Vans Premium Old Skool 36 'Silver'
Colorway: Silver/Silver · Style code: VN000CNGSLV · Release date: February 22, 2024 · Price: $2452 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Vans Premium Old Skool 36 'Golden Brown' (VN000CNG1M7) · Vans Premium Old Skool 36 'Port Royale Burgundy' (VN000CNG4QU) · Vans Premium Old Skool 36 'Amber Orange' (VN000CNG8B9) · Vans Premium Old Skool 36 'Pattern Clash' (VN000CNGBLK) · Vans Premium Old Skool 36 'Baritone Blue' (VN000CNGCIE)
A metallic finish across the full upper is the rarest thing this silhouette does, and running it on the sole as well is rarer still. With both surfaces in silver, the shoe loses the two-part reading it normally has, where a coloured upper sits on a white sole, and becomes a single reflective object. Suede under the finish keeps it from looking like plastic, giving the metallic a slight depth at the panel edges.
The Premium designation and the $100 price mark it as an upgraded build rather than a seasonal colourway, and it released on February 22, 2024. The construction is not reinvented: a padded ankle collar, a reinforced toe area, metal eyelets and a vulcanised sole with the waffle tread. Metallics are unforgiving of creasing, since every fold catches light differently once the finish starts to break, so this is a pair that documents its own wear more honestly than almost anything else in the range.