Vans BMX Old Skool 'Marshmallow Black'
Colorway: Marshmallow/White · Style code: VN0005UZQJM · Release date: April 2023 · Price: $126 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Vans BMX Old Skool 'Black White' (VN0005UZBKA) · Vans BMX Old Skool 'Gradient Black' (VN0005UZBLK) · Vans BMX Old Skool 'Gradient - Black Green' (VN0005UZBZW) · Vans BMX Old Skool 'Red' (VN0A2Z3WK10) · Vans BMX Old Skool 'Black' (VN0A2Z3WYV3)
Marshmallow is Vans' warmer white, and choosing it over the brand's brighter True White gives this pair a softer, slightly aged look before it has been worn once. Suede holds that shade with more depth than canvas manages, and the black trim running through the laces, the stripe and the branding keeps a pale upper from disappearing into itself.
The BMX designation marks the version aimed at riders rather than skaters, which is the reason it sells at $85 while lifestyle colourways of the same outline sit lower. It arrived in April 2023. The bones are familiar: a padded ankle collar, a reinforced toe area, metal eyelets and the vulcanised rubber sole whose waffle tread gives grip on a platform pedal as readily as on a board. An off-white upper is an optimistic choice for a shoe named after a sport played in dirt, and that contradiction is most of its appeal.