A Spezial Evening

07.11.2014

Rows of adidas trainers in blue, yellow, green and red lined up along a white shelf at the adidas Spezial exhibition

A few weeks ago Gary Aspden’s adidas Spezial exhibition rolled in to town. The trainers were rare, the drinks were free and a fair few members of the Oi Polloi goon squad may or may not have lost their minds. South Manchester golf prodigy Mike Sallabank was on hand to take pictures of people trying to hold it together…

Rows of spirit bottles with yellow labels lit up on bar shelves beside a white brick wall, with a desk lamp in front

Two people arm in arm at the exhibition holding red drinks cans with straws, one in a red check overshirt

Rows of adidas trainers on a white display, including purple suede with yellow stripes and green, yellow and black pairs

Someone in a pale cap and grey jacket grinning with eyes shut, holding a red drinks can up in the air

A security guard in a black Primary Security jacket, white shirt and grey tie, wearing an earpiece

A glass cabinet of adidas shell-toe trainers in white, black, navy and printed colourways, with visitors behind

Three people posing by a colourful mural in a grey jacket, orange shirt and blue gingham shirt, one raising a middle finger

Two people laughing at the exhibition, one holding a drink with a straw, with trainers on display behind a wire grille

Close-up of adidas trainers on display, including white with grey stripes, blue with white stripes and navy with red stripes

Someone in a pale cap pulling a face in the crowd, beside a bearded visitor in a navy, grey and yellow jacket

Someone smiling with a red jumper draped over their shoulders, chatting in front of a wall of printed exhibition text

Handwritten Gary Aspden label with an arrow pointing to a figure half hidden behind two visitors, in front of wall text

A group chatting behind a white wire grille, one in a green camouflage The North Face jacket, another in a black track top

Fluorescent tubes above a wall quote from Mani of the Stone Roses on adidas being seen as something special in Manchester

Close-up of feet in navy suede adidas trainers with white stripes and gum soles, below navy trousers on a worn floor

Kevin Cummins and two others holding drinks with straws, arms round each other, one pulling a face at the camera
Kevins Cummin

Handwritten adidas adidas adidas above someone in a navy cap and pink shirt clapping, among visitors behind a railing

Someone in an orange jacket reflected in a mirror, with a second visitor behind pulling a face

Someone with a beard and glasses in a navy and white striped jumper, holding an orange quilted jacket

Two visitors looking into a glass case of well-worn old trainers, one in a white polo shirt, one in a blue check shirt

The exhibition floor with trainers on shelves in front and a crowd behind a wire grille, one visitor with arms raised

Someone smiling in an orange zip-front jacket over a blue shirt, with other visitors behind

Matt and Darren, first in the queue for the Spezials…

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