vintage VANS 2-tone red black PIRATE SKULLS print ERA style #95 custom MADE IN USA 80's checkerboard logo SCENE off the wall US5.5 US5 US4 youth

 roze or rood?

vintage vans style #95 era custom #295
Q21 blk skate pirate on red/black
checkerboard scene CD
customade in usa circa 1988
new in box
sizes
US4/UK3.5
US5/UK4.5

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vintage VANS 2-tone pink black PIRATE SKULLS print ERA style #95 custom MADE IN USA 80's checkerboard logo SCENE off the wall US5.5 US5 US4 youth

 i lost fans with y.days pirate deluge ha! 1 way to weed out the un-impassioned. apologies 4 clogging your feed on a sunday but i have 1 more week only of vans posts b4 OCT prep to close the store. as such, will keep it simple.
rose or rood?

vintage vans style #95 era custom #295
Q86 blk skate pirate on pink/black
checkerboard scene CD
customade in usa circa 1988
new in box
sizes
US4/UK3.5
US5/UK4.5
US5.5/UK5

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vintage VANS black white PIRATE SKULLS style #36 OLD SKOOL skate pirate MADE IN USA 90's sk8-low US9 print printed OFF THE WALL original skateboard

 from one iconoclastic print to the next, initially referred to as skate pirate, the wayfarer & bandana wearing pirate skulls quickly became a cult figure amongst connoisseurs. I wish I could host a week full of pirate products but they simply too rare. as such sunday is skate pirate day! tag me in your footwear, apparel & accessories & we will share the core flavour

vintage vans style #36 old skool
Q38 black skull on white
made in usa circa 1994
new in box
US9/UK8

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vintage VANS customade vanosaur pirate skulls print style #95 era MADE IN USA OFF THE WALL

 vintage vans style #95 era

3-tone vanosaur/pirate skulls print canvas

customade in usa circa 1986

used

size N/A 

an incredible 3-tone print style #95 quite obviously customade by some1 with impecable taste. just imagine receiving the box in the mail 6-8 weeks after customising your selections panel by panel, & seeing the finished result in pristine condition! the forefoot panel features the lush aqua vanosaur, complemented by a more muted vanosaur on the padded collar & offset against the bold skate pirate in red. 1 of the most fresh specimens of custom print canvas to pass through our hands. so fresh in fact we just can't let it go. sorry folks. in the vault!

vintage VANS custom 2-tone tri-color PIRATE SKULLS logo print style #95 era MADE IN USA streetstyle US5.5

vintage vans style #95 era custom #178

2-tone tri-color pirate skulls/logo print canvas

made in usa circa 1987

new in box

US5.5/UK5

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style profile; vans (custom) PRINTS & PRINTED CANVAS

we have recently profiled the history of vans customs & reviewed the modern van doren series re-issues which naturally opens the floodgates to an in depth feature of vans (custom) prints. printed canvas has played a huge part in the evolution of the brand however to tell the story we have to set the 'scene' so to speak. legend has it that the legend himslef steve van doren was still in high school when he noticed kids colouring in the white midsole with checkerboard pattern. this was then reported back to van doren seniors who eventually began working with printed checkerboard canvas.... & the rest is (checkered) history!

it was the early 80's when some fortuitous product placement within popular culture thrust vans & namely the checkerboard print into the mainstream of consciousness. as such, it was all aboard the checkerboard which flowing at such a high rate facilitated the evolution of vans prints to ever greater depths. what started with simple checkerboard, stripes & logo prints soon progressed into intricate canvasses of disney characters, dinosaurs & skate pirates.... with everyhting conceivable in betweeen.

of course custom made prints were possible from the very beginning of the house of vans operation in 1966, as long as you provided your own fabric print. henceforth as the 80's progressed so too did the option for custom made printed uppers available instore or by mail order. 1 was either faced with a shoelace-bound sample book of printed canvas tongues or a mail order palette of the spectrum of available designs. of course this was not the limit of vans prints as we have seen many variations on a theme from commercial collaborations to 1-off combinations. prints became so popular & endemic to the brand identity that many became stock option shoes available on the shelves instore. again the diggers out there should look for the custom made markings (discussed last week).... or for the glaringly obvious.