info via Hypebeast:
“With a number of solo skate shoe drops under its belt, Palm Angels has now teased its first collaborative footwear with Vans. The pairs were teased on the Palm Angels FW22 runway show, and newly surfaced images provide a closer look at the upcoming silhouette.
Uppers arrive in a tri-tone color scheme featuring red contrast-stitched suede overlays towards the front, sail-white canvas materials across the laterals, and a nubuck overlay on the high-top heel. Branding accents include ripped Palm Angels tape pasted over the Vans sidestripe, a variety of metallic palm tree pins decorating the flat laces, and a Vans skateboard motif tongue tab. Semitranslucent sole units display distorted checkerboard-print bottoms, and red Off the Wall tags are pasted on the heel to complete the look.”
It’s been awhile since I’ve given my own personal input on a release, but I felt that these needed to be addressed. To be honest with you, being a longtime Vans collector, I don’t think this collaboration fits in with our beloved brand. If this is Vans’ way of trying to reach a new demographic, be very careful that you don’t lose your credibility with your most loyal supporters, who in most ways, are the “anti” mainstream crowd, for lack of a better term. Not sure how a brand like this fits into our culture or style, but we will see what other crazy decisions Vans makes in the near future. I think someone misread the memo, and collaborated with the wrong “Palms” brand, hehe. -Guamstyles
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