The Trainers Sizing Guide I Wish Someone Had Given Me
People argue about this like it’s a matter of principle, mens trainers being wider than women’s, when really it’s a fitting question that gets treated like a culture war. I’ve…
Everything I Wish I Knew About Trainers Before I Bought Mine
A woman on the treadmill next to me at the gym, completely unprompted, mid conversation with someone else, said “you know men’s and women’s trainers are basically the same shoe…
How I Worked Out My Trainers Size
“Just knock two and a half sizes off, women’s is always two and a half sizes above men’s, everyone knows that.” That’s what a lad in a sports shop in…
What I Learned Getting My Trainers Right
I’ve spent longer than any sane person should thinking about whether a men’s 9 and a women’s 9 are actually the same shoe with a different label stuck on, and…
What Trainers Are Actually Trending Right Now
Right so someone in my comments asked “what trainers are actually trending” like it was a simple question, and I sat there for a solid ten minutes trying to answer…
Are New Balance Trainers Actually Worth It?
My mate Ross texted me a photo from inside a JD Sports changing bit, a pair of 990s on his feet, asking “are these actually worth eighty quid or am…
Are Trainers Actually Smart Casual?
Had a lad come in last month, work do coming up, asked if his white leather trainers would pass for smart casual. I looked at them properly, not just a…
Is the Bomber Jacket Still Worth Wearing?
My downstairs neighbour, Dean, wears a bomber jacket to walk his bin bags to the communal bins. Full MA1 style thing, ribbed cuffs, the works, at 8pm on a Tuesday…
Are Cargo Pants Actually Back?
One of my year nines asked me, completely straight faced, why I was wearing “dad on a school trip trousers.” I was wearing chinos. Plain, navy, entirely unremarkable chinos. I…
Are Baggy Trousers Actually Back?
My mate Deacon turned up to a barbecue in July wearing trousers so wide I genuinely thought he’d borrowed them off someone twice his size. Pleated, pooling over his trainers,…