Vans Coloured By Crayola
Here at Stylenerds, Vans Authentic are our staple summer shoe. Unchanged since their conception in 1966, Vans Authentic classic skate shoes can be worn with rolled up chinos, shorts or jeans for the perfect casual summer look.
Vans are the original maker of quality lace-up skate shoes. With their iconic chunky white vulcanised sole with the signature waffle construction and canvas uppers, available in a multitude of colours and styles, there is always a pair to suit your outfit and your mood.
Always coming out with new ingenious collections, it didn’t surprise us to hear that Vans latest collaboration was with Crayola. When you hear the name Crayola, memories of your earliest creative masterpieces quickly come to mind. The iconic wax crayon company has joined forces with the original skater footwear company Vans to bring you the Vans Colored by Crayola collection.
The Vans colored by Crayola collection for Autumn/Winter 2010 combines Vans Classics styles capturing the fun spirit and colours of Crayola, including all your favourite crayon shades: Carnation Pink, Dandelion, Blue and Violet. The flecked white design over the bold colours adds to the authentic crayon-drawn look.
Vans have even revamped their iconic Vans Checkerboard pattern, with a special Crayola-style makeover, reminiscent of your childhood doodles. There are 11 different colour patterns available in the Classic Slip-On, Authentic, Era and Sk8-Hi styles in a wide range of sizes.
If you haven’t already seen them, check out the pics below.
Vans are available online at Size, Schuh, Office and many others.
Vans High Summer Collection
Following the relaunch of their flagship store in Carnaby Street, Vans have released their High Summer Collection. The Collection features the classics with nice summery colours such as: Orange, Green and Yellow. They’ve have also released a range of lovely sunnies which have a similar shape to that of the Ray Ban Wayfarer for that vintage beach look.
Other lesser known models such as the Zapato (Van’s take on the boat shoe) and the Rata make an appearance. The Rata is available in a natural/ Stone colour which would be a good look on the beach or just for a summer stroll. The final piece to Van’s Summer Collection is the apparel line, which includes a solid range of board shorts.
The whole collection is available from their store here
Vans E-Street Hemp Shoes
I know we’re still a good two months away but with the weather getting warmer, and the days getting longer it feels as if summer is upon us. So while trying to get as much of this beautiful weather as we can why not do it with the new Vans E-street series (And yes, you may be asking yourselves ‘wheres the connection with summer and these shoes’, but hey… i had to start with something)
I’ll let Vans do the talking:
‘The Vans E-Street is a new classic if that makes any sense. Straight outta the 1970′s the E-Street is a card carrying Surf series slide with the lowest of low-profiles, vulcanized construction and soft natural hemp uppers. Hemp requires no pesticides or fertilizer and needs less water to grow then cotton. Vans surf uses hemp to move one step closer towards lessening their footprint on the planet…’
Other then being soo-ecofriendly, the shoes themselves are a gem coming in two colourways, Gusauskas Black & Doheny Red. Pricewise being £32.50 over at Urbanindustry, their really good on the pocket too.
Check below for a closer look.
White Vans… So Fresh, So Clean
A few weeks back, a couple of us Stylenerds went out to celebrate a fellow friends ‘Born Day’… hours later, with numerous amounts of alcohol consumed, i somehow managed to stumble my way home. Waking up the next morning i gaze over to the end of my bed to find that my pristine white Vans era’s were… well, not pristine anymore!!! take a look at Fig 1. Astonishing, i know!… i still cant recall how they ended up like that. So instead of going out to buy me some brand new ones, i thought I’d have a go at ‘trying’ to clean them.
Right… so i armed myself with the following ammo… Vanish Prewash Spay Oxi Action Intelligence Plus, Vanish Stain Remover Oxi Action Intelligence Crystal White Plus, White Spirit, Kiwi Select Sport Whitener, a large plastic bowl/bucket, a hard bristle brush, a pillow case and a washing machine.
1. I delaced the sneakers and applied the Vanish Prewash Spray onto them all. As i waited for the foam to soak into the material i prepared the washing machine with the Vanish Stain Remover.
2. Once the foam wasn’t visible anymore i put the laces and the sneakers into a pillow case, tied it up securely (not to tight as you have to allow room for the sneakers to move) and threw them in the wash.
3. As you can see from Fig 2 the laces had completely whitened, although not much could be said for the sneakers. They were cleaner but you still wouldn’t rock them yet. Once dried i then applied the white spirit to the sneakers and using some elbow grease with the brush i started to scrub against the harder, heavier stains, which you can see in Fig 3. I left them to dry over night.
4. The next day i filled up the large bowl with hot water and poured in a small measurement of the Vanish Stain Remover. I left the sneakers to soak in the bowl overnight again.
5. As you can see in Fig 4, once dry the sneakers turned out pretty clean. Even though they had a couple of light stains, they were barely noticible so you could start to wear them from now, knowing that they will eventually get dirty again. But to me that wasn’t good enough…
6. I applied two coats of the Kiwi Sport Whitener, let them dry… and Voila!, you have Fig 5.
So after a little trial and error, i would suggest starting from step 3, as you need to get the heavier oily stains out of the trainers first before their allowed to soak into the material.
Hit up the comments if you have any other tips and tricks of your own that you want to share.
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Fig 3
Fig 4
Fig 5
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