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Has the Lizzy moved in to fill the space of weird old skool clones now that Trujillo most likely won’t ever get a shoe again?
Seems like there are only so many different versions of something with a suede toe cap and the Vans side line, but I guess there is always someone wanting to do something more or have their own versions of the old classic.
Maybe I am just boring, but I would be happy with the simple black / white Old Skool and Sk8 Low for the rest of my days, as I have enough of them anyway.
I remember when the AV Sk8 Low came out - same normal profile without the side stripe, and it was an instant hit and sold out everywhere that I saw. Something like that always works though.
Still have a couple of these too.
Those were the best! I constantly look them up on eBay, I so badly wish vans would bring them back
Still got a pair of the black suede/ canvas checker board and I really think they are pinnacle vans(at least as far as vulc goes). The foxing has hemp or something in it and the insoles are better than anything they've made since. Also seem to have known how to make the shoe the right size for the insole which is something they've apparently forgotten in recent years.
So. Jealous.
The thick but flat rubber / foam insoles from shoes of that era are still what I use in all my shoes nowdays too, stripping out the classic shoes and making them pro shoes.
To be fair though the current Sk8 Low shoe is a really good one for my foot and I have seen some people cut off the side stripe, although I would not go that far, but blacking it out really changes the look of the shoe as well, making it way more simplified. Even putting in black laces instead of white ones gives it a more low key look.
With the new "Skate" version of the Sk8 Low and Old Skool I have, they are a super solid long lasting shoe, but to me there is always something about a flat black upper on a white trim sole that gets me every time.