Y ou'd be forgiven for missing the Vans x Valentino collaboration on its first lap down creative director Alessandro Michele's runway at Paris Fashion Week on March 9. First, beca ...

This retro athletic sneaker is based on Vans' short-lived attempt to jump on the emerging running shoe trend in the 1970s.

Credit: Vans When Sean Penn’s Spicole rocked a pair of checkerboard Slip-Ons as a promotional tie-in with Fast Times at Ridgemont High in 1982, it was clear that Vans’ path to success had ...

(Michele himself also wears Vans checkerboard slip-ons in his everyday life.) Up close, you can see the stamp of the Valentino logo—hinting that there's more to these shoes than initially meets ...