Customer Reviews Vans Old Skool

I love this style and design, but they are so uncomfortable. Even adding insoles to alleviate the lack of arch support the top of the shoes were pinching. I wish I could make them work.

Vans has taken a nose dive in quality .

These shoes run very small.

Really great looking shoes, the only flaw is that since the material is made out of some leather material the back of the shoe starting hurting and scraping the skin off the back of my feet. I thought to wearing them out but my experience with this kind of material is that they never give. So if you like this pair of shoes wear them in the house first for the first day and make sure they don't scrape the back of your feet.

This shoe felt super-heavy in my hands but amazingly did not once I put it on. Extremely comfortable, but the cut didn't work for me. The top of the shoe came up too high and was rubbing on my ankle bones. Too bad, as it's super-cute and I really liked it, but had to return.

Not comfortable at all. Had to return.

Like the color and the style but these shoes are too heavy for me, and I didn't like the smell. I am returning them.

While these are cute, they were very uncomfortable and I sent them back. The ankle part comes up high and cut into my ankle, and there was NO arch support. Furthermore, I didn't like how the "non suede" part looked, and it seemed liked it would get dirty very quickly -- these would be much cuter if the whole thing was suede.

My daughter wore these for only an hour and they literally made her heels bleed.

They are beautiful, but I don't like hard shoes. I wear them several times thinking they will wear out and become softer, but did not, so talk to my daughter and ask her if she will want them and send them to her. They are true to size, to width and support. But whoever like hard shoes then you can wear this kind of shoes, me, could not. I was sad to let them go. I know my daughter will use them and kill them,lol.

I love VANS but not these. I think because of the glitter they are stiffer. Not meant to be worn all day or for a long walk. I love the look of them but that's it!!!!

I Like The Style, I Just Wish The Width Of The Show Was Much Smaller Than Medium.

Didn't fit right

This shoe had no arch support. I tried 2 different sizes, but neither worked The black glitter color was really cute.

The shoe was the exact right size, but hurt my foot as soon as I took a step. The laces were very loose, and yet the very-stiff tongue was stabbing into my tendons on the top/front of my feet. I have owned many pairs of both cheap and expensive shoes, and I have never experienced this issue. Someone took a shortcut with the design and never looked back. Returning the shoes immediately.

Beautiful design but the upper padding where it meets with the tongue and shoe laces is too narrow putting too much pressure on the ankle area.

silver sage came looking like khaki - totally different then the color name and picture shown still a decent shoe for the price just wish the color was true to the name/pic like the shoe but gave overall 2 stars for the color

The shoes were beautiful and I love the design but I could not walk in them at all. The back of the shoe rubbed against my Achilles heel and gave me a small blister after only a few paces around my living room.

These shoes are poorly made/designed. The bad stitching along the Achilles tendon is very hard with little padding, and there is hard material along either side of the laces inside the shoe. I wore this pair for a day, the top of me feet were red from rubbing the hard material and I have two big red welts on my Achilles that hopefully will not turn into blisters. It is too bad, because it is a really nice style.

I really liked the look of the shoe. It’s a very basic shoe that you can wear with anything. My problem is that they are a bit too narrow for me and hurt my feet. I have wide feet and have had better luck with Pumas. The thing I didn't count on was that I didn't figure out I couldn’t wear the shoes until I walked a little bit. Since my apartment is small, I didn't really have any room to walk in them inside. So, since I wore them outside, I couldn't return them. I sold them to a friend and lost money on the deal. Made me wonder about buying shoes online.

They look good... But they are very stiff and uncomfortable. After wearing them 1 day, my feet hurt. They have a very stiff footbed and a hard rubber sole. They are great looking, but extremely rigid and I wondered how this company has been around so long. I do wear a size 13, however, so I'm not sure if it is just an issue with the size or not. I wore them several more days hoping they would soften up, but they didn't and only caused my feet more pain and discomfort. What's really strange is that I just tried some other Vans in 13, the original style in all black, on in a store locally, and they felt great! Go figure. I could not return these shoes because I did wear them for several days. Zappos issued me a $30 credit since I couldn't return them, but I think it was only good for a short time, and I didn't want to buy-before-you-try anymore.

Blah. I own these shoes. Best thing I can say about then is that I didn't spend much on them. They're more or less comfortable... wide enough in the toe-box that I don't feel smushed in, but a little loose in the heel. Not much padding in the heel, but okay for walking not too far. The worst thing about them is how quickly they wore out... I had them only about two and a half months before they were ripped near my toe joint, where the shoe flexes when I walk... and now, less than six months later, the sole is all but worn through and I'm already looking to get another pair of shoes (not Vans). Not only that, but the break-in period is rather annoying (and lasts several weeks) b/c the back of the sole is not ergonomically shaped, so walking in them sort of goes clunk-clunk-clunk as you go from heel to toe. This wouldn't be good if you have sensitive feet. Last, there look is pretty played out by now and I felt just like every indie rocker and punk living in Providence (and the rest of the world). Which is lame. I won't buy them again.

I own these shoes. Best thing I can say about then is that I didn't spend much on them. They're more or less comfortable... wide enough in the toe-box that I don't feel smushed in, but a little loose in the heel. Not much padding in the heel, but okay for walking not too far. The worst thing about them is how quickly they wore out... I had them only about two and a half months before they were ripped near my toe joint, where the shoe flexes when I walk... and now, less than six months later, the sole is all but worn through and I'm already looking to get another pair of shoes (not Vans). Not only that, but the break-in period is rather annoying (and lasts several weeks) b/c the back of the sole is not ergonomically shaped, so walking in them sort of goes clunk-clunk-clunk as you go from heel to toe. This wouldn't be good if you have sensitive feet. Last, there look is pretty played out by now and I felt just like every indie rocker and punk living in Providence (and the rest of the world). Which is lame. I won't buy them again.

I own these shoes. Best thing I can say about then is that I didn't spend much on them. They're more or less comfortable... wide enough in the toe-box that I don't feel smushed in, but a little loose in the heel. Not much padding in the heel, but okay for walking not too far. The worst thing about them is how quickly they wore out... I had them only about two and a half months before they were ripped near my toe joint, where the shoe flexes when I walk... and now, less than six months later, the sole is all but worn through and I'm already looking to get another pair of shoes (not Vans). not only that, but the break-in period is rather annoying (and lasts several weeks) b/c the back of the sole is not ergonomically shaped, so walking in them sort of goes clunk-clunk-clunk as you go from heel to toe. This wouldn't be good if you have sensitive feet. Last, there look is pretty played out by now and I felt just like every indie rocker and punk living in Providence (and the rest of the world). Which is lame. I won't buy them again.

COMFORT, WHERE ART THOU? It's so difficult to find comfort. K-Swiss made their Classic in canvas and it could be put on and worn in comfort. Don't you know they went to leather and it's a totally different comfort level. Your shoe sole looked like it might be good but it's a little too flexible and I can feel the movement of the sole, not comfortable. Thanks for this opportunity.