THIS is the collector! ¬ MADE IN USA vintage VANS collector profile

 in honour of dimitri coste, THE pioneering made in usa collector of the last decade, we reveal a new 'app' for the blog profiling fellow collectors around the world. does your vintage vans collection rival all others?

THE original made in usa advocate & his bicycle moto cross inspiration earlier this year at house of vans in berlin

 

 another frenchman with impeccable taste coming out of paris! it appears he's a connoisseur of style #36 & #38 et al. stoked to see a couple a our pairs made the step up. collectors of the world unite!!

this feature was in attempt to facilitate my man renaud's desire to attend this years vans pool party at at the combi bowl however i have since heard he has his ticket & his dreams have come true! check his collect nonetheless!

STOCK HUNTING 101; vintage VANS carbon DATING SYSTEM

you may be wondering how we can be so specific in our estimate of the date of the #95 just listed here, to know the exact day of production??? well if you missed our release yesterday our new feature, STOCK HUNTING 101; VINTAGE VANS CARBON DATING CLASS STARTS TODAY!

the only way to know the exact date of production is either the presence of a receipt or that pictured above. thought to be a quality control protocol we instead like to refer to it as a 'birth certificate'. little is known about these & the length of use however they are very rare however seem to be only used in the eraly 80's & perhaps only for custom orders. rather than about controlling quality (as there was no such need when production was so uncompromising) we understand it to be more about stock control of the multitude of customs by this stage of the 80's.
as such, if you want your vans dated by us in the absence of a 'birth certificate', simply email/PM us or hash tag your instagram pic with #DATEmyVANS. here endeth the lessen.

STOCK HUNTING 101; THIS is the future.... OF THE PAST

 in conjunction with our stock hunting tutorial 101 & THIS feature comes a highly anticipated 'app' designed to facilitate hunters & collectors in their plight, based on various markings, to date their original vans. when we started out it was more or less trial & error when judging date of production, so we were forced to formulate a framework on our own. we still utilise much guess work however perhaps now we can tentatively call it an educated guess. there was & still is no frame of reference available to position your made in usa vans on the rich timeline which is why we feel obliged to educate the masses. there are too many haters out there our objective from the beginning was to share some secrets & bring the deadstock community together rather than dividing it.

now this reference will be far from conclusive & although we will request some help from steve van doren, much of the specifics remains an unknown quanitity. if you trace back through the blog you will find some of our estimates were way off & perhaps we did embellish the odd product for hype value but our only concern now is accuracy. we receive regular emails from hunters & punters wanting info about their vans. please remember however we specialise in made in usa originals so anything post 1995 is 'lessening' which is anyones guess. we will be taking requests & perhaps offering more homework assignments to test your skills with prizes for the strong students. we have big plans for this concept & hope to see a more comprehensive form in a wider publication at some point. as such, we are proud to present our vintage vans carbon dating system. THIS is the future..... OF THE PAST!

vintage VANS kids marble tie dye print RAD the movie scene MADE IN USA style #98 slip-on

vintage vans style #98 slip-on custom #374
pink marble tie dye print
blue RAD scene GH
customade in usa circa 1987
new in box
US3/UK2.5

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This is the rad! despite having been re-released at least 3 times this collab never fails to please, however the re-issues fall well short of the originals. having only just been re-released last year, the blue rad scene is found here on a custom tie dye slip-on from circa 1986. i remember watching rad when i was a kid & despite being overshadowed (in australia at least) by bmx bandits, it nevertheless stayed with me. watching it again over 25 years later i am still impressed. of course the john farnham soundtrack of power ballads is cringeworty & the bmx dancefloor courtship full of cheese, the bmx remains totally legit. i dont remember a film earlier than this so laden with product placement. but give the rad team credit as they don't try to make it subliminal & rather throw it in your face. from mongoose to GT, coke to vans. the vans details are amazing including the token vans display in 'miss shop' or 'rag city', the vans bmx team & of course cru jones in style #24 high tops. i understand the decision to put small town kid cru in black highs that look like converse, but i dont understand why mongoose pretty-boy bart taylor wears the same pair. would have been much more fresh seeing him in rad scene style #36 old skools or better yet these marble slip-ons!

vintage VANS newsprint sk8-hi style #38 1st gen MADE IN USA 1980's OFF THE WALL

vintage vans style #38 sk8-hi

royal suede & P16 black/blue newsprint on white

made in usa circa 1985

new in box

US5/UK4.5

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vintage VANS cow print corduroy chukka boot style #49 MADE IN USA US6

THIS is the chukka cow!

vintage vans style #49 chukka boot

cow print corduroy

black rubber scene

made in usa circa 1991

new in box

USw8/UK5.5