The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Footwear fanatics stampede to snap up limited edition Adidas trainers. Picture: Kim Cessford.
Release of limited edition Gazelles brings huge queue to Size? in Dundee
Dozens of footwear fanatics queued up outside a Dundee fashion store from 5am on Friday to get their hands on a limited edition pair of trainers.
Witnesses reported seeing as many as 50 people waiting outside Size? on Dundee High street in the early hours.
Despite Size? not opening till 8am, crowds waited for three hours in preparation for the national release of a limited edition pair of Adidas trainers.
Size? sold out of the £90 Adidas Gazelle Milan GTX shoes within just over an hour of opening.
Alan Stewart, who was the first in the queue, drove from Perth to get his hands on a pair of the rare shoes.
Trainer collector Allan, who is a big Adidas fan, said: “I got to Dundee at five o’clock.
“It’s the second time I’ve been at the front of the queue at Size?.
“I drove to Size? through the snow last month when the Adidas Amsterdam trainers came out.
“When I looked out at eight o’clock today when the shop opened, I couldn’t see the back of the queue.”
Alan has had a love affair with Adidas trainers since he was at school.
Starting off with Adidas Bambas before moving on to a pair of Sambas, Alan now has 36 pairs of Adidas trainers – all still in their original box.
“I’m 46 and I’ve had Adidas shoes since school,” he said.
“I’ve got 36 pairs and the vast majority still have got their tags.
“My wife thinks I’m a crackpot, but they just go up and up in value. “Some pairs change hands for £400. “There was pair of blue and white Adidas trainers on eBay which were made in Yugoslavia and they went for £900.”
A spokesman for Size? confirmed the store sold out of the trainers in little over an hour.
The store opened an hour early to accommodate queuing fans.