The Sneakers we wear with our jeans

[Double 0 Soul]

5 minutes ago, Talan said:

These keds are definitely good, but I would rather choose something more contemporary, less historical. What do you think about Onitsuka Tiger, Mizuno, or ASICS?

I can't really comment on either.. sorry, not really my thing.

I would have thought you'd be able to pick up any of those brands outside of Japan / anywhere.

Edited January 31 by Double 0 Soul

[Maynard Friedman]

Perhaps some MiJ Onitsuka Tiger, I think they make some nice retro styles.

[redragon]

3 hours ago, Talan said:

 

This has probably been asked many times already, but anyway... What sneakers are the absolute best to buy while you're in Japan? Thanks)

Asahi https://asahishoes.jp/en/

MiJ Converse Sneakers.

Reproduction of Found

Hender Scheme

Moonstar/Doek(same last as Onitsuka Tiger, no arch support, might be abit narrow)

Edited January 31 by redragon
Add some more options

[mlwdp]

Suncore

[oomslokop]

@redragon used to have leather motoratory sneakers that were dyed indigo. they were pretty cool.

[redragon]

still got it!

Even though now not so blue anymore as the leather is peaking through more & more with wear.

[Broark]

Asahi offering their own version of the Converse low tops this spring in black and white.
I think the sole looks quite nice, might give them a try.

[Alec Leamas]

They look great! 

If they are on a similar last to the existing canvas oxford deck shoes these would be a great solution for me in providing a converse shoe that actually fits me!

[Double 0 Soul]

8 hours ago, Alec Leamas said:

They look great! 

 

Yes they do! ..

I love the white with the black (or poss blue) piping.. looks less busy than the black with contrasting white stitch 😍

[spidereye]

On 11/20/2025 at 3:30 AM, Double 0 Soul said:

Ladies and Gentlemen.. I give you a vintage deadstock Dunlop Green Flash 1555

The earliest British sports shoes were developed in the 1830s by The Liverpool Rubber Company, marketed as 'sand shoes' to the Victorian middle-classes who wore them to the beach.. becoming more commonly knows as 'plimsolls' because the rubber foxing tape resembled the plimsoll line of a ship.

In 1888 John Boyd Dunlop a Scottish veterinarian noticed how uncomfortable his son looked while riding his tricycle over stones with solid rubber tyres.. he experimented by glueing strips of canvas to strips of rubber.. inflating them with a football pump and so the pneumatic tyre was born.

in 1910, he introduced the Dunlop golfball, in 1917 the Dunlop tennis racket and in 1927 the Dunlop Green Flash which unlike the plimsoll of yesteryear had a herringbone style sole to offer more grip on the court..

Herringbone, no less!

 

 

 

The first iteration..

 

..as worn by Fred Perry to win Wimbledon consecutively in 1934, 35 and 36

 

 

and many British school children as part of their PE kit in the 60s 70s and 80s .. and so became much maligned  as we all became more accustomed to fancier progressive sports shoe brands from Europe or air-cushioned tech from America who didn't stick to their pre-war (if it ain't broke don't fix it)  aesthetic..

 

 

Green Flash didn't really deserve this reputation, they're a damn good shoe for £39.99 much better made than Vans .. but y'know what school kids are like (little bastards!) .. along with Gola, they had a brief resurgence with the indy-kids, projecting poverty chic in the mid-90s, then all but disappeared.

 

 

I bought these (deadstock c2001) in 2016 after a misty-eyed walk down memory lane with the good folk at Denimbro.. Heechy, Gee, Mr B. Mayno's, Plug, Smiffy and Toots

 

 

Alas.. i heard the 'Green Flash' arm of Dunlop became part of Arcadia group belonging to disgraced retail-spiv Philip Green so the 2018 re-issue was the last roll of the dice.. I'm sure they'll make a return at some point.. they're as British as Fish 'n Chips!

 

 

I've always had a soft spot for Dunlop.. If you ever type Dunlop into a Denimbro search.. you'll find page after page of me wearing Dunlop wellies.. i'mean, i had a lot of very fancy hand crafted footwear in this era but living adjacent to a woodland.. i spent the first 8yrs of my kids life ankle deep in mud, rivers or the shit from various farmyard animals, so i tended to wear £6.99 Dunlop wellies for the most .. oh! and CSF tux.

Tuxed into the wellies of course

I had this one too already sold it too big for me.

[scooby]

Attractions lot 872

[Double 0 Soul]

19 hours ago, spidereye said:

I had this one too already sold it too big for me.

Japanese firm Marubeni have just bought up the Jacobson Group which holds license for Lonsdale and Dunlop footwear so we might see a repro in the coming years.. 

As part of a larger acquisition.. they've also bought Gola so they'll be gentrified Japanese Gola repro's on the horizon which will be either good or bad news for @CSL

..Marubeni are valued at £41bn.. their executives claim "we've seen a recent trend in retro sneakers" .. Mr Fukumura claims "retro is a real trend, it's happening everywhere, Japan, the US.. the UK and even Europe" .. "in the US, retro is skewed towards women, in the UK.. it's the same trend but consumers look for authenticity"

My god!.. with this^ level of insight.. i'm sure it'll be an overwhelming success  .. tell me how the amassed £41bn again?

[MJF9]

Rumours about they are going big into Retro... heads up Wayne... their top aquisition target is some place called Superfuture 😉

[spidereye]

On 2/11/2026 at 2:58 PM, Double 0 Soul said:

Japanese firm Marubeni have just bought up the Jacobson Group which holds license for Lonsdale and Dunlop footwear so we might see a repro in the coming years.. 

As part of a larger acquisition.. they've also bought Gola so they'll be gentrified Japanese Gola repro's on the horizon which will be either good or bad news for @CSL

..Marubeni are valued at £41bn.. their executives claim "we've seen a recent trend in retro sneakers" .. Mr Fukumura claims "retro is a real trend, it's happening everywhere, Japan, the US.. the UK and even Europe" .. "in the US, retro is skewed towards women, in the UK.. it's the same trend but consumers look for authenticity"

My god!.. with this^ level of insight.. i'm sure it'll be an overwhelming success  .. tell me how the amassed £41bn again?

Yeahh nowadays vintage stuff are trending .. even thrifting scenes are coming bigger ..they pay high dollar for vintage item.

[bod]

Who remembers ‘Bukta’? Not footwear but made trackies and football shirts, based in Stockport back in the day so a somewhat local brand to me

I’m looking out on eBay for a tracksuit top I had as a kid in the mid eighties

[Maynard Friedman]

I remember Bukta well, used to make the Newcastle kit many years ago and, if I remember correctly, I think my first West Ham shirt in the mid-1970s was made by Bukta, even though it had no external logo.

I also recall a music magazine interview and photoshoot (from the mid-1980s - the magazine might still be at my dad’s house) with the band Animal Nightlife, a trendy funk/jazz type act - think Sade, Blue Rondo à la Turk, etc. Anyway, for the shoot they were all decked out in gear from the Duffer of St George (back when it was in Portobello Road) and were wearing these cool longish, checked shorts - made by Bukta!

[MJF9]

Can't remember Bukta but remember Duffer well as I used to wear it a lot in from '90 to maybe '93, bought from Everton and Umberto who owned and ran the original Hip in Leeds. Would love to see the photos @Maynard Friedman if you manage to dig them out. Do post your tracky too if you find one @bod

[Maynard Friedman]

Trimm-Trab, Mexico 86 model

[oomslokop]

the kicks of god? 

[mlwdp]

https://hypebeast.com/2026/3/marty-supreme-a24-koyo-bear-sharpman-release-date
 

 

 

[mlwdp]

These are sitting for some reason

 

converse all starxNonnative

https://coverchord.com/products/vnn-f4851

Edited March 20 by mlwdp

[MJF9]

Jabba High

[Double 0 Soul]

The curse of vintage synthetics 

 

Just a little crack

10mins later 

 

[redragon]

Tis’ just a flesh wound…

[Double 0 Soul]

What about now?  

 

[mlwdp]

On 3/20/2026 at 2:47 PM, mlwdp said:

These are sitting for some reason

 

converse all starxNonnative

https://coverchord.com/products/vnn-f4851

Without the zippered shroud, it’s a pretty solid shoe, and in goretex.

[Geeman]

On 3/20/2026 at 6:47 PM, mlwdp said:

These are sitting for some reason

 

converse all starxNonnative

https://coverchord.com/products/vnn-f4851

Best colour way Converse does

[Broark]

Received the Asahi Cons, very nice.
The uppers feel much different from the deck sneakers, a bit more chunky and rough. Actually pretty similar to the canvas used on the Catchball sneakers.
The sole also feels more substantial, will put them through their paces this summer.

[olmecasteve]

These are great @Broark
I sound like a broken record, but i wish they offered high top versions. 

[Broark]

I would also buy these in a high top version, maybe one day they'll make 'em.