Last modified on Mon 19 Apr 2021 11.16 EDT
My Adidas Stan Smith trainers.
Helen Keenâs Adidas Stan Smith trainers. Photograph: Image supplied by reader
They are size 3, white, although now cracked and muddy, with brownish laces. They feel soft and moulded to my feet. Iâve worn them every day since the beginning of lockdown, a week after I found out I was pregnant. Theyâve steadied me on my once-a-day lockdown walks when nausea threatened to knock me over. Theyâve been stretched and sweated through during the warmer, heavier months. Theyâve been laced and unlaced by my boyfriend when I could no longer reach them.