To Reinvent the Skate Shoe, It Took a Village (EXCLUSIVE)
Village PM's answer to skateboarding footwear's "stagnant era?" Creating skate shoe that neither operates nor looks nothing like any other skate shoe on the market.
The brand's debut models, the 1PM and 1.30PM, are more like climbing shoes that you can skate. Both sneakers blend a high-tech but shred-ready construction with a rugged outdoor edge with features that include a super-grippy rubber glove outsole, which marries vulcanized, cupsole, and toe cap constructions into a single durable unit.
And all of Village PM's shoes wear expressive, of-the-moment color schemes that push them towards fashion territory. But these are still skate shoes, mind you.
Village PM's Fall/Winter 2025 offering dressed up the 1PM and 1.30PM sneakers in smooth suede, slick patent leather, and even a dash of camouflage.
The new sneakers, which drop in October on the brand's website, only advance Village PM's mission of designing skate shoes that are, well, more than skate shoes.
The versatility of Village PM's sneakers is even evident in its stockists, which range from renowned skate shops like Civilist to quintessentially fashionable retailers like Dover Street Market.
Skate shoes are certainly exciting again. Vans is going viral for luxury-level versions of its most iconic models while other sneaker brands are giving skate-ready transformations to their classics (cough, Nike SB Air Max 95, cough). Even high-end fashion labels going in on making their own "Vans" skate shoes.
In between, Village PM is giving the game what it deserves: classic yet progressive skate shoes.
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