Vans Old Skool 'Tie Print Mix'
Colorway: Port Royal/Multi-Color · Style code: VN0A38G19XI · Release date: July 21, 2021 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Vans Old Skool 'Checkerboard Disarray' (VN0A38G10A6) · Vans Old Skool 'Grape Leaf' (VN0A38G10FI) · Vans Old Skool 'Ditsy Floral - White' (VN0A38G116Z) · Vans Old Skool 'Flash Skulls' (VN0A38G118C) · Vans Old Skool 'Tiger Floral' (VN0A38G119M)
The Tie Print Mix treatment gives the canvas upper a pattern rather than a colour, with Port Royal serving as the ground the rest of the palette sits on. That deep wine shade is dark enough to keep a busy print from turning chaotic, and the white leather sidestripe running across it acts as a visual break, splitting the quarter panel into two smaller fields of pattern. Toe and heel overlays stay solid, which is the arrangement Vans usually reaches for when the middle of the shoe is doing something loud.
It released on July 21, 2021. Printed canvas behaves differently from dyed suede over a long run: the pattern sits on the surface, so the high points of the weave lose colour first and the shoe softens into something closer to a faded shirt. That suits a mixed print better than it would a clean two-tone pair. The vulcanised sole, waffle tread and padded collar underneath are the same hardware every pair in the line gets.