Fear of God’s Jerry Lorenzo is ready to follow up his incredibly popular

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vault with another full-scale collection that includes six distinct designs. While the sneakers have long been confirmed, today brings a close-up and detailed look at each silhouette a part of the collection just a day before the launch.The most unique design is the seldom-used Vans Mountain Edition with an updated midfoot strap that is sure to send a jolt of energy into the under appreciated silhouette.

Also featured in the drop will be two

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Era models in white and red that have alternating color-blocking as far as the Fear of God branding is concerned. The red version comes with premium corduroy panelling that provides a lux aesthetic to the simplistic silhouette. Finally, the Vans Slip-On 147 comes in three colorways with an added midfoot strap as well that houses metallic Fear of God branding.

Back in 2002, when Rian Pozzebon, who was then a relative unknown in the sneaker community, got the offer to join

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and help rebuild the brand’s ailing skate shoe program with his longtime friend and colleague Jon Warren, he had one big question: “Will they let us mess with the classics?”

At the time,

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wasn’t particularly interested in core models like the Slip-On, Old Skool, and Authentic. “The classics just kind of existed,” says Pozzebon. “But they weren’t pushed.” Instead, they languished—in just a few basic colors—in Vans stores.

The company's focus was directed elsewhere, on newer styles. After riding the wave of the ‘90s skateboarding boom,

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faced new competition from younger skate shoe brands like DC and Osiris. These companies—born only a few years earlier—favored a chunkier, more tech-forward silhouette (a word the fashion community uses to describe the shape of a shoe). Vans’ retro styling, by comparison, felt stale. By the early years of the new millennium, nearly a decade of sustained growth had fallen off—as had customers’ goodwill.