Pictures of People Wearing... Vans

17.11.2017

The Vans story has been told a fair few times — originally designed as deck shoes… discovered by 70s pool skaters… worn by a lot of people. Before we start rattling on too much about history and rubber compounds, here are a few pictures of assorted humanoids wearing them…

Four people lounging on shaggy fur rugs under a disco ball, in Vans checkerboard slip-ons and red and black lace-ups

BMX rider Brian Blyther upside down in mid-air above a skatepark bowl, watched by a crowd behind Skyway Recreation banners

Rick Howard skating a concrete ledge at night in blue Vans, a grey tee and baggy khakis, in a 1996 Vans Off The Wall advert

A skater in a white short-sleeved shirt, grey shorts and Vans Hensley chukkas on a ledge at night, below neon burlesque signs

BMX rider Greg Hill in red race kit and a yellow helmet, flying high over a dirt track against blue sky and a tall tree

The band Minor Threat on the steps of a clapboard porch in black and white, the one in front in a white tee, shorts and Vans

A skater in a yellow helmet and pads, one hand on the coping of a concrete bowl, board overhead, with a packed crowd behind

Jay Adams crouched low on a skateboard between traffic cones, a hand on the tarmac, in a check flannel shirt, jeans and Vans

A BMX rider in a yellow jersey, Dyno helmet, blue race trousers and Vans, in mid-air on a chrome Dyno bike against blue sky

Rollins, shirtless and tattooed, singing into a microphone in jeans and Vans to a crowd sat on the floor, in black and white

Julien Stranger in a blue top and khakis, in mid-air over a brick ledge below tower blocks, in a Real skateboards advert

Cover of Weird Al Yankovic's Greatest Hits: the singer reclines in a fish-print shirt, red socks and patterned Vans slip-ons

A chimp in a checkerboard-sleeved Vans jersey riding a tricycle past a BMX race crowd, on a black and white magazine page

Read an interview with a serious Vans collector here.

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