Vans Plans

[Atiba Applebum]

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tvv is gonna get a hair cut and we'll all be like holy shit this guy is the best

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This is pretty accurate

This is literally what happened to Caswell Berry in the early 00s

[TwisT]

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i present to you: vans's savior



https://otw.vans.com/en-us/p/otw/footwear-90085/premium-clash-the-wall-VN000CNKBKC

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As if all the awful collabs with SpongeBob,Marvel,Hello Kitty, Reese's weren't enough... They're not even trying with this one. What overpaid person thought lets just cut two shoes in half?

oh shit, they got the spizikes!

[kook1234]

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i present to you: vans's savior



https://otw.vans.com/en-us/p/otw/footwear-90085/premium-clash-the-wall-VN000CNKBKC

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As if all the awful collabs with SpongeBob,Marvel,Hello Kitty, Reese's weren't enough... They're not even trying with this one. What overpaid person thought lets just cut two shoes in half?

first of, I am by no means a fan of vans.  its shoes for normies.  that said, what do u think "of the wall" implies?

also, this is not the first time shoes like this have been done:

theres these ugly ishod mismatches



you have these monstrosities



also not a Jordan brand fan but as far as I know these were the first:



louie got a fit of during his failed soty 2022 run where he had his shoe split blue and green, which was cool but I cant find the video.  I "got" it when I saw the louie clip cause you see the outside of one shoe be blue and the inside of the other be green

edit:  this isnt the clip I was thinking of but he has a similar fit @1:34

http://youtu.be/EdzqwdPfEDY?t=92

I just scoured Louies output for the past couple of years.  impressive first, but crazy to think hes been on FA for 4 years already

[InkkeACAB]

first of, I am by no means a fan of vans.  its shoes for normies.  that said, what do u think "of the wall" implies?

skating a wall

[Welpok]

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i present to you: vans's savior



https://otw.vans.com/en-us/p/otw/footwear-90085/premium-clash-the-wall-VN000CNKBKC

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As if all the awful collabs with SpongeBob,Marvel,Hello Kitty, Reese's weren't enough... They're not even trying with this one. What overpaid person thought lets just cut two shoes in half?

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oh shit, they got the spizikes!

At this point vans is of the wall..

[versacekid420]

i present to you: vans's savior



https://otw.vans.com/en-us/p/otw/footwear-90085/premium-clash-the-wall-VN000CNKBKC

fucking gas bro

[frontsideNECKTIE]

i present to you: vans's savior



https://otw.vans.com/en-us/p/otw/footwear-90085/premium-clash-the-wall-VN000CNKBKC

Having no feet would be a better alternative than wearing these

[Shortys Hardware]

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New Balance us to shoes what Krooked is to boards these days.. “Could see him on..”

Is Vans slimming down their lower-tiered squad?

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Feels like that's exactly what they're doing. Going to keep the bigger names.

I legit feel like Aiden, Ben Kadow, Tyson, and Rizzo are the next to have their contracts run out.

those guys imo at least feel involved with the brand, and Vans actually makes an effort with them beyond just signing them to a contract. It didn't feel like they did that with Kirby, TVV, CJ collins

[Ninj2]

Vans is incompetent. As far as shoes go. They like getting a c if you own a restaurant and it’s a damn shame and in blame upper management

[gub]

my feeling is that rizzo must remain paid

[DCLOVE]

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tvv is gonna get a hair cut and we'll all be like holy shit this guy is the best

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This is pretty accurate

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Him moving back to the midwest, I hope Alien Workshop hops on this.

Shhhh dlx already got the last two threads about him nuked. He’s like Voldemort now.

I hope they don’t cut rizzo, he makes vans look cool. You gotta wonder what pull Crockett has over there still to have had a pro model stay in the line the longest out of anyone who isn’t a legend or ave . I imagine some of the pull extends to keeping rizzo paid.

[Pete]

Those might be the worst pair of vans I’ve ever seen.
Including all that shit they were doing trying to compete with DC and Etnies before that Cardiel ad bringing back “off the wall”, focusing on classics etc.
Like the “half cab 2” that shit looks like a hightop D3.
All grey Cab 6s were tough tho



Free max b

[newMe]

i present to you: vans's savior



https://otw.vans.com/en-us/p/otw/footwear-90085/premium-clash-the-wall-VN000CNKBKC

Part of the new Atiba influence maybe?

[assvogel]

That whole OTW is such a failure. Like they bought 250k followers to their IG-account, but even the bots are "yeah not gonna bother🔥-emoji this fucking shit".

I get they want to chase the dunk hypebeast crowd, but the difference is people actually want to wear dunks instead of some ugly ass mishmash abomination of different Vans-models by some dude called Potato.

But it's kinda ironic, that the thing that saved Vans in the 00's was when they went back to the classics instead of trying to copy what others were doing and now they are trying to stay relevant by doing the complete opposite.

I've pretty much only wore Vans for the last 20-something years, but they seem so lost right now, I'm probably gonna go for some other megacorporation shoes soon...

Fuck it, here's a free tip for Vans: bring back the Stranger Syndicate Eras, those were awesome.

[Allen.]

Dear Vans, Make shoes feel like they did when you made the AV6. Or just make the AV6 or AV3’s.

[RoaryMcTwang]

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i present to you: vans's savior



https://otw.vans.com/en-us/p/otw/footwear-90085/premium-clash-the-wall-VN000CNKBKC

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As if all the awful collabs with SpongeBob,Marvel,Hello Kitty, Reese's weren't enough... They're not even trying with this one. What overpaid person thought lets just cut two shoes in half?

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oh shit, they got the spizikes!

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At this point vans is of the wall..

Of the market more like

[Shortys Hardware]

That whole OTW is such a failure. Like they bought 250k followers to their IG-account, but even the bots are "yeah not gonna bother🔥-emoji this fucking shit".

I think its just the old vans vault instagram with the name change hence the followers

[TastyBurrito]

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That whole OTW is such a failure. Like they bought 250k followers to their IG-account, but even the bots are "yeah not gonna bother🔥-emoji this fucking shit".

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I think its just the old vans vault instagram with the name change hence the followers

This. They nix'd the Vault line and replaced it with OTW.

Which is funny because the original OTW line from 10 years ago was killed. But I think it was because people didn't know what "Vault" was but were aware of "Off The Wall."

[Cranberry Relish]

That whole OTW is such a failure. Like they bought 250k followers to their IG-account, but even the bots are "yeah not gonna bother🔥-emoji this fucking shit".

I get they want to chase the dunk hypebeast crowd, but the difference is people actually want to wear dunks instead of some ugly ass mishmash abomination of different Vans-models by some dude called Potato.

But it's kinda ironic, that the thing that saved Vans in the 00's was when they went back to the classics instead of trying to copy what others were doing and now they are trying to stay relevant by doing the complete opposite.

I've pretty much only wore Vans for the last 20-something years, but they seem so lost right now, I'm probably gonna go for some other megacorporation shoes soon...

Fuck it, here's a free tip for Vans: bring back the Stranger Syndicate Eras, those were awesome.

Yes, please.