Vans x Disney • Pixar - Toy Story!

Those of us who live in the UK have had a lonnggggg wait in comparison to our friends across the pond for the new Vans x Disney collaboration. They were able to buy these a while back where as we could only get them from the 29th of November! They were worth the wait though and I got one pair from the collection and I absolutely love them! As predicted by many people, including obviously Vans and Disney themselves as this is the third collection in the past two years that have been released as a collaboration between the companies, the collection was incredibly popular and a lot of designs sold out immediately including the pair I bought myself. 

This pair is a woody themed pair and I chose these mainly because they're different to all the other Vans I've gotten from past Disney collections. Every other pair I have are made using patterns that repeat all over the shoe and generally include characters on them, this pair I felt were a lot different to other pairs released in different collections. I chose this pair as I love woody and I just really enjoy the print on them, these shoes would be perfect for some sort of cosplay or Disney bound and they're a subtle way of including Disney into everyday wear. However, lets face it, who needs to be subtle?

I love the details included on this pair of shoes and think they scream woody, the design has taken parts of Woody's outfit and incorporated them together to make this design, I particularly like the print on he inside of the shoes that matches Woody's shirt!

Now being a collector I'm pretty much a box hoarder at this point and I appreciate a really good design on a box as if you've got loads of them like me it makes them a bit more interesting to look nice rather than just have tonnes of boxes that are all just plain. As we all know the print on the box matches Andy's room and includes the iconic cloud print that covers his walls. I also like that the 'tissue paper' inside that protects the shoes has the same iconic print.

Now my favourite thing about these shoes definitely has to be one of the features on the sole. The fact it has 'Andy' written on the sole of the right shoe brings me so much joy! Whoever came up with that idea in the design process of these shoes needs some sort of pay rise because it's such a good idea and I'm sure any Disney lover appreciates that about these shoes. I really love the detail that has gone into this collection and I just love Vans as a shoe in general so it's one of the best collaborations for me and I now have five pairs in total. 

I got these shoes from 'Schuh' mainly because I use Schuh often for a lot of my shoe related purchases, they have fantastic customer service and this time especially they excelled! I ordered these shoes on Tuesday morning and they arrived Wednesday morning (Although I wasn't in I collected them later that afternoon but had I been in it would have been jut over 24 hours from purchase to delivery!), I paid no extra for delivery and just got the free 'standard' delivery so to say I was impressed is an understatement. I highly recommend schuh in general, both in shops and online they have wonderful customer service, plus if you're a student they have student discount!

Both the Vans and Schuh website have some styles from the collection left if you still want to get your hands on some of these beauties! Also, it doesn't hurt to check in store as often I've found sold out styles online in stores.

Did you get any shoes from this collection? If so what did you get? I can't wait to see if Vans and Disney continue their collaborations and what designs will come out next! What would you like to see?

TTFN

Lauren