Travis Barker Reimagines the Vans Old Skool in Clean "White"
Adorned with the drummer’s personalized motifs and mantras.
Name: Vans x Travis Barker Old Skool
Colorway: White
SKU: VN000E9TCJ7
MSRP: £85 GBP (approx. $114 USD)
Release Date: June 18
Where to Buy: Vans, Journeys
Southern California heritage and authentic punk rock energy collide once again as Vans introduces its second collaborative capsule with legendary musician and Blink-182 drummer, Travis Barker.
The collection embraces a raw, DIY spirit heavily inspired by zine-like punk graphics and a shared non-conformist mindset. Similar to their first collaboration, the Vans x Travis Barker Old Skool comes as the center of this release. Dressed in a crisp white colorway, the silhouette features a traditional canvas upper with classic cotton laces. This pristine, understated canvas foundation is sharply contrasted by edgy, personalized design details that reflect Barker’s signature aesthetic and personal mantras. Most notable is a black, stylized script “Dues Paid” emblem split across the vamps, spelling out “Dues” on the left shoe and “Paid” on the right.
Adding a layer of continuous graphic contrast, a black barbed wire illustration wraps cleanly around the white vulcanized foxing tape of the sole unit. The custom lifestyle design is completed with a specialized Travis Barker logo detailing embedded directly onto the heel and the tongue, seamlessly uniting Vans’ “Off The Wall” heritage with decades of personal musical history.
