It is a simple shoe, really. A canvas slip-on sneaker with a vulcanized basket-weave sole. It has no laces, no grommets, no fancy air pumps, heart monitors or iPod jacks. But it is the blank canvas ...

If you’re looking to for a retro look that’ll transport you back to the ‘80s, you can end your search with the iconic Vans Checkerboard sneaker that’s now on sale at Zappos. Zappos is having a big ...

Vans is giving their iconic checkerboard print a bit of psychedelic flair. From band collabs to The Nightmare Before Christmas to Harry Potter, the sneaker company has consistently put out epic ...

For 60 years, Vans has been a staple of Southern California skate and surf culture, as well as a fashion icon around the world. And the bulk of that fame is owed to its legendary sneakers, especially ...

For Vans' 50th anniversary this year, the skate shoe company will pull from its archive and bring back cherished shoes like its "Checkerboard" styles. The reissues it has planned aren't straight ...

SEARCH THE WORD “checkerboard” on Vans’s web shop and 465 different shoes spool forth. Since the 1970s, when Steve Van Doren (son of Vans founder Paul) noticed kids coloring in their slip-ons to make ...

Checkered Vans sneakers are no longer just the official shoe of Reel Big Fish fans and Sean Penn cosplay fits; they've also found new life as actual fashion, thanks ...

James Van Doren, the man who designed the classic Vans shoes that Sean Penn's Jeff Spicoli wore in 1982's "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," died Oct. 12, and the news started us thinking about how movie ...

Most shoes are instantly forgettable. There are exceptions--clean, pristine Stan Smiths, Bean's duck boots. Likewise, Vans' thick-soled skateboarding sneakers, which are, somewhat improbably, more ...

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