Vans Wmns Ward 'Burgundy'
Colorway: Burgundy · Style code: VN0A3IUNOLQ · Price: $2832 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Vans Ward 'Triple Black' (VN0A3IUN186) · Vans Wmns Ward 'Black' (VN0A3IUN187) · Vans Wmns Ward 'Psychedelic Tie Dye' (VN0A3IUN54H) · Vans Wmns Ward 'Checkerboard Black White' (VN0A3IUN5GX) · Vans Wmns Ward 'Black' (VN0A3IUNIJU)
Not every Vans is sold in a skate shop. The Ward exists for the other channel: department stores, family footwear chains, the wall where a brand competes on price against everything beside it. It borrows the language of the skate line, the low profile, the sidestripe, the vulcanised construction and the waffle tread, without the reinforcement, padding and heavier materials that let a pro model survive grip tape. That makes it an honest product rather than a compromised one, since most people buying a canvas low-top are never going to stand on a board. Burgundy across the whole upper keeps the presentation as simple as the price does. The trade is stated openly in the construction: this is a shoe meant to be worn out and replaced, not repaired or resoled.