Who the fuck is Stan Smith?

His name is synonymous with casual fashion, emblazoned across the UK’s best selling trainers of all time, yet it’s fair to say that the man himself is a mere side-show in comparison to the iconic footwear that festoons him. And so we ask… who the fuck is Stan Smith?...

My 10 greatest trainers ever

LAST week on The Anfield Wrap you may have stumbled across a piece I wrote about how I’d somehow fallen out of love with trainers; how these days I’m more likely to go out and buy a pair of suede Clarks Originals than the latest ‘must-have’...

How I fell out of love with trainers

I’M not quite sure when it happened but at some point over the last three or four years, I gradually fell out of love with buying new trainers. Even writing that feels weird because for as long as I can remember, I’ve loved – and I mean loved –...

The Trainer Wars

An article Peter wrote for The Face back in 1990; it’s as relevant now as it was then. THIS year marked the tenth anniversary of THE FACE, but whereas parties have been thrown to commemorate this occasion, nobody has bothered to hold a ‘do’ for the tenth...