Hermes Meets Vans And Has Gorgeous Babies

Okay, so here's my plan; I'm going to set up a snare in front of my house tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. and capture that gang of skinny skate boarders thundering by like clockwork. I will quickly and artfully jam these onto their feet before I release them back into the wild unharmed. They will instantly morph into a post 60's, pre-apocalyptic, highly fashionable version of the Jets (that white gang from West Side Story...) and from that moment forward they will be helpless as they frequently screech to a dead stop, kick up their boards, bounce down to the tarmac and break into spontaneous (yet perfectly choreographed!)  interludes of dance and song. At least once a day this will happen in front of my house. 

Of course they will never be able to remove the shoes as they are quite obviously magic.

It's like the proof that Brad and Angelina have had sexy time and you are wearing them on your freaking feet!

 Celebrity stylist Robert Verdi asked Vans (seriously, who IS this guy?!"Hey Hermes, this is Bob. I've got a wild hair up my arse- can you help me with that?") to create a butt-load of Slip-ons based on artwork from some of his favorite Hermes scarves (gonna let that slide, Robert...).  The ostentatiously stylish, deliberately chic scarves have always been a staple of the 'monied' ladies (remember when gazillionare Oprah CRIED because Hermes wouldn't let her and her husband Gale into their Paris store after it closed? Good times...), so to marry them with these mass produced, form follows function, relatively cheap, "Hell yeah, Imma get me some Vans!" kicks is the kind of twisted thinking that deep-fried Snickers Bars are made of.  In other words; FABULOUS!  Of course these aren't an official Hermes collaboration (that would be like admitting they watch 'Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo'), merely a sensible way to actually WEAR an Hermes scarf without looking like someone needs to mug you (and then push you into a mud puddle...).  Check out more of Verdi's bespoke creation over at Vans' Flickr. Via Sneaker Freaker Spain.