Had an inquiry recently from a reader wondering whether the town sells any “official town of Wellesley apparel.” We checked with the town clerk, who told us that there are “No official town togs; [But that Wellesley High School] has all sorts of things sold by teams and booster clubs.”
Vans, the shoe company popular among skateboarders and other people cooler and younger than us, has a new line of women’s sneakers called the Wellesley. Erica Young, head of girls footwear for Vans, tells us:
“The Wellesley was actually named after the town and college in the Boston area. Our girls footwear designer is from Boston and when the girls footwear group went for a research and design trip to Boston they decided to name a few shoes for this fall after the area - Wellesley, Allston, Copley, and the Boylston.”
