BACK TOWHERE ITALL BEGAN*
created for the world
Pulled from the archives and redesigned with modern-day comfort, this collection borrows details from original design models once produced at Vans’ former factories across Southern California. The Anaheim Factory Collection is named after our first factory once located at 704 East Broadway in Anaheim.
Highlights of
1966
THE BEGINNING
Vans, then known as the Van Doren Rubber Company, opens its first factory, retail store, office and warehouse in Anaheim. The Authentic, then known as Style 44, is one of the first Vans’ silhouettes created and establishes the foundation of our design language.
Highlights of
1976
CREATING ICONS
The Era (Style 95) is introduced to the world as our first skateboard shoe. The Off the Wall logo and red heel tab debut alongside the Era, followed by the Old SkoolTM (Style 36), the Sk8-Hi® (Style 38) and the Slip-On (Style 98) in the following years.
Highlights of
1980s
DESIGN EVOLUTION
Various colours and prints are introduced at this time including our iconic Checkerboard print. By 1983, the Anaheim Factory closes, and a new factory and headquarters is established nearby in the City of Orange.
Highlights of
1990s
TIME OF CHANGE
The design language of Vans silhouettes continues to develop and expand through the decade. We continue to manufacture in the USA right through to the mid-1990s and after over three decades of homegrown making, our final Southern California factory closes down in 1998.
Highlights of
2017
HERITAGE AT HEART
The Anaheim Factory Collection is born. Inspired by our design history and working with our archives, the Anaheim Factory Collection is created at Vans Global Headquarters in Southern California. Each season we look both to the past and the future to honour Vans’ rich heritage, designing new collections with Vans heritage at its heart.
THE LATEST TRIBUTES
Discover the latest collections, bringing Vans’ past to the present and made for those who appreciate the details.