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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Danni Scott

Shoppers ridicule £40 black trainers – saying they look just like 'school PE shoes'

Fashion can be hard to predict, with nostalgic styles often coming back in fleeting trends plastered across TikTok and fast fashion brands.

Nostalgia is a powerful tool with fashion suppliers like Primark selling items branded with well known children's shows such as The Powerpuff Girls. Even £2k boots from a Vegan brand called Koi Footwear, featuring the Teletubbies went viral recently.

However, Japanese fashion brand Uniqlo has awoken the wrong kind of nostalgia with trainers that have been criticised for looking like "school shoes".

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