Sneakers, trainers, tennis shoes – whatever you call them they are everywhere right now, and nothing could make me happier. ย In my closet I have Adidas gazelles, Converse sneakers and classic Chuck Taylors, Nike hi-tops (worn way back here) and of course my ridiculous Golden Goose.
Many recent sneaker posts have focused on the classic New Balance sneaker. ย They’ve had somewhat of a renaissance recently. ย I remember blogging about my New Balance running shoes back here and thinking what a ‘nerdy’ brand they were. ย But now that nerdiness seems to be cool. ย I love the fact that they have become so mainstream – I still have a lot of love for the brand andย J.Crew have some amazing colors available for the Spring.

Back in 1995 I dragged my family around the streets of London looking for Adidas Gazelles in green. ย You couldn’t get them for love or money after Ms. Moss made them such a style statement. ย I eventually tracked a pair down in Harrods of all places!

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Since that first purchase I have always been an Adidas girl. ย The fact that Run DMC made the brand so freakin’ cool did not escape me either.

I now have a pair of men’s navy Gazelles. ย Buyer beware – buying men’s sneakers presents all sorts of sizing issues. ย Not only is UK sizing different from US sizing but the men’s and women’s sizing is different too! ย Please can someone standardize shoe sizes globally – thanks. ย I am a US women’s 8.5 and I buy US men’s 7.5 in Adidas.
I also have a pair of Adidas Samoas – I love how ‘neat’ this shoe is and the leather is beautiful.

These silver women’s Gazelles are amazing and on sale. ย Just imagine them with tanned ankles and boyfriend jeans – lush!

The Samoas are also available in silver – I love the metallics – a far cheaper option than the metallic/sparkly Golden Goose.

For something a little more neutral I adore the grey men’s Samoas.

Yesterday I just had to get out of the house. ย With the crazy weather here in Altanta (we spent Tuesday night pushing cars along our road) we’ve all been housebound. ย This has now resulted in us all getting sick, irritable and tired. ย Great. ย So yesterday I bundled up and headed to the mall for 30 minutes to a) try and remember what day it was and b) blow some germs away. ย I ended up popping into the Adidas store and look what I ‘treated’ myself to.
These Stan Smiths can’t be found anywhere online – at least where I have looked – they do have some of the red trim available on the Adidas site. ย I really didn’t think they would be me – but when I tried them on I was smitten. ย Super comfy and I love the simplicity of them.

Of course everyone else in the store was buying them so they will be on all the cool kids this Spring – me, Phoebe and Marc included of course:)

These Samoas were a complete curve ball. ย I immediately cringed when I saw them – flowers on sneakers – totally wrong. ย But again I tried them on and wow – I love them! ย So different, and yes girly, and they will look great with denim shorts or my ASOS t-shirt dresses. ย Again I’m sorry I can’t find them online but here they are in the flesh

As a complete aside from ‘proper’ sneakers, while I was re-ordering my Limited Edition shoes (flowers again – what is happening to me?!) I spotted these fabulous ‘slip on sneakers’ – similar to the Next versions that were available last summer. ย These Marks & Spencer versions are a great price too. ย I can vouch for them as they happened to fall in my cart – no idea how that happens – very strange – must be a bug on the M&S site.

I’m afraid I don’t have much to report on the outfits of recent days – it really has been crap stuck at home, but not nearly as crap as it was for those stuck on the Interstates for 24 hours. ย I’m sure we’ll continue to hear more about the good Samaritans who have helped those in need over the past few days. ย The thaw is here and hopefully we can get back to normal again – though our politicians will feel a little beaten up for a few weeks to come no doubt…