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One afternoon, a sun-tanned 21-year-old actor named Sean Penn sauntered into the Vans store in Santa Monica, Calif., in search of a pair of comfortable shoes. Penn, who had recently landed a movie part playing a SoCal stoner dude named Jeff Spicoli, picked out a pair of slip-ons in a checkerboard pattern. Back on the set, Penn liked his new sneaks so much he told director Amy Heckerling he wanted to wear them on camera.
"The stylist contacted Vans, and they ran a bunch of shoes up to L.A.,"
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