Vans Alters its Signature Checkerboard Pattern for New Slip-On "Trapezoid"

Vans' quintessential checkerboard pattern has been one of the brand's key design pieces since the late '70s, and it's been most prominently displayed on the Slip-On -- a shoe first made famous by Sean Penn's lovable slacker Spicoli in 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Now, however, Vans is tweaking its classic checkerboard squares to create a new Slip-On dubbed the "Trapezoid." The new, trapezoidal pattern graces the shoe's entire forefoot with a black and white print on the Slip-On's canvas ...