They made our company." — Steve Van Doren The company ... “I look at the first collection I ever built, and there’s some crazy wild shoes,” says Pozzebon. “They don’t even look like ...

James Van Doren and his ... when they opened their first store, in Anaheim, in 1966. They took a dozen orders in the morning and delivered custom canvas deck shoes, made in their adjacent factory ...

The company handled production on-site, making it easy to fill orders of different sizes and allowing buyers to customize their shoes in a rainbow of colors and patterns. The first Vans sneaker ...