While the range of apparel and accessories from the anticipated
Vans x Harry Potter collaborative collection remain undisclosed, a quartet of sneaker is released as the first wave of the joint effort. Exclusive to each of J.K. Rowling’s fictional Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry’s houses, colors and details from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hyfflepuff, and Slytherin are imprinted across different Vans silhouettes in the honor and pride of each house.
Representing courage and chivalry, Gryffindor’s
Sk8-Hi sports red and gold-hued stripes against a black suede upper, with a matching Jazz Stripe and muted white midsole emphasizing the house’s lion-emblazoned emblem — patched onto the medial side of each sneaker. Elsewhere, Ravenclaw’s signature blue informs a remixed Checkerboard
Authentic, complete with matching laces, crest-branded tongue tag and touches of bronze on the alternating squares.
The Hufflepuff
Slip-On is one of the more understated options; an all-black upper is subverted by subtle yellow stripes at the elastic gusset, with “HUFFLEPUFF” verbiage and emblem stitched across the forefoot. Finally, Slytherin’s
Era receives an appropriately scaley makeover, with faux snakeskin patterns playing across a silver and dark green leather upper, even reworking the shoe’s tongue tag to showcase the house’s snake motif.
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