Alternatives to 90s Canadian Army Trainers?
I'm a huge fan of these shoes, apparently they're trainers issued to the Canadian military in the 90s. The only ones I can find for sale online are either completely sold out or too small. (I'm looking for a men's US 10.5/11.)
Any ideas on alternatives? I've seen a few reproductions but, same issue on availability, and often the material or sole is different enough that I'm in not into them.
What I like about these:
-- Very simple and no logo
-- Mesh top, with the contrasting suede panels
-- I like the muted purple/lavender laces.
Budget is below $200, second-hand is fine. I have looked at German military trainers, unfortunately I'm not that into the paneling design. But maybe that's the closest thing?
Pictures from Front General Store.
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The Kiko Gel Teremoa was the first shoe that popped into my head. Don't know if it meets the "very simple" criteria, though.
Don't know if you could find it for under $200 on the secondhand market either
Those are very cool. As you said, a bit more complex than what I'm going for but I'll take a look at other stuff from them too
These look rather Novesta to me.
But Novesta has chunkier soles
Also Karhu has similar models, iirc.
Novesta fits the budget quite well.
Search for Marathon Runners.
y3 make some low top mesh boxing trainers, colours are pretty much black or white though
Thanks for the input everyone. I ended up getting a pair of the Model 000 Atoms, which are doing what I'm looking for. https://atoms.com/products/000-gray
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