I’ve been a fan of Vans shoes for years, back since the days when I was 14/15 and started skateboarding. Yes that’s right, me – skateboarding. And I wasn’t even half bad considering! No I couldn’t do any complex stuff, but I could do some street tricks: ollies, manuels and even landed a couple casper varial flips, and learned to drop in by concrete bowls – but street skating was more my thing. So as you can imagine, it was kind of essential to have some good grip, flat skate shoes, and vans were my choice. From the old skool TNTs in black with the pink stripe – yep you know the ones, to checkered classic slip-ons and authentic lace ups.
Vans have so many different designs and styles, you walk in the store and you pretty much wanna grab everything and walk out with a whole bunch. (At least that’s what I wanna do each time anyway.) These latest designs are hot!
I’m a massive fan of leopard print whether it’s on shoes, accessories, clothes, you name it. As long as it’s classy and not tacky, I say go for it. And slip-ons are great for those days where you really can’t be bothered with lace-ups. I used to own a pair of the pink checkered slip-ons (until they went to shoe heaven after being destroyed by torrential rain and lots of skateboarding), and I’ve always considered getting them again – I might just have to. I love the turquoise of the washed look too. The leopard slip-on lo pros are a great design instead of resorting to ballet pumps all the time (and probably more durable knowing Vans).
So looks like these (at least one pair if not more) will be added to my Las Vegas shopping list. Especially the leopard. Wish me luck that I don’t come back to London with a very over-weight suitcase.
All of these shoes are available at Vans. However, to visit the UK store, click here.
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