AUTUMN AND WINTER 2009
TRAINERSPOTTER AUTUMN AND WINTER 2009
This seasons Trainerspotter collection works under the assumption that 'you gotta know the rules before you can break 'em'.
AW09's designs are loaded with references to visual pop culture: comics, art and film in particular. Classic TS designs including 2002's Mike Banana make welcome returns by popular demand and the 3/4 sleeve Football jersey is introduced.
Attention to detail has stepped up a gear with styles like the Button Hood and V Crew loaded with authentic and signature features including the new look TS Palm and individual scoop pockets.
Two awesome new jackets, the AJ1 and the Jump Jacket compliment a revised Button Jammer made from British Millerain. All incorporating TS logo hardware and heavy weight brass Excella zippers, these are all serious additions to your wardrobe!
Most importantly AW09 sees the launch of Trainerspotters first limited edition footwear with 2 styles both influenced by the 1980's, one by Miami Vice and the other by our favourite sneakers from that era.
Throw in some cool new TS headwear in the shape of 5 and 6 panel caps and you're set for winter!!
Look out for upcoming SMU releases throughout the season including limited edition Trainerspotter raw indigo selvedge jeans made in collaboration with Studio Zero Japan, a new daybag from TS x Battle Lake USA, new made in England SMU styles and much more!
Stay focused or you might blink and miss something!
IN THE BEGINNING..
Trainerspotter began as side project between two friends, a kind of creative outlet for their love of vintage sneakers. This quickly developed into a real brand and business as demand for the product grew not just in the UK but Worldwide. Inspired by Trainerspotter heroes such as Steve Prefontaine, Jeff Johnson, Geoff Hollister and Rudi Dassler, the initial aim of the brand was to tell the stories behind sneaker culture that nobody had heard before. People seemed to have forgotten it’s true roots - sports.
Stocked worldwide in the most directional stores of each city, Trainerspotter is rapidly evolving and continually offering more detailed garments, telling more inspirational stories but never compromising the brand ethos.
Collaborating with handpicked brands, stores, artists and musicians from around the globe, Trainerspotter continues to expand its parameters by co producing even more exciting products. Collabs to date include PATTA Amsterdam, SAINT NYC, BEAMS Japan, GOLDIELOCKS UK, KIKS Tokyo, BODEGA Boston, ASICS Japan, NO ONE London, CALI ROOTS Sweden to name a few.
In the words of Steve Prefontaine ‘To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.’
TS is still run by the guys who started it and they still are avid sneaker collectors. This obsession started somewhere around the early nineties and steadily built. The American cultural invasion of the early 1980’s originally sparked their love of Nike trainers as kids, they had a mystique that other brands just didn’t posses, something new and unobtainable. Since forming Trainerspotter in 2002 they have endeavored to build a comprehensive Nike collection comprising not only of shoe styles but adverts, posters, apparel and general Nike ephemera. Obviously this is an ongoing commitment and the pieces shown blow are the tip of the collection. Over the years they have made many good friends in the USA, France and Japan with greater collections than our own, individuals with a passion for the sport as much as the sneaker. True collectors are driven not by trends, fashion, reissues or collaborations but by an in depth appreciation of the aesthetic and the history of a particular shoe...please click on the image below to view the collection.
This seasons Trainerspotter collection works under the assumption that 'you gotta know the rules before you can break 'em'.
AW09's designs are loaded with references to visual pop culture: comics, art and film in particular. Classic TS designs including 2002's Mike Banana make welcome returns by popular demand and the 3/4 sleeve Football jersey is introduced.
Attention to detail has stepped up a gear with styles like the Button Hood and V Crew loaded with authentic and signature features including the new look TS Palm and individual scoop pockets.
Two awesome new jackets, the AJ1 and the Jump Jacket compliment a revised Button Jammer made from British Millerain. All incorporating TS logo hardware and heavy weight brass Excella zippers, these are all serious additions to your wardrobe!
Most importantly AW09 sees the launch of Trainerspotters first limited edition footwear with 2 styles both influenced by the 1980's, one by Miami Vice and the other by our favourite sneakers from that era.
Throw in some cool new TS headwear in the shape of 5 and 6 panel caps and you're set for winter!!
Look out for upcoming SMU releases throughout the season including limited edition Trainerspotter raw indigo selvedge jeans made in collaboration with Studio Zero Japan, a new daybag from TS x Battle Lake USA, new made in England SMU styles and much more!
Stay focused or you might blink and miss something!
IN THE BEGINNING..
Trainerspotter began as side project between two friends, a kind of creative outlet for their love of vintage sneakers. This quickly developed into a real brand and business as demand for the product grew not just in the UK but Worldwide. Inspired by Trainerspotter heroes such as Steve Prefontaine, Jeff Johnson, Geoff Hollister and Rudi Dassler, the initial aim of the brand was to tell the stories behind sneaker culture that nobody had heard before. People seemed to have forgotten it’s true roots - sports.
Stocked worldwide in the most directional stores of each city, Trainerspotter is rapidly evolving and continually offering more detailed garments, telling more inspirational stories but never compromising the brand ethos.
Collaborating with handpicked brands, stores, artists and musicians from around the globe, Trainerspotter continues to expand its parameters by co producing even more exciting products. Collabs to date include PATTA Amsterdam, SAINT NYC, BEAMS Japan, GOLDIELOCKS UK, KIKS Tokyo, BODEGA Boston, ASICS Japan, NO ONE London, CALI ROOTS Sweden to name a few.
In the words of Steve Prefontaine ‘To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.’
TS is still run by the guys who started it and they still are avid sneaker collectors. This obsession started somewhere around the early nineties and steadily built. The American cultural invasion of the early 1980’s originally sparked their love of Nike trainers as kids, they had a mystique that other brands just didn’t posses, something new and unobtainable. Since forming Trainerspotter in 2002 they have endeavored to build a comprehensive Nike collection comprising not only of shoe styles but adverts, posters, apparel and general Nike ephemera. Obviously this is an ongoing commitment and the pieces shown blow are the tip of the collection. Over the years they have made many good friends in the USA, France and Japan with greater collections than our own, individuals with a passion for the sport as much as the sneaker. True collectors are driven not by trends, fashion, reissues or collaborations but by an in depth appreciation of the aesthetic and the history of a particular shoe...please click on the image below to view the collection.