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In pictures: Vans x Vivienne Westwood


In pictures: Vans x Vivienne Westwood

US action sports brand Vans and British fashion house Vivienne Westwood
have created a footwear capsule collection that champions fearless
individualism and liberation. The exclusive collection reinterprets iconic
Westwood archive prints, graphics and designs of the house for six of Vans
classic silhouettes. Though the Vans x Vivienne Westwood Anglomania
collection will launch in stores and online only on 20th September, the
label already released pictures on Friday.

The Vans x Vivian Westwood capsule collection consists of the shoe
styles “Sk8-Hi”, “Sk8-Hi-Plateau”, “Checkerboard Slip-On”, “Style #53”,
“Old Skool” and “Authentic”. Each of them is finished with the designer’s
“VW” monogram and retails between 70 and 145 euros (around 75 and 160 US
dollars / 60 and 130 British pounds).

In pictures: Vans x Vivienne Westwood

The “Sk8-Hi” is a nod to each brand’s birthplace and features embossed
markings of a handwritten letter sent from Southern California to Vivienne
Westwood’s flagship boutique at 44 Conduit St., London. The Sk8-Hi is
outfitted with a natural vegetable dye tan leather, printed postage stamp
listing the collaboration launch date and a leatherbound outsole.

In pictures: Vans x Vivienne Westwood

Model “Sk8-Hi-Plateau” was inspired by Vivienne Westwood’s Pirate boot,
which was first presented in 1981 as part of the legendary Pirate
collection. Accordingly, the shoe’s design has adopted key design notes
from the boot, for example the tan vegetable dye buckled strap across the
hightop form.

In pictures: Vans x Vivienne Westwood

The “Checkerboard Slip-On” unites the history of both brands as well,
featuring Vans’ classic checkerboard pattern layered with Vivienne
Westwood’s “Destroy” graphic – brand signatures that both debuted in 1977.
“Westwood upholds the intent of the everchanging Checkerboard by subverting
the design to include larger scale checks applied diagonally on the vamp,”
explains the brand in Friday’s press release.

In pictures: Vans x Vivienne Westwood

“Style #53” drew from Vans’ ‘90s archives to revive the loafer style
slip-on. It features black suede uppers, a black lugged outsole and is
finished with a Vivienne Westwood multi-colored metal orb.

In pictures: Vans x Vivienne Westwood

Vivienne Westwood’s iconic signs – orb and lightning bolt – also
decorate the “Old Skool” style, which is outfitted in oxblood suede and
canvas with contrasting mustard-coloured stitching and gum sole.

In pictures: Vans x Vivienne Westwood

Like “Old Skool”, “Authentic” also sports the orb and lightning bolt
and is presented in a new vivid sky-blue colourway made exclusively for the
collaboration.

In pictures: Vans x Vivienne Westwood

The six styles of the Vans x Vivian Westwood capsule collection are
available from Friday onward in selected stores and online.

Photos: Vans



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