Vans
Vans Old Skool
Everything we hold on this shoe: 3 written pieces, 5 UK dates ahead, 9 out now at retail, 1 colourway in the index, 19 readings.
Vans' own telling is that the Old Skool sidestripe came from a doodle rather than a design brief.
Vans Old Skool
The spec
| Brand | Vans |
| Model | Vans Old Skool |
| UK release date | Thu 24 Sep |
| UK retail price | £115 |
No style code and no colourway here. Both come from the retailer listings on the calendar ahead, and this shoe has nothing on it, so the rows are absent rather than guessed at.
The other colourways we hold
Every other Vans Old Skool on our UK calendar, with its date and its UK listing price where the calendar carries one. The images are the retailer's own press shots.
Vans Old Skool 36 Pearlized Yellow Lime
Thu 12 Nov, £115
Vans Premium Old Skool 36 Black Navy Blue
Thu 19 Nov, £115
Vans Old Skool 36 Pearlized Black
Fri 27 Nov, £115
Vans Old Skool 36 Pearlized Red
Thu 10 Dec, £115
Vans Old Skool 36 Pearlized White
In stock, £115
Vans Old Skool 36 Pearlized Green
In stock, £115
Vans Old Skool 36 Souvenir Black
In stock, £125
Vans Old Skool 36 Souvenir Navy
In stock, £125
Vans Old Skool Premium Charms Black Red Multi
In stock, £110
Vans Old Skool 36 LX Souvenir Oatmeal
In stock, £125
Vans Old Skool 36 Souvenir Asphalt
In stock, £125
Vans Old Skool 36 Flame Black
In stock, £99and 6 more on the calendar below
On the calendar
UK dates and UK listing prices, taken from retailer listings rather than converted from dollars. Days that have gone are kept, dimmed, because an archive that deletes the past is not an archive.
| Date | Colourway | UK price |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 24 Sep | Harris Tweed x Vans Old Skool 36 Blue Multi | £115 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Vans Old Skool 36 Pearlized Yellow Lime | £115 |
| Thu 19 Nov | Vans Premium Old Skool 36 Black Navy Blue | £115 |
| Fri 27 Nov | Vans Old Skool 36 Pearlized Black | £115 |
| Thu 10 Dec | Vans Old Skool 36 Pearlized Red | £115 |
Out now at retail, 9 colourways
| Vans Old Skool 36 Pearlized White | £115 |
| Vans Old Skool 36 Pearlized Green | £115 |
| Vans Old Skool 36 Souvenir Black | £125 |
| Vans Old Skool 36 Souvenir Navy | £125 |
| Vans Old Skool Premium Charms Black Red Multi | £110 |
| Vans Old Skool 36 LX Souvenir Oatmeal | £125 |
| Vans Old Skool 36 Souvenir Asphalt | £125 |
| Vans Old Skool 36 Flame Black | £99 |
| Vans Old Skool Shoe Parisian Night Blue | £80 |
Resale only, 5 colourways
These have left the shops and are on the resale market. We do not print the figure the calendar carries against them, because it comes with no date, and a resale price without the day it was taken is not a price. The dated readings we took ourselves are below.
| Vans OTW Old Skool 36 Pearlized Pack Pink |
| Vans Old Skool 36 LX Souvenir Warm Brown |
| Vans OTW Old Skool Reissue 36 Pearlized Marshmallow |
| Vans Old Skool 36 Pearlized Pack Marshmallow White |
| Vans Premium Old Skool Brown |
What it has been asked for
One colourway at a time. The figure is the median ask across the sizes that were live that day. The lowest is shown beside it, dimmed, because the lowest is usually a UK 3 or a UK 13 and reads as a bargain that is not there. Readings marked read live we took ourselves at the same time in the morning; the ones marked from the Internet Archive are older listings recovered from archived pages, which is why they go back further than we do. Nothing here is a forecast: it is what was being asked on the days there was a page to look at.
Vans Old Skool Black White
| Taken | Median ask | Lowest ask | Sizes live | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | £112 | £70 lowest | 17 | read live |
| 2026-09-16 | £113 | £70 lowest | 18 | read live |
| 2026-09-15 | £113 | £70 lowest | 18 | read live |
| 2026-09-14 | £112 | £70 lowest | 18 | read live |
| 2026-09-13 | £112 | £70 lowest | 18 | read live |
| 2026-09-12 | £113 | £70 lowest | 18 | read live |
| 2026-09-11 | £112 | £70 lowest | 18 | read live |
| 2026-09-10 | £112 | £70 lowest | 17 | read live |
| 2026-09-09 | £112 | £70 lowest | 17 | read live |
| 2026-09-08 | £112 | £70 lowest | 17 | read live |
| 2026-09-07 | £112 | £70 lowest | 17 | read live |
| 2026-09-06 | £112 | £70 lowest | 17 | read live |
| 2026-09-05 | £112 | £70 lowest | 17 | read live |
| 2026-09-04 | £112 | £70 lowest | 17 | read live |
| 2026-09-03 | £112 | £70 lowest | 17 | read live |
| 2026-09-02 | £112 | £70 lowest | 17 | read live |
| 2026-09-01 | £112 | £70 lowest | 17 | read live |
| 2026-08-31 | £113 | £70 lowest | 18 | read live |
| 2026-05-17 | £162 | £70 lowest | 22 | from the Internet Archive |
Ask by UK size
The part nobody publishes. The first figure against a size is the middle of every reading we hold for that size, and the small number beside it is how many readings that is. The second is the cheapest listing standing on that size on the day named at the top of the column. Neither is a forecast: both are what was being asked on days there was a page to look at, and a size with no listing that day is absent rather than shown as free.
Vans Old Skool Black White
| UK | Median of our readings | Taken 2026-09-17 |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | £12419 | £125 |
| 3.5 | £12219 | £119 |
| 4 | £11919 | £116 |
| 4.5 | £11419 | £114 |
| 5 | £11319 | £113 |
| 5.5 | £11219 | £111 |
| 6 | £11119 | £111 |
| 6.5 | £11019 | £108 |
| 7 | £10819 | £108 |
| 7.5 | £7019 | £70 |
| 8 | £11219 | £111 |
| 8.5 | £11219 | £111 |
| 9 | £11219 | £112 |
| 9.5 | £11319 | £113 |
| 10 | £11319 | £113 |
| 10.5 | £11119 | £111 |
| 11 | £12919 | £128 |
19 reading days, 2026-05-17 to 2026-09-17
The whole index
What we have written
Every piece, with the place each claim came from underneath it. Where we could not reach a source we say so instead of quietly leaving it out.
Vans Old Skool
The Vans sidestripe coming from a doodle, and the leather panel being added because canvas wore through where a skater's foot drags
Not verified. Wikipedia's Vans article names the Side-stripe and dates it to about 1976 but carries neither the doodle story nor the leather panel. Vans' own telling could not be reached
Vans put leather on the side of the Old Skool in 1977 because canvas kept…
Same sources as above on this page
Board feel means contact
Same sources as above on this page