Taka Hayashi was born in yokohama, Japan, at The age of 10 he with his parents emigrated to The United States, in The face of new life style and cultural differences, but he did as a fun adventure, not depressed, but understanding with curiosity and love on The west coast surf culture and street culture and The spirit with Vans “Off The Wall” concept, this also for Taka Hayashi after into Vans and joint planning stage.
Taka Hayashi did not blindly “wholesale westernization”, although influenced by American culture, but it still like American Indian culture, at the same time very obsessed with Japan Ainu native culture influence, such as the style of the different culture, fully reflected in his joint shoe – Taka Hayashi was the only one who is both Vans full-time employees, and has an independent and timing to launch joint regional footwear designer. As a result, he is beloved by many Vans collectors and fans.
This spring, Taka Hayashi released a co-branded series with Vans again. He learned from his past experience and co-branded a series of military themes with the Vans Vault high line. Continuing Taka Hayashi’s extreme demand for every detail, a special drawer joint shoe box and dust bag are also available.TH 138 Mid LX is obviously derived from sk8-mid Mid upper shoes. Like the shoes of Taka Hayashi in the past, it has been thoughtfully and aggressively modified by TH to launch two pairs of military green and white shoes with black and dark brown waffle soles respectively. In terms of shoe body design, both the lateral Sidestripe was removed and the inner Sidestripe was continued to the heel recklessly.There is also a side strip under the addition of rubber pieces reinforcement, so that the shoe style better for the actual design of the skateboard. In addition, shoelace eye piece after reinforcement, the inner side of the upper is also sewn into Morse code labels… It’s also rare to see the UltraCush HD professional shock cushioning used only for Pro Skate shoes in this Vans Vault high-end side-line collaboration.
Authentic one-piece LX has been used in Authentic and co-branded items many times before the use of Taka Hayashi. It is an extension of the classic shoe style of the Vans Authentic, with a whole Piece of leather in the shoe body, hence the name “one-piece”. The all-black shoes are made of leather, and the military-inspired khaki, orange and sunrises are covered in premium suede.The historic Authentic one-piece LX with embroidery on the outside reproduces the first Vans Logo design — “circle Flying -v”. The Vans Logo with black background and white letters can be seen on the collar. On the tongue, military leather labels are sewn.
Most of today’s Vans fans probably don’t know much about the Derby Lug LX, but Taka Hayashi used it in her own collection back in 2011 and couldn’t help but love it when she reintroduced a pair of shoes that didn’t look very “Vans”. A pair of whole body black; A pair of shoes with brown body and white outsole; The last pair is the exact opposite.Taka Hayashi sews a canvas into the toe of the shoe, which extends to the tongue of the shoe. There is also a canvas corresponding to the heel of the shoe, presenting a symmetrical aesthetic feeling. The inside of the shoe has an unobstreperous air vent, and many details restore the classic retro design, such as the edge of the smooth top bag, wrapped in the front skirt with longitudinal stripes and ravines, while the sole USES the protruding outsole of the early brand, in which the “V” icon is clearly visible. 
