Vans Teams Up with Gallery Dept: From Paint Studio to Street Style

Vans and its new Authentic 44 design. The skate brand, owned by VF Corporation, has launched an exclusive collaboration with the Californian fashion brand Gallery Dept. Inspired by the energy of a painting studio and through the Off The Wall by Vans line, a new design of the Authentic 44, one of the brand’s most classic models, arrives on the market.

Each pair of sneakers is designed with a hand-painted aesthetic that simulates paint drops cascading over the toe, in addition to other grease marks and color on the sides. On the other side, the heel is kept as a blank canvas. The new collaboration will be available starting December 11th at the online store, as well as in physical stores, priced at $150.

Just a month ago, Tintoremus, the Spanish company dedicated to the production of indigo pigment, closed a collaboration with Vans consisting of around 500 units of three of the brand’s most iconic models that could be tinted to the consumer’s taste at the Tintoremus pop up. This year, Vans has carried out collaborations with Valentino Garavani, who reinterpreted the Authentic 44 with the stamp of the luxury maison, and with Travis Barker, the drummer of Blink-182, who captured his personal style in the Vans Old Skool.

Vans ended the previous fiscal year with a 16% decline in sales

Gallery Dept is a Los Angeles-based luxury streetwear brand founded in 2017 by designer Joshua Thomas. The company is known for its vintage and artistic aesthetic and for its one-of-a-kind or limited-production pieces, which have dressed celebrities such as Travis Scott, Drake or LeBron James.

Vans, one of VF Corporation’s business drivers, ended the previous fiscal year (ended March 2025) with a 16% decline in salesto $2.349 billion. Its parent company’s results put its total revenue at a loss of $189.72 million, down sharply from the $968.88 million loss it posted in 2023.

The operating result went from red to black and the group ended the year with a positive $303.77 million, compared to a loss of $143.93 million in the previous year.