It is a simple shoe, really. A canvas slip-on sneaker with a vulcanized basket-weave sole. It has no laces, no grommets, no fancy air pumps, heart monitors or iPod jacks. But it is the blank canvas ...

Checkered Vans sneakers are no longer just the official shoe of Reel Big Fish fans and Sean Penn cosplay fits; they've also found new life as actual fashion, thanks ...

For Vans' 50th anniversary this year, the skate shoe company will pull from its archive and bring back cherished shoes like its "Checkerboard" styles. The reissues it has planned aren't straight ...