This retro athletic sneaker is based on Vans' short-lived attempt to jump on the emerging running shoe trend in the 1970s.

Y ou'd be forgiven for missing the Vans x Valentino collaboration on its first lap down creative director Alessandro Michele's runway at Paris Fashion Week on March 9. First, beca ...

(Michele himself also wears Vans checkerboard slip-ons in his everyday life.) Up close, you can see the stamp of the Valentino logo—hinting that there's more to these shoes than initially meets ...