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I am the owl... wrote:

I wear vans nearly everhday, and find them super comfortable.

I second that.

I have the old school blue suede and canvas low tops with white stripe, like I had in the 80's. Vans were expensive BITD. Pretty affordable by todays standards!!

esw wrote:

I have the old school blue suede and canvas low tops with white stripe, like I had in the 80's. Vans were expensive BITD. Pretty affordable by todays standards!!

When those high tops and then leather Vans came around yes they were pretty expensive I recall.

So it seems that only the custom models of the classic shoe are $65, regular models are $45, I guess thats not too bad....but considering its made in China now for $1.00, its very bad.

You think $65 bucks is a lot? I collect Vans and have some that are worth over $300. If you're looking for fancier more comfortable Vans try their Syndicate/Vault Lines or Supreme collaborations.

I wear Sk8 Hi's till they completely fall apart.  Even with daily use, they last a good while.  The flat waffle sole is the best on platform pedals.

I remember seeing them in the city right outside Osan AFB in Korea in 96. Being a So. Cal. boy I almost peed a little when I saw them. It was then I knew I was buying bootleg Vans.

The canvas checkerboard Vans they sell now are complete garbage.The ones they made in the 80s would last a long time.The new ones fall apart in a few months.And if you wash them do so in cold water and let them dry in the sun.Hot water in the washer and the heat from a dryer will break the glue down and they will fall apart even faster.I speak from experience.

I still have my blue ones from the 80's in great shape. I wear em out on special occasions. Their wayy more comfortable than new ones to this day. I love em
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I am the owl... wrote:

I wear vans nearly everhday, and find them super comfortable. The only other shoe I regularily wear are Chucks.

This is me totally. I even have a pair each of Vans and Chucks that mt wife calls my "dress-up shoes" that I rock for special occasions

I also remember when Vans cost $20, and a bunch of them had the Hawaiian floral prints. I wore low top Vans a lot, but switched to the high tops after seeing the light blue/dark blue white stripe ones. Then I switched to Vision Street Wear high tops. They really held up.

I took many years off buying Vans until last year when I bought some low tops. They wore out really fast.

I did have Jox Jag in the early 80's too, but not any of the ones shown above. I had the low top checker board ones that I bought in 83 and 84. They were pretty good and had "bicycle wheel" pattern on the bottom to help with pedals. It looked like Skyway Tuffs on the sole.

Last edited by StevenFS98 (2012-07-04 9:49am)

Yea I had some Jox & Jag lace ups bitd and they were high quality and last me a long time.I think they were sold exclusively at Tom Mchan's.Going to have to check and see if they are still sold there.The Vans being sold now are cheaply made crap.

I just did a search online about Thom Mcan. They are still *kind of* being sold, but the company changed hands a few times and they supply discount stores. Their main distribution center was from NJ, which probably contributed to why I saw so many of the stores growing up. Maybe some shoes would turn up on Ebay?