Vans and its parent company VF Corp. weren’t too happy about MSCHF’s Old Skool lookalike sneaker, the “Wavy Baby,” that unveiled this week. Almost a year to the date since Nike’s lawsuit against MSCHF, the Brooklyn collective is headed back to the courthouse after Vans has filed its own suit.
MSCHF has been accused of “recently [embarking] on a campaign to piggy-back on Vans’ rights and the goodwill it has developed in its iconic shoes,” in the 57-page lawsuit. Vans sent cease-and-desist letters to MSCHF and Tyga, the shoes’ celebrity cosigner (though he’s not a defendant in the case), to no avail. Prior to filing suit, Vans had asked for half of the profits and four pairs for itself if MSCHF were to go forward with the release.
