New trainers: Air Jordan four white/grey

Only two years ago, when Jordan put out an original colour retro, you could just stroll into any high street Footlocker and pick one up for £80. Nowadays it's £110 standard, riots, instant sell outs, websites crashing so that resellers can immediately flip for twice the price and Jay-Z spilling Ace on his sick Js.

Despite that, for the white cement IV reissue (IVs were probably the first time the majority of UK males laid eyes on Jordans via the Littlewoods catalogue) they do give you a pretty box, an acceptable shape which accurately represents the original and the chance to re-enact Buggin Out's Jordan bike abuse/toothbrush rescue scenes from Do The Right Thing.

Old trainers: Air Jordan Eleven- Concord

My unworn/worn ratio is getting a bit stupid recently. But when these first came out in 2000 they were crazy Jestsons future shoes, when they were re-released in 2011, they still look like crazy Jetsons future shoes. So still waiting for the future to catch up, but by then, I'm gonna be too old to mess about in basketball trainers.

These also have the Mario Balotelli seal of approval so makes them twice as wicked.

New trainers: Air Jordan 1 x Dave White "wings for the future"

These just look awesome. Love them. Backed up with a premium quality too (such as the artist grade tongue tag and embossed paint splatter). I tried making the white reflective 3M pop, but think the flash on the camera was too big.

200 pairs in Niketown according to the guy in charge. Big boss wasn't in apparently so although they were allocating tickets, were also letting people double up. There were so many dirty resellers knocking around, stocking them up in their ikea carrier bags- a few fools thought they were getting rich.

I left with more than I needed too, maybe an extra pair just to stick on a bookshelf.

Nike ACG – Talaria Boot Quickstrike

After reading this fantastic piece about Nike's All Conditions Gear product line and it's heritage, I was convinced that I needed my first pair of ACGs immediately there and then. Was never a fan before, something about the functional utilitarian aspect of the line or maybe that walking around was nowhere near as cool as activities such as basketball, tennis or 'cross training'. In fact I had these put away for ages, having nothing which could compliment the pop-out neon and quietly seething at how easily influenced I was by internet blogs. But come snowtime and I'm the one striding around like a crispy warm-footed colossus whilst every other fool is doing their best crippled Bambi impressions.