Fila Wind Jacket

Well here is the bargain of the new decade. A Fila jacket reduced from £34 to £8. No, that isn't a typing mistke it is actually 8 quid and 4 quid for postage to UK addresses. So for £12 all in you can have yourself a nice windproof jacket.

Click this link to get yours

Tacchini Trackie Tops

Scotts have started their sale and after digging through most of the high street dross, there are a few bits of decent gear available. This Sergio Tacchini Orion trackie top is going for £20 where in most places it is still up at £50. They have two other Tacchini tops going- a Dallas and a Booth- for £29. The jury is still out if this style of trackie tops is totally naff or not but if it's your thing then this represents a great bargain.

Head on over to Scotts by clicking this link

Adidas Stan Smith Tournament Edition

So Adidas have released yet another 'limited' edition re-issue. This time it is the Tournament Edition of their Stan Smiths. Apparently they are finished in premium leather with laser cut branding and come in a special box. Is anyone else getting a bit fed up of limited editions being released every five minutes and in turn spoiling the whole point of something being limited. It doesn't seem long since we had the green heel tab and lining edition of these trainers. That said, they are smart looking summer trabs and can be had for £84 from Size? by clicking this link

Awaydays

"Paul Carty is 19, and bored out of his mind. His mother died a year ago. He lives in middle class suburbia with his silently grieving father and feisty young sister, Molly. Carty works as a junior civil servant and spends all his wages on clubs, records, football and gigs. It's at a Bunnymen gig that he meets Elvis. Elvis changes everything.

He's part of a gang called The Pack. The Pack are notorious; they dress in a cultish, almost effeminate style that's at odds with the boneheads and bootboys they fight against. They have androgynous wedge haircuts worn with Fred Perry shirts, Lois jeans and Adidas Forest Hills training shoes. For as long as he has been going to football, Carty has been fascinated by The Pack. Now Elvis seems to be offering him a way in.

Except he isn't. For all that Carty lionises The Pack, Elvis dilutes his idealism. He warns Carty that these lads are nobodies. Elvis is a council estate romantic, a dreamer with big plans about escaping to Berlin, New York, anywhere... anywhere, so long as Carty comes with him. He's been waiting all his life for someone like Carty, someone he can talk with and relate to about art, music, poetry...suicide. They love the same bands - Magazine, Joy Division, Wire - and think the same way; or so Elvis wants to believe. He's smitten with his new mate and plans the big journeys they'll make together.

But Carty soon gets to know the 'other' Elvis - moody, fatalistic and possessive. He throws as many obstacles as he can in Carty's path, whenever he fears he's losing him. Elvis is all too well aware how badly Carty craves the Pack lifestyle, and tries to keep him away - but in spite of all his warnings, Carty's on a collision course, plunging deeper into their dark and vicious world. Elvis can see how Carty's fascination is blinding him, yet he's powerless to pull him back from the brink. Once he's been on his first awayday and sampled the buzz of random violence, Carty just wants more, more, more...

But Carty is never truly accepted by the gang. He's there on sufferance because his sponsor, the psychotic yet enigmatic Elvis is so revered. Their conflict reaches its crisis as Carty tries harder and harder to impress the wild boys, while Elvis sinks deeper into paranoia and jealousy. Something has to break."

Awaydays gets its long-awaited film release on 22nd May 2009. Website is here with a few clips and pictures from the film. It looks fantastic! Adidas are releasing a range of trainers and clothes to coincide with the film too....

Fila Vintage

An absolute steal at £20 these Fila T-shirts need a place in your wardrobe. Snap one up from Microzine . Also available in white.

Nice Trainers Mate...

Quite possibly one of the best retro trainer archives, www.nicetrainersmate.co.uk , has a massive directory of user submitted trainers from all popular brands. You can easily waste a few hours on this site lusting after some of the no longer produced gems on there, shouting out to the missius that 'you used to have a pair of them'or uploading some of your own collection if you can be arsed...

Adidas Tournament Edition Tracktop

This smart tracksuit top is now on pre-order from End Clothing for the princely sum of £75. It's also available in green and maroon and comes in a presentation box. Snap em up!

Puma Cabana Racer

Some more marketing guff from the guys at Puma no doubt:

"Cabana Racers hold a certain place in the hearts and minds of European 'heads who grew up with PUMA - many of us were fobbed off with spinoffs, or pared-down lookalikes, but this racing flat, one that rose to cultdom in the early '80s, might have been left at the starting block in terms of contemporary performance, but at the expense of classic trainer design, of which the Cabana is a prime example. Followed by a strong sequel that tweaked the low-profile formula a little, while over-vintaging a product can prove ruinous, here, in terms of the suede and nylon and authentic-looking midsole detailing, it works well, at a particularly agreeable pricepoint. The forefoot cutaways, stitching and immense Formstripe complete an iconic shoe. "

Smart trainer in a decent colourway that I hadn't seen before. Avaialbe from Crookedtongues.com along with a load of other bargains....

It's ZX Time...

Two nice pairs of ZX series Adidas now available on pre-order from End Clothing.

Originally designed as a multi-purpose running shoe they are an absolute classic and at £55 you would be mad not to grab a pair

Adidas Italia 1960s Re-Issued

Italia 1960

"Adidas' 60 years of legendary sporting status is intelligently reinforced with the key Eras reflected by key models of the time, from age-defying '50s football and rugby designs to the forward-thinking '90s Tech and Torsion legacy. The Italia was introduced back in 1960 as and became a popular training shoe. This modern incarnation is celebrated here in a new colourway and rich materials."

Enough of the guff from the marketing department at adidas. Classic reissue of some boss trabs. Get a pair from Oki-Ni for £79

Superstar or Supernaff?

I can't decide whether the Adidas Superstar (or Shell Toe) is a good or bad trainer. Probably not match-going trainers as they lack the athletic look that a pair of match-going trainers should have. However, they can work with a pair of loose fitting jeans (G-star Elwoods work well but not the naff ones with the patterns and bits all over them!!!).

If you are a Superstar fan then you may well be keen to hear that Adidas are re-issuing the Superstar in the classic colourway above with brushed suede stripes and heel-tab. Available for pre-order only at a reasonable £85 you can get your name on the list by clicking here