Vans Taps *Better With Age for Collaboration Featuring Two Classic Styles

Vans tapped Los Angeles–based vintage luxury fashion *Better With Age for a creative collaboration reinterpreting two classic Vans styles to become endlessly customizable.

The collaboration debuted Friday at Dover Street Market London. Customers visiting the store were able to personalize their own pair of shoes on-site, selecting from vintage patches and brass letter beads to make it a one-of-one creation.

In addition to the footwear, *Better With Age curated a space at Dover Street Market to showcase its spring 2026 collection as well as a retrospective T-shirt archive book and an exclusive T-shirt.

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The *Better With Age x Vans collection will also release via the brand’s e-commerce on a surprise date in May.

The collection includes the Vans LX Authentic 44 with a navy and white base, yellowed sole, sun-faded upper and custom leather label and insole, retailing for $218. Then there’s the Vans LX Half-Cab 33 offered in black suede with a yellowed sole, custom leather kiltie tassel, cobranded leather label, and custom insole, retailing for $248.

Remy Milchman is the founder and creative director at *Better With Age, where he rethinks Americana through his subversive, tongue-in-cheek approach. With a focus on sustainability, the brand’s collections make use of reclaimed fabrics, recycled materials and vintage garments.

This launch follows a Vans collaboration with artist Julian Klincewicz for the OTW label. In other recent news, the brand released a pack covering its Authentic sneaker in denim.

Vans and other skate shoes and vulcanized sneakers experienced increased popularity last year.

“Skate style has really proliferated with the internet, where it’s not really as insular as it once was,” Jian DeLeon, Nordstrom men’s fashion director, told FN in 2025. “As a community, it still has its own codes. Real-life skaters and crews have their own way of sussing each other out and vetting what’s cool to them. But the pipeline by which things are appropriated out of it and become TikTok trends is just even faster.”