Showing posts with label van doren rubber company. Show all posts
Showing posts with label van doren rubber company. Show all posts

30/12/2012

vintage VAN DOREN RUBBER CO t-shirt MADE IN USA signed by STEVE VAN DOREN california native american L new old stock 1980's caballero tshirt


if you follow our (self)indulgence in original vans memorabilia via this page you may recognise this t-shirt which has made a few appearances, photographed here with the plan to sell.


the trials & tribulations of a t-shirt!

vintage vans native american t-shirt
van doren rubber co
signed by steve van doren
made in usa circa 1988
new old stock
size N/A

as such, owing to (un)fortunate circumstances the item is no longer available for sale

28/12/2012

vintage VAN DOREN custom XMAS SHOES red canvas plimsoll style #19 MADE IN USA 1960's 1970's merry xmas vans

 merry xmas from the van dorens, & the other side of the pillow.
























vintage van doren style #19 lace-up
merry xmas embroidery
red canvas
customade in usa circa late 60's
used in original box
size N/A

a very rare example of some bespoke style #19 lace-ups custom made for a friend of the van doren family. to say these are hand made is superfluous because all original vans were made by hand. the hand crafted embroidery however is 1 of a kind, as are the custom striped laces. they feature the van doren external heel tab & internal heel pads & are thought to be from the late 60's. the have been used sparingly although do show wear perhaps only from use on xmas day for the past 40+ years!

15/12/2012

vintage VELVET VANS chukka boot black velour style #80 MADE IN USA 90's thin sole granny boot

 in the 1970's van doren rubber company as a subsidiary of vans were under contract to produce extreme cold weather mukluk boots for the US department of defence & air force. that's some serious backing from the US government for those considered to be at the peak of footwear construction & reliability. also in production were these examples of smooth reef/diving shoes with a thin dimpled outsole.

 not sure who came 1st but the reef walkers resemble closely & perhaps inspired the style #80 chukka boot with calender outsole. 

 a rare model from the early 90's which barely surfaces today although when it does often comes draped in velvet! granny boot sensibility with the comfort of a slipper.



vintage vans style #80 chukka boot
black velvet
calender outsole
made in usa circa 1991
new in box
USw8.5/US6.5N/UK6N
USw9/US7N/UK6.5N

12/11/2012

9,10,11.11.12 ¬ TOSOTP x VAN DOREN X VAULT X VvARPED

 
NAME DROP IN' ¬
you know you've had a good weekend when you wake up to this in your inbox
PEAK'N ¬
you may have seen this tee being held in the same fashion before? i was re-enacting the time sitting in the very office of the man himself who was now standing in my 'office'!
SVD ¬
before you ask, i was going to sell this tee, until this moment.... alas i will now have to hang on to it.
  


no caption will capture this moment 

so we opened the 'vault' for the man himself. for those who missed the action, here's a taste of the flavour now packed away again til the official 'archive' opens. a prospect now less of a pipe dream!




& the sun going down wasn't the end of our fun! ¬
check the link (in progress) below for more sun-lit heat indoors
the rock & roll continued at Vans Warped Tour wherein said legends ripped up the vert! dmc also crushed on bmx!
HALF OF CAB ¬
we then found ourselves within a touching distance of 2 icons!
i then had to pinch myself as me & my girl steph sat across eachother in conversation with stevie & christian RESPECTively! we spoke at length (& depth) about skating, vans, life & spirit with 2 individuals who despite spending most of their lives getting fresh air, remain grounded & more down to earth than you can imagine.
i have nothing but the GReatest AtTITUDE for the numerological alignment, the hard work, & the support of the Vans Europe family which conspired to make events this weekend to unfold as they did.