Vans Classics will launch a collection of 4 pieces for the upcoming Chinese New Year, the “Classic and Year of the Horse” collection.  Having the original Sk8-Hi silhouette with iconic Sidestripe branding, the “Year of the Horse” collection comes in a range of colors from red to blue, to pink. In addition, Vans present a black shoe “Year of the Horse”, which will be available at select retailers. In contemporary western cowboy spirit, the Sk8-Hi features fake hair horse, leather reinforcements at the heel and horseshoes printed on the sole. The “Classic and Horse of the Year” collection will be launched in all Vans’s Asia Pacific retailers and TMall Vans  on December 20, and the black version, it will be on Yohobuy.com and NPC on 1 January 2014.