Can someone explain to me why some Vans Authentic shoes have a slightly taller sole and rubber upper-wrap which seems to come further up onto the canvas upper? I’m not talking about the “Platform” sneakers as those are taller than what im referring to. I’ve included a comparison image as an example. I prefer the taller sole but don’t know what search term to use to find them. Any help is appreciated. Thanks
The top ones are not lo pros like people are suggesting, the lo pro was even slimmer profile. RIP emo days. https://www.vans.ca/en-ca/authentic-lo-pro-shoe-pvn000t9n76n
Maybe one is vault idk tbh I’m dumb lol
they’re not vaults
Maybe it’s the skate version or outlet store versions idk
Skate version has a different design for the rubber that wraps around the toes being squared off at the ends, and duracap branding. The doheny looks more like the era with padding
i don’t think there’s an outlet version of the authentic, they just sell authentics
I think most of the time it’s just different sizes of the same shoe or camera angles. The Midsole will be the same height on the same size shoe if they’re the same model
i think the shorter / thinner sole is called lo pro
They’re two different models of the authentic
one looks like regular vans, the other one looks like a DX 44 style
I think it’s the jjjjound collab (which was a vault)
the higher foxing tape model looks like it could be an anaheim factory/vault model. that’s a common characteristic of anaheim and vault models.
This is the right answer that vast majority of the time.
Taller soles is how i always remember vans looking a few years back, nowadays all normal vans are the lo-version. If you want the taller soles these days you have to get something from the ‘vans vault’ range
its a size thing, the soles are the same thickness and the foxing tape is the same height, a size 4 mens authentic will look like it has a taller midsole than a size 18 pair of authentics, even though both have the same height of foxing tape.
i can tell they are different sizes due to the number of eyelets and the proportional size of the eyelets
Just to correct your terminology, the rubber on the sides of vulcanised constructed shoes is called Foxing tape. Chances are those are different versions, the one with the lower foxing tape is the standard Vans Authentic, while the one with the taller foxing is either from the vault line or the Anaheim factory line. The skate line also has higher foxing, but the toe is a little different.