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Vans Rowley XLT on the schedule for next year. Looks like four colorways in total.

Now all I need to be re-released from Vans are the Estilos.
Straight in the wack shoe dumpster
Were you a fan of the ogs? I tend to agree but I was never a fan of them when they first came out (never really got why people wanted an inch and a half of kitchen sponge under their heels and Rowley pretty much didn't even wear them anyway) but I guess for the fans of the shoe it looks pretty close. If they make the midsole out of popcush and have better quality uppers I can at least see a reason for them to exist.(altho there's like six other Rowley shoes I'd bring back before these)
This is not the only Rowley shoe being re-released, as I've been told there are a number of models coming, not just this one. Personally, I can't recall Vans doing a release of a thicker vintage cupsole shoe like this properly, and I'm not going to say "no way Jose" to more vintage shoes being brought back. 00s are all the rage now.
not to nitpick, but why and when would they have? this era of shoe is only coming into the re-issue cycle now due to trends and whatnot
Vans could have done this earlier this year, DC has been doing it for a while and is having great success with it (arguably it's revitalized their brand). I mean honestly with all the missteps over the last several years (lackluster signature models, the constant barrage of new models that nobody really wants, the spree of goddawful non-skate collabs, the death of the Vault line) I don't expect them to be ahead of the curve or setting a trend, but it would have been interesting to have something like a thicker and puffy Fairlane a year ago instead of the Knu-Skool or even a later Cab model for the entire Half Cab thing last year. Instead just got the same thing over and over.
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Vans Rowley XLT on the schedule for next year. Looks like four colorways in total.

Now all I need to be re-released from Vans are the Estilos.
Please tell me the 4th color is navy/gum the starry eyed nostalgia for that specific shoe is intense for me. I'm grabbing all 4 colors regardless. This shoe skated soooooo good.
I might be mistaken but I assumed these were the colorways. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

These are 100% OG shoes not the reissue
I had a feeling those were OG.