Vans Checkerboard Top 10 Products
The chessboard theme has recently experienced a real renaissance in terms of fashion. Streetwear and high fashion brands as well as niche, often home-made enterprises that order sewing clothes in this pattern reach for them. But where did he come from? We hurry below with a short history of "checkerboard pattern"!
Surprisingly, research on the past of this pattern shows that it has nothing to do with the sport called chess, which you know, for example, from the well-received Netflix series - "The Queen's Gambit". The roots of the checkerboard style should be sought in the 70s of the last century, when the wave of ska and punk music was mastered by English youth. It was a [chessboard] graphic symbol of the scene connecting people of different skin colors, it was an open statement calling for a break with racial segregation.
This style was picked up by the fledgling brand VANS at the time, promoting it on its then new footwear model - Classic Slip-On. Everyone bought this pattern, literally, the shoes were worn by professional skateboarders, members of various musical genres, in 1982 they even appeared in the movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", where they were presented by the outstanding actor Sean Penn [pictured below].
In the decades that followed, the checkerboard motif regularly returned in clothing and accessories, and it was used by Dior, Converse, Louis Vuitton and Off White as well as by artists like Tyler The Creator and Kanye West. Anyway, in the USA, where the problem of racial segregation in recent months has again occupied public opinion, it has created another opportunity to manifest one's opposition through black and white bars. For this reason, we have decided to introduce you to the best VANS products with a "checkerboard" theme. Except for shoes like Vans SK8 Hi or Vans Old Skool and Classic Slip-On you will find brand clothes and accessories. Here they are:
