VansVans Authentic By Paul Van Doren (black)

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For more than a generation, Vans shoes have been synonymous with cool. Now, in his refreshingly candid memoir, AUTHENTIC, founder Paul Van Doren takes you behind the iconic sidestripe as he shares his unlikely journey from high-school dropout to industry legend. A blue-collar kid with no higher education and zero retail experience, Van Doren started out as a 16-year-old service boy at a local rubber factory. In 1966, when the first House of Vans store opened, there weren't even any stand-alone