Vans Old Skool 'Bolt - Baby Blue'
Colorway: Baby Blue · Style code: VN0009Q5689 · Price: $72 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Vans Old Skool 'Bolt - Red' (VN0009Q56RT) · Vans Old Skool 'Bolt - Green' (VN0009Q5BGN) · Vans Old Skool 'Bolt - Glitter Sidewall Black' (VN0009Q5BM8) · Vans Old Skool 'Bolt - Black' (VN0009Q5BMW) · Vans Old Skool 'Bolt - Glitter Sidewall Honeysucker' (VN0009Q5CHL)
Pale blue on suede behaves differently than it does on canvas. The nap breaks the colour into something chalkier and less uniform, which is why this pair looks closer to a faded workwear shade than to a nursery pastel, and it is the reason a soft colour survives on a shoe with this much panel area. White laces, a white leather stripe and white tape around the sole keep the contrast in the same key rather than fighting it.
It was priced at $75, above the plainest versions of the model because of the suede upper. Nothing else departs from the template, so the collar is cushioned, the toe is strengthened, the eyelets are metal and the sole carries its waffle pattern. Light blues are seasonal by nature, arriving in spring ranges and disappearing by autumn, so pairs like this one turn up in fewer sizes and for shorter windows than the black and check versions that never leave the line.