Through the Magpie Eye: Old Reebok Adverts

25.01.2019

To tide us through ‘silly season’ whilst we wait for our first chunks of spring stuff to arrive – here’s some classic Reebok adverts pulled from the nether-regions of the net. Full spread of visual styles here… from emotional watercolour paintwork to flashy, full-bore 80s graphic treatments, all the way up to Giggsy’s flower stand and some candid front-yard portraiture from the pages of Sleaze Nation.

For those wondering, most of these adverts were hoiked from the now deceased Retrobok site, which is definitely worth a ganders if you’re into pictures of old trainers of the Boltonian variety.

Reebok advert: The sole difference makes all the difference, with the soles of the Aztec and Aztec Princess running shoes

Reebok Spitfire advert: Spitfires are for the darkest hours, with a runner in a Union Jack tee on a beach at sunset

Reebok Phase 1 Trainer advert: For the motionally unstable, only, with someone in running kit on a therapist's couch

Reebok GL 6000 advert: The first performance running shoe with a total stability system, a brown, white and red trainer

Reebok Freestyle Hi-Top advert: Sizzlin' Hot Reebok, with red, white and black high-tops above red lettering

Reebok Rugged Walker advert: Official shoe of the Varsity Cello Team, cellists in black on a stage, wearing trainers

Illustrated Reebok Phase 1 advert: Because life is not a spectator sport, a tennis player resting in a chair with a drink

Illustrated Reebok Workout Mid-Cut advert: Because life is not a spectator sport, someone slumped on a changing room bench

Reebok Phase 1 advert: Class Act, a painting of a tennis player in white flannels on a grass court, with a white trainer

Reebok Energy Return System advert, feet in black shoes on big metal springs, beside ERS trainers and a Foot Locker logo

Reebok Classic advert: Mmm... Classic, a black and white drawing of a character from The Simpsons standing in trainers

Reebok advert: There are other boots, with Ryan Giggs as a roadside flower seller by a red umbrella and yellow flowers

Reebok advert: There are other boots, with Peter Schmeichel as a pig farmer holding an orange bucket among piglets

Reebok advert, a model with long hair in a navy Reebok woven jacket over a white V-neck tee, in front of a tree

Reebok advert, a model in a white Reebok puffer jacket over a navy zip-neck sweat and jeans, in a front garden with roses

Reebok advert, a model laughing in a cream and navy overhead jacket with earphones, by a red house front and geraniums

Reebok Classic advert, a model in wide grey trousers and white Reebok Classic Leather trainers on a garden path

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