SEARCH THE WORD “checkerboard” on Vans’s web shop and 465 different shoes spool forth. Since the 1970s, when Steve Van Doren (son of Vans founder Paul) noticed kids coloring in their slip-ons to make ...

Checkered Vans slip-on sneakers are as classic as the spring-and-summer shoe gets. We dig ‘em so much that we named the OG model our Best Slip-On Sneaker last year—and not much has changed since then.

The checkered pattern is no doubt an iconic look on select Vans silhouettes, namely the classic Slip-On model. Albeit absent in this new Van Doren Series selection, the Era, Old Skool and Half Cab ...

DSM Kei Ninomiya and Vans have officially revealed a closer look at their upcoming collaborative Vans Slip-On collection, ...