As you may know, adidas Originals have teamed up with their old friend and long-term consultant Gary Aspden on a collection dubbed ‘SPEZIAL’. “When I got into wearing tracksuits as a youth, they were an aspirational item,” Aspden told us. “I looked at tracksuits as things that you imagined that wealthy Frenchmen on the Riviera were wearing on their yachts, even though we were cheeky, working-class kids from the North West.” The collection is British and though technically sportswear, too nice that you would ever want to play any sport in it – heaven forbid you get a grass stain. And now it’s available on oki-ni.com. The first 100 people to order get a free copy of the limited edition SPEZIAL book which catalogues the German brand’s heritage styles. Something for the wardrobe and the coffee table then. Fancy that.
Click here to read more about the adidas Originals SPEZIAL collection.
By Ted Stansfield