Zeha retro-styled trainers out of Berlin
Zeha is a company with a heritage dating back to 1897, but has only recently become available worldwide.
The company was based in East Germany, making sportswear for the GDR Olympic team on the 1960s and indeed, the Soviet Union football team in the same decade. The label died after the Berlin Wall fell, but was rediscovered in 2002 by two Berlin designers (Alexander Barré and Torsten Heine), who turned the company into a modern-day sports label.
And the results are both retro and stylish, headed up by the awfully-named Streetwear collection, which includes this 4010 model in a light blue suede (other colours are available), thin sole and traditional Zeha branding. No retailers in the UK, so prices aren't clear - I'm guessing around £70.
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got a pair of the originals back home.
Posted by: mlad | 12/20/2007 at 02:43 PM