Vans Takes it Nautical

I came across this collaboration between Vans and Proper a while back and it really caught my attention because these days I really seem to be into the nautical lifestyle. To preface this collaboration, you should know about Tristan Caruso. He is the owner of Proper, the famous skate shop in Long Beach, California.

For these Vans shoes, he decided to incorporate some of Long Beach's nautical assets into the design inspiration. Hence the little nautical tags, the white soles and the 360 degree lacing on the Chukka Del Barco (which is my pick of the bunch). Excellent materials have been used here and I think this one of the coolest sneaker collabs of the past year.