Trainerspotter Clothing, UK, Trainerspotter T-Shirts & Crewnecks + Streetwear by Trianerspotter

Brand History
Trainerspotter began as a side project between two friends, Russell Gater and Daniel Savory, and 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.

Sneaker Geeks
Now in its 7th year, Trainerspotter 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.

Collaborations
Trainerspotter has worked on special collaborative projects with globally recognised stores including SIZE?, BEAMS Tokyo, United Arrows Japan, BODEGA Boston, PATTA Amsterdam, LIBERTY of London, FRED SEGAL Los Angeles and individual artists, groups and DJ’s such as De La Soul, Roots Manuva, Goldilocks, Bloc Party, The Arctic Monkeys, Mike Skinner, Toddla T, Saint NYC, Tynchy Stryder, Skream, Bailey and Brodinski. Trainerspotter garments are sold in the world’s most prestigious streetwear stores and have also been featured in magazines including CLARK, Arena Homme Plus, ID, The Sunday Times magazine, WAD, Radar, The Face, ATM, Milk Japan and Inc. Magazine.

Recent Trainerspotter News
The SS10 collection is inspired by classic 1940's and 50's animation, skateboarding, surfing and US college sportswear with graphic influences are drawn from WW2 squadron patches, 70's Californian Skate brands, the Vietnam War and the Black Power Movement.

In the first drop we've got from Trainerspotter there is a wicked selection of t shirts and crewneck sweaters. The tee shirts are the Grenade tee in white with a grey and pink print of a grenade in a pop art style, the Felix tee in black which has a classic cartoon character looking up at a bomb with a lit fuse, the Big Bad Wolf t shirt in black which has a chracter resembling the infamous Disney character Goofy with wolf fangs reclined on top of the letters TS and the Inca t shirt which has a tribal design of a man printed on the front with the words 'Trainerspotter' underneath. Trainerspotter have also done a collaboration tee with the world renowned UK music label Ninja Tune to celebrate the 20th birthday of the Ninjas. The Ninja Tune tee has the name and release year of their first album 'Bogus Idea' and the black, orange and white colourway is the same as the cover of this LP.

The crewnecks we've got in stock are just as strong graphically as the tees and made from 70% cotton and 30% polyester. We've got the Grenade crew sweat in black that has the same pop art grenade with palm tree logo as on the tee but with more colours. There is also the Mortimer crew sweater in grey with a classic cartoon mouse wearing a cap standing on top of some lettering that reads 'Trainerspotter', the Felix crew sweat in grey which has the Felix character chasing a lit stick of dynamite with two Trainerspotter palm trees on it, the Son Of A Gun crew sweat in navy with two mirrored revolvers on the front positioned to look like an animal skull and the Dedstok crewneck in black which has a brightly coloured print on the front in the style of 1950's horror comics with the type 'Dedstok' above it.