Tonight’s episode opened up with a little bit of pleasantries, and discussing what we’ve been up to for the past week. The mustache game is strong. Joey went back East for his buddy’s wedding. Bill hung out in San Diego last Friday night. Made a special delivery to Joey along the way, before ending up at Harland for their Ube Day event, where he got to meet a few of the OG streetwear / sneakerheads from SD, and enjoy all the festivities going on at the sold out event.
This week’s Vans releases have been pretty slim, so we’ve sort of done a little bit of leaking of info, probably before Vans wanted. First up, we talk about the Vault x Nigel Cabourne collab that was initially leaked by Up There store in Australia, but we’ve been seeing some pairs from the pack show up at a few online retailers in the US as well, so either nobody got the memo, or Vans didn’t set a hard release date for the pack. Next up, we discuss the highly anticipated Horror Pack, featuring some of the most iconic scary movies of all time.
Tangent time! We briefly talk about buying your way into a culture, and also our gripes (and maybe jealousy) about celebrities getting the most hype and rare stuff for free. You should already expect these rants by now.
This weeks recent pickups were pretty amazing. Bill came up on a pair of vintage Made In USA Sk8-Mids in red/green Christmas colors on eBay, in deadstock NOS condition, with the USA hangtag still attached, despite the seller shipping the shoes only inside the vintage USA Vans box, with the damn label slapped on it! You’re dead to us if you do that. Eddie received a pretty big shipment from his Japan proxy, of a few pairs that he’s come up on over the past few months. There was a vintage USA pair, an OG Taka Pendleton TH-Hi LX, and the special release version of the ACU “Hairy Crab” Slip-On, complete with the special basket and utensils. A few others as well. So dope.
This week’s clown call-out was Nike CEO John Donahoe, trying to explain how the SNKRS app exclusive access works, and how he also takes L’s on the app. Riiight. We found some totally awesome, yet totally fake Louis Vuitton Vans on eBay. Sadly, they didn’t offer eBay authentication, so we’re out. We found another eBay listing for the uber-rare Vans Vault x Schwinn Stingray bike. If you’ve got $1500, it can be yours, but beware the pics are pretty bad, so you may want to ask for better ones, before pulling that trigger. Last but not least, Bill did a little bit of closet cleaning, and came across some cool Vans collab socks from the past. A few Stance pairs, as well as some Eric Dressen x Syndicate socks, and a few Disney collabs. We hope you’ve been entertained!
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