This enormous hardback looks at sneaker culture through the golden age of vintage print advertising, treating the ads as a visual record of sport, style, branding, and popular culture.

Compiled and written by Simon “Woody” Wood, founder of Sneaker Freaker, it brings together nearly 900 vintage images across 720 pages.

The book focuses on the footwear industry’s most memorable advertising, from major brands and classic models to athletes, musicians, and pop culture figures.

Adidas, New Balance, Puma, Asics, Pony, Pro-Keds, Nike, Converse, and Reebok all appear, alongside models such as the Air Max, All Star, 990, and Pump.

The people are just as important as the products. Andre Agassi, Michael Jordan, Paula Abdul, and MC Hammer are part of the story, showing how sneakers moved through sport, music, celebrity, and street culture at the same time.

The appeal is in the original graphics, slogans, layouts, and period detail.

It’s a book for anyone interested in trainers, but just as much for people drawn to advertising, archive imagery, and the design language of late twentieth-century culture.

Hardback; 720 pages; 315mm × 230mm.

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