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Vans Debuts Premium Old Skool Music Collection
Prints and Colors Inspired by Three Defining Eras of the Old Skool™ in Music, All In a Vans Premium Build Designed with Enhanced Cushioning, Improved Fit and Archival Details
January 27, 2025
- Skateboarding
- Community
Vans is proud to present the Premium Old Skool Music Collection, celebrating the timeless legacy and profound impact of the iconic silhouette across music and skateboarding. Fusing heritage with innovation, the Premium Old Skool Music Collection continues to inspire the next generation of cultural trailblazers, driving the evolution of style, comfort and self-expression.
First released in 1977, the Style 36—aka the Old Skool™—was the second skate shoe Vans ever made, and the first to feature the iconic Sidestripe™ that solidified Vans’ visual connector for generations to come. Designed by and for the pioneers of skateboarding, the Old Skool became an icon beyond the world of skate—particularly in underground music scenes. Today, Vans celebrates this unending connection with the Premium Old Skool Music Collection, featuring three unique capsules inspired by the Old Skool in different eras and genres of music.
The first drop in this capsule collection features a bold leopard print and standout solids that represent the original colorways first adopted by early punk and hardcore musicians in the ‘70s and ‘80s. The second capsule inspired by the Warped Tour pops with classic Checkerboard, two tones and flame prints rekindling Y2K spirit. The last drop features vibrant colorways on gum soles that call back to when underground hip-hop took the Old Skool to new places. Each capsule is designed to honor non-conformity and the spirit of pushing boundaries that has defined the Old Skool since its inception.
Reconsidered by way of refined materials and modern construction, the Premium Old Skool evolves the iconic silhouette to craft a more seamless fit with enhanced 30% biobased Sola Foam ADC insoles designed for all-day cushioning and improved comfort. The Premium Old Skool includes glossy sidewalls, higher foxing tape and throwback branding, sharing many design details of ‘90s-era Vans footwear.
For the collection, Vans tapped into musicians and Vans Skate Team athletes who embody the duality between both creative mediums, united through shared communities and raw emotion, including The Paranoyds and Nelly Morville, Voice of Baceprot and Basral Graito, Little Simz and Helena Long as well as Hi-Tech and Etienne Gagné. These crews shape cultural narratives through their creative endeavors and uplift the “Off The Wall” mindset with the Old Skool on their feet.
The Premium Old Skool Music Collection will drop monthly beginning February 6 at Vans retail locations and at Vans.eu.
