@vapova · est. vintage
The greatest vintage heels.
Y2K & archive designer — Coach, Manolo, Prada, Gucci. Sourced, restored by hand, and placed with collectors who wear them.
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1,230 pairs placed 318 5★ reviews 10.1k followers
Most collected
Coach · Manolo Blahnik · Prada · Gucci
The hunt list
Looking for something specific?
Tell us the brands, silhouettes, and colorways you’re chasing. Every request goes straight into our sourcing rotation — when we’re out hunting, your list is what we’re hunting for.
Who this is for
If you collect vintage designer heels, you’re in the right place.
vapova is the studio behind @vapova on Depop — an East Village practice built on taste, not volume. You’re here to understand the world: what we chase, what we pass on, and why a pair feels worth wanting before you ever tap buy.
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Taste
Y2K Coach, archive Prada, Gucci, Manolo — the lines we actually sell. The job is making you want the object, not explaining our supply chain.
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Selectivity
Most of what we see never ships. What lands here is authenticated, photographed honestly, and listed with the details a collector cares about.
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Condition, named
Cobbler work happens when a pair earns it — not on every listing. We prefer shoes that are ready to move; when something needs help, we say so in plain language.
- 1,230
- Pairs placed with buyers
- 5★
- Seller rating · 318 reviews
- 10.1k
- Depop followers
- 100%
- On Depop since day one
From the edit
A glimpse of what we chase
Mood board, not a catalog — a few pairs that represent the taste layer behind the brand. The full rotation lives on Depop.
Vintage y2k Gucci black buckle pointy toe kitten heel
vintage Y2K Manolo Blahnik chocolate leather beachy bead thong heel
Rare vintage Y2K Coach raffia floral bee thong wedge sandal
vintage Y2K Coach brown chestnut leather o-ring thong kitten heel
vintage Y2K Coach black cream colorblock stripe heel mule
Depop buyers
What people say about @vapova
5★ rating across 318 reviews — 1,230 curated pairs placed through Depop.
5★
318 public buyer reviews and 1,230+ pairs sold through @vapova.
The point of this site
Brand first. Commerce lives on Depop.
vapova.shop is a splash page — editorial room, lookbook, journal — not a checkout. Pieces sell where our community already shops. This site is here so partners, press, and new collectors understand who we are before they scroll the feed.
- Want the edit? @vapova on Depop
- Want the mood? Lookbook
- Want the voice? Journal
Journal
Notes from the studio
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How we authenticate vintage Prada
What to look at first on a 1990s Prada Sport mule — the stamp, the lining stitch, the heel construction — and what to look at last.
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A weekend with a Manolo restorer
Inside the Brooklyn workshop where most of our heels are reset. Why a forty-year-old shoemaker won’t Topy a 1990s Manolo, and what he does instead.
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Coach Soho Stadium, 1980-1995: a brief history
The fifteen years when Coach made some of the best leather shoes in America, why it stopped, and how to spot a piece from the run.
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New journal posts, lookbook drops, and the Depop feed — this site is the studio’s front door, not the register.