Customer Reviews Vans Sk8-Hi® Tapered

The shoes Give me blisters but they're cute and stylish.

Although I love the styling of this shoe, it's almost not worth the PAIN it is to put on and take off! It takes forever. How hard would it have been to sew a tab at the heel to make it easier for us to put on and take off? Another thing is, the material and stitching around the tongue is rough and it was scratching and irritating my ankle from rubbing, I had to cover it with a band aid.

cute shoes, but the material made them stiff and difficult to put on. ended up returning for a completely different pair

I loved my tapered sk8-hi shoes and wore them for years until they fell apart. So I ordered a new pair but when I opened the box I could see they were different than what I was expecting, there wasn't any padding around the collar of the shoes (the part closes to the ankles) This makes the shoes somewhat uncomfortable to wear and makes it feel like you're wearing converse hi-tops. If I wanted converse I would have bought them. I want my old tapered skate-hi's back!!

These shoes are comfortable and cute but I must say that it is a little strange, they are not well finished, it seems to me that they do not have the same quality as other products from the same brand, I am grateful that I bought them at a discount otherwise I would be a little disappointed

I bought these for my daughter and went up a half size and it was too tight. We even removed the laces and couldn't get her foot in. We loved the style so went in the store to look for a size exchane but none of the workers have ever seen this shoe in store. We were sad, we ended up buying another style that my daughter liked.

The shoes are a great color in a vivid purple but the toe box is so tight that no matter how you loosen the laces it's not enough.

Kind of disappointed!

The shoes were very cute but they arrived late. When they arrived the box the shoes actually came in already had damages to it that happened before being shipped. Then the shoes had manufacturing defects. They had black scuffs on them and scuffs on the bottom like they had been walked in. Vans quality has gone so far down it's disappointing. Of course since they are collaboration shoe they are now sold out in my size and can't be exchanged so I'm stuck with a damaged pair.

The material around the ankle no longer has padding and is now a thin piece of material. They suck now, and that makes me sad.

Birthday present in the cutest print. Unfortunately they hurt. The tapered version of this shoe feels a bit cheaply made. I'm hoping a new insole helps.

I love vans and I wanted to love these ones but I can only wear them if I'm not walking more than 5 minutes. I've never owned any of their other high tops but these killllll the back on my ankle even with high socks. I don't know how anyone can wear these and not be in pain

The shoe itself fits great. The problem is the weird color names make it difficult to know how it'll actually look in person. Antler is more pink in person than the picture makes out.

Bought these while I waited for a custom order since I was in dire need of a new pair of shoes. Glad they were on sale when I got them bc they aren't worth normal price. Normally the shoes are white on the inside but the material is so rough that they've cut my feet so many times it's turned the inside red as well. I had to cover the inside with moleskin just to make these wearable. They also constantly come untied, I guess you can replace the laces but the ones they come with are not good and wearing them somehow makes me socks slide off while walking around in the shoes. They've got passable comfortability when all the above is NOT happening. If you need budget vans and have good socks or don't care about having to remodel the insides with moleskin then these are a good cheap option. But other then that, these are a disappointment and a half.

I love the design, I love the feel of the shoe, but as someone who walks throughout my college campus, they fell apart within 2-3 months of wearing them :/

My dtr is 11 and wears a size 4 1/2. I was worried the size 5 (smallest available) would be too big, but we had to unlace the entire shoe just to get her foot in it and then her toes were right to the end. Exactly the style she loves, but womp womp on the size.

I like the way they look and they're very comfy but the ankle part rubs so hard it literally made me bleed. I've never had that problem with vans before so I'm slightly disappointed.

Delivery time took way longer than it said the shoes would arrive. Overall nice shoes.

ITS 2025 WE HAVE THE BLACK LOWTOP PLATFORMS PLEASE MAKE THE ALL BLACK HIGH TOPS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

The color bleeds instantly onto the laces. The shoes are very firm and not comfortable in the top part of where your toes meet.

Haven't even had a month and they already ripped, they are also darn near impossible to put on. Never will I buy the tapered fit again

My son is a Vans boy all day everyday

Seems lower quality than the others I already own. The tongue and hi top were so thin and jagged it tore up my skin.

I was excited to try these. I'm an 8 in all vans. The way these are made they look super small. (I checked the size like 3x to make sure it wasnt a sizing error.) I wasn't even able to get my foot half way inside idk what the heck is going on here. Super disappointed.

These are super cute not definitely NOT comfortable. Your feet will sweat through the socks and make the leather material squeak.