Tag Archives : trainers

Garmology podcast: Reviving dead sneakers – With Vinnie Tao at Sneakerpharm (#159)


What happens when a lifelong sneaker lover refuses to throw away his favourite shoes — and ends up building a full sneaker restoration business instead? In this episode, we meet SneakerPharm’s founder, the craftsman bringing dead, battered, sun-bleached trainers back to life using skill, chemistry, and a whole lot of patience. From reverse-engineering damaged materials to perfecting the art of whitening,…

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Garmology S00 E29: Sports shoes to hypebeast mania – With Thomas A Turner


My guest in this episode is Thomas A Turner, acclaimed author of “The Sports Shoe – A history from field to fashion”, the definitive book about the evolution of the sports shoe form the early days of tennis shoes, via trainers to sneakers, technology, fashion, cult reissues and the current days’ hypebeast mania of the collectable collaborative investment sneakers. And…

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