Just been thinking about the rave scene in the early 90s and I remember a lot of people wearing Trailblazers in a variety of colours. I had a couple of pairs myself. (Maybe it was just a Northern thing)
I've just found out they re-released them a few years ago to celebrate their 15th birthday and I missed them. (original deadstock from the 90s would be better but I doubt anyone kept a pair boxed) I wouldn't mind getting hold of a set for display purposes, obviously.
Done the usual Google search which didn't come up with a great deal. Any ideas on where to track down such a thing? (Bez's wardrobe, maybe? Next to the Class A 😆 )
Very sad I know…
My username has nothing to do with the boot BTW. I had forgotten what they were called up until about 5 minutes ago. 😳
I wanted those shoes.. either pair.. quite fanatically.. we must have been ahead of our time down in deepest darkest Devon though cos it was definitely at least a couple years earlier than '93 down our way…
Anyone remember those old school Travel Fox trainers circa 1994/5? They were a great alternative to the Puma Suedes/States and Adidas Gazelles that a lot of people were wearing. Fat laces were de rigeur.
Oh dear, guilty on all accounts. Troop > British Knights > Bavarian Dancing Boots > Travel Fox. IIRC, the Travel Fox were pretty cool and not too dissimilar from these, although mine had more suede than patent leather.
I had a pair of filas in a slightly less garish red and a pair of troop – we also wore speedway jogging suits to go clubbing/partying, anyone remember them?
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Gah Travel Fox etc? They were proper shit!
Nah, nothing like those whatsoever.
As described, the ones I was referring to were low cut rubber soled/suede uppered efforts with fat laces and a side flash. Directly comparable to Puma Suedes/States or Adidas Gazelles.
Oh yes had those in red and have just bought and then sold on some of the Kickers. Currently sporting a nice pair of Clarks Originals desert boots. We also used to wear full on outdoor coats like Berghaus to the club 😕 Keep them on through the night then straight off to find a convoy to a rave somewhere.
But yea Naf Naf and Benetton clothing figured highly oh the days 😛
Yep i rememeber them well, I was working for Schuh at the time we couldn't get enough of them sold out of them as soon as the came in i do vagualy remember a platform version coming out just before there demise also Champion hikers and New Balance 710 hiker in Green and Red must have been all that tramping across fields
Anyone remember those Pony NFL trainers, mid eighties? You could get them in Yank football team colours. Horrific.
oooohhh, yes. 😳 😳 😳
Black and yellow ones, with loads of knobbles on the sole here. Never played american football in them though. They would have been real leg-snappers on astroturf! And on anything icy i'd have thought.
what were those ace Vision boots with a lace protector from around '90..?
I eventually and to my very great surprise and almost ecstatic triumphant glee managed to aquire a pair.. only to swap them for an eighth of soapbar before even 2 days of ownership..
ah…had some fab NewBalance Green! suede hiking boots.
often wore them for mtb'ing too as well as 'dancing' (lol), one brilliant week a soundsystem set up in our local forestry so we could ride and rave simultaneously, fantastic…it was like being in your own film or something!
er… I think mine was a wierd brightly coloured chunky adidas number.. mind body soul and the universe 9/11 '92..
I know that the night passed very quickly an that I spent the night in the jungle tent.. Also that got ripped off by the blokes who were gonna hire a car on our behalf.. So we desperately paid a fat scarey smackhead/dealer £100 to get us there and then hitched a lift back in a very overcrowded morris minor..
I had a pair of Black trailblazers that I wore to local Rave nights (Elgin) and also Bally's , Rezers and fantazia's. Great days they were replaced by Brown Ellesse boots then Ultra comfy Travel foxes. Check out this for a blast fae the past.
There are loads of 20th anniversary nights on the go but I cant Imagine myself jumping about with a head full of magic like I used too.
I had the kickers in suede with different pastel colours on them and white 501's with John Richmond 'Destroy' top and Michiko Koshino Jacket.
Let's see those foockin' hands in the air
stanfree
I would have probably been at some of the same stuff- Rhumba Club, Sweatbox, Sunset etc
Longshot – but did anyone here used to go to Carlos 2 in Colne when JFMC was the err, MC?
Used to wear a t-shirt, short, trainers and put all sorts of nasty stuff into me – best times of my life:)
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