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Print When Vans cofounder Paul Van Doren died last week at age 90, one particular shoe a slip-on sneaker with a waffle-bottom sole and a black-and-white-checkerboard canvas upper took centerstage. This is understandable; it’s the shoe that almost singlehandedly make that singlefootedly set the company on its way to becoming a multibillion-dollar action sports brand and it’s as instantly identifiable as a piece of branding as Nike’s swoosh is. It also does a disservice to the handful of silhouettes, and countless pop-culture collaborations in the last 55 years, that have earned the Costa Mesa-based, VF-owned brand a place in the hearts and shoe closets of millions of fans around the globe. ....
Paul Van Doren, cofounder of Vans shoes, dies at 90 Paul Van Doren, who cofounded the action-sports brand Vans, died May 6, just days after the publication of his memoir. (Vans) Print Paul Van Doren, cofounder of Vans, a shoe brand that became a multi-billion-dollar action-sports empire thanks to the SoCal skate community and a focus on custom kicks, died Thursday at 90. His death, confirmed Friday by Costa Mesa, Calif.-based Vans, comes just nine days after the publication of Van Doren’s book, “Authentic: A Memoir by the Founder of Vans.” No cause of death was given, but, according to Vans, Doren died at home surrounded by his family. ....
Vans co-founder Paul Van Doren dies at 90 ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3This undated photo provided by Vans shows one of the co-founding brothers Paul Van Doren shown with one of his quotations that was posted online announcing his passing away on Friday, May 7, 2021. Doren, who co-founded the Vans company that created sneaker brand that shod the feet of skateboarders around the world and grew into a global powerhouse offering sports apparel and sponsoring sports teams and rock festivals, has died. (Vans via AP)APShow MoreShow Less 2of3This undated photo provided by Vans shows one of the co-founding brothers Paul Van Doren. Doren, who co-founded the Vans company that created a sneaker brand that shod the feet of skateboarders around the world and grew into a global powerhouse offering sports apparel and sponsoring sports teams and rock festivals, has died. (Vans via AP)APShow MoreShow Less ....
Paul Van Doren, cofounder of Vans shoes, dies at 90 Paul Van Doren, who cofounded the action-sports brand Vans, died May 6, just days after the publication of his memoir. (Vans) May 7, 2021 5:18 PM PT Print Paul Van Doren, cofounder of Vans, a shoe brand that became a multi-billion-dollar action-sports empire thanks to the SoCal skate community and a focus on custom kicks, died Thursday at 90. His death, confirmed Friday by Costa Mesa, Calif.-based Vans, comes just nine days after the publication of Van Doren’s book, “Authentic: A Memoir by the Founder of Vans.” No cause of death was given, but, according to Vans, Doren died at home surrounded by his family. ....
“My dad was a systems guy,” Steve Van Doren told the Los Angeles Times in 2009. “He did things like color-coding the boxes, blue for men, green for women and orange for boys, so you could see what inventory you had right away. He would only open stores that had a free right-hand exterior wall because he thought that was the best place to catch someone’s eye if they were driving by.” Van Doren also allowed people to order customized shoes. He expanded the customer base by allowing various designs to be sold everywhere from surf shops to department stores. ....