[lorre]

I'd elements of truth are in there, not too sure if one store or one person was the reason for Originals being set up but it's a fact that peeps, football supporters, shop owners etc used to go around Europe buying up shoes/stock that hadn't been released in the UK the whole thing started way before the 90s.
You only have to look at people like Liverpool entrepreneur Robert wade smith to see that something big was going on and that adidas originals was a reaction to this.
But having said that not too sure how many footie kids where wearing supes back then.