This week, I caught up with Collin Brazan, a Mass Communication senior wearing his “80’s Mickey” Old Skool Vans. They’re a limited collaboration between Disney and Vans that Collin was able to get before they sold out. He’s really happy he didn’t have to pay an arm and a leg for them, too. Between us getting distracted online shoe shopping, I managed to get enough of an interview done to get some conversation
“That’s why I like Vans. They’re not expensive and they all look so unique. Every design of vans are so different. They all have their own style and you can rock your own style with them.”
-Collin Brazan
We talked a lot about how Vans are definitely an essential pick-up for all college students looking to improve their shoe game. Besides just enjoying the designs of his shoes, Collin also really enjoys Vans because they’re affordable. As shoes can sometime climb into quadruple digit prices, it’s often so relieving to be able to get a nice pair of sneakers for under $100.
“When you think of college students, you think of style, you think of affordability. Everybody wants to flex a little bit and Vans are a great way to do that.”
-Collin Brazan
I asked him if he ever thought about lace swapping or doing anything to the Vans to change them and Collin said how he was perfectly happy with the stock pair. There’s so much already going on in the shoe that I’d hate to ruin the checkerboard print with weird laces, he said.
When he isn’t wearing those, Collin likes to break out his Adidas Ultraboosts. A super comfortable shoe that is meant to be worn and is a great sneaker to rotate to on a rainy day.
We started to discuss grails (sneakers that you really want). Collin had two. The Hallow’s Eve Off-White Blazers and the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Air Jordan 1s.
The Jordans are particularly special to him. Collin is incredibly passionate about animation and he’s a huge fan of Marvel. This shoe was a combination of all of his interests. Unfortunately, this shoe was also the one that got away from him. He was in the theater watching Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse when he finally made the decision to not buy a pair. Now the price has doubled and he is just waiting to get a pair.
I really enjoyed that story and that he remembered it to tell it to me. That shows that shoes stick with us, even if was a pair we decided to not buy a year and a half ago.
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