responded.

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Wow. Frith all round.

I'd go Asics MT for the All weather dad.

Go full dad or go home

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heh, wish I had.
As a long-time wearer of Vans, I never got the Gazelle or Samba because they were football-lads-casual and that wasn’t my tribe (still, decades on, it’s great to see the Style 36 boat anchor/skate shoe has become a Boring Dad staple).