VANS CUSTOMS | ARTIST STACEY ROZICH LA based artist Stacey Rozich recently created some one-of-

VANS CUSTOMS | ARTIST STACEY ROZICH 

LA based artist Stacey Rozich recently created some one-of-a-kind Vans using her signature artwork, style and the Vans Custom Shop. Let’s find out more about what inspired her Vans Customs, what she’d name them and where we might catch her prowling around in them next! Take the leap below.

Photographs courtesy of the artist. 

Tell us a little bit about the design you used for your Vans Customs! What was the inspiration behind it?
I have a soft spot for animal prints, especially painting them. I had been trying to find the perfect pair of tiger print shoes for so long, but I couldn’t find any that fit the bill. When I got this opportunity to design some Customs, I knew exactly what I was going to create. Along with hand-painted tiger coloring and stripes, I had to add my signature bizarro absurdity, so I added a ferocious mouth and intense eyeballs. The whole package is, at first glance, a fun pattern for Vans, but the second take reveals the wild face which ups it to the next level.

What would you title your shoe? 
“Tiger Snacks”

Do you remember the first pair of Vans you ever owed?
 I do! I was 18, and a freshman at CCA studying Illustration. I was at the Crossroads Trading Co in Berkeley, and in the shoe section I found the most perfect worn-in blue low top Vans for like $12. I wore them constantly until they disintegrated. I’ve had a dozen pairs since then.

What have been some of your favorite reactions so far to your customs? 
A lot of the reactions have been the same: Excited pointing and “WHOA!” and questions about where I got them.  

Where can folks see you wearing them next? What do you have coming up? 
I will be in San Francisco for my solo show opening at First Amendment on July 6th! I’m excited to hang out with these tigers in The City and back home in LA. 

Find out even more about Stacey in our Sketchy Behaviors Interview with Stacey Rozich!