Vans shoes: a happily checkered past. Vans shoes: a happily checkered past. News ... Off the Wall: Stories of Sole from Vans Originals,” by Doug Palladini, due out June 4.

Back when VF bought Vans for $370 million in 2004, Vans was publicly traded, too. And fading fast. Between 1993 and 2003 it struggled to turn a profit, and by the end it was losing $30 million a year.

Buyers have rated these Vans shoes 4.1 stars out of five. "These are the coolest checkered Vans I have ever had with the black sole not allowing scuffs to be seen at all," says a reviewer. "Love them.

Dime and Vancouver Skater Una Farrar Remix the Vans Mixxa: With a SickStick™ rubber sole, DURACAP™ underlays, a thick tongue, wide laces and several Farrar-crafted details.

Vans reimagines their iconic slip-on sneakers with a platform sole. The platform Vans are available in different styles, prints, and colors. Open side menu button ...

Ricci tells The Strategist about her favorite footwear and how she never goes anywhere without them. "I wear the Vans Classic Slip-Ons Stackform every day, and I order two pairs at a time," she ...

Vans has stepped its game up early in 2018 -- with a silver series and reimagined checkerboard pattern. Vans Is Getting Fancy With New Silver And Checkerboard Series Sound+Vision ...

By the early-1970s, Vans had become popular with Santa Monica and Venice-area skaters, like the Z-Boys‘ Tony Alva and Stacy Peralta, due to their durability and thick rubber sole. As Alva ...

For years, scuffed-up, thick-soled Vans have been the shoe of choice for high school skater kids, ... Don't think the era of checkered slip-ons in the skate park is over, though.

A new internet “challenge” has people throwing their Vans shoes to prove that, no matter how you throw them, the shoes land right-side up.The #VansChallenge has people sharing videos of their Vans ...

Mass, Impromptu Experiment #VansChallenge Sees People Throwing Their Shoes to See How They Fall In most of the videos, even when multiple pairs are thrown at once, the Vans shoe lands sole-down ...