Converse - Now online and in store
Yesterday we told you about our new G-Shocks and today I'm going to tell you about our new Converse! The converse arrived at the tail end of this working week, and was uploaded to our site on Saturday.
We have two styles the All Star Hi and the low topped All Star OX.
Not only that but we for the first time have Ladies (and kids) sizes available in our core colourways.
First up well look at the hi',
Black:
Charcoal:
White OX:
Marquis Mills Converse, opened the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in Malden, Massachusetts in February 1908. The company was a rubber shoe manufacturer, providing winterized rubber soled footwear for men, women, and children. By 1910, Converse was producing 4,000 shoes daily, but it was not until 1915 that the company began manufacturing athletic shoes for tennis. The company's main turning point came in 1917 when the Converse All-Star basketball shoe was introduced. Then in 1921, a basketball player named Charles H. "Chuck" Taylor walked into Converse, complaining of sore feet. Converse gave him a job. He worked as a salesman and famous ambassador for the product, promoting the shoes around the United States, and in 1923 his signature was added to the All Star patch.
Converse went through a long period of change and management until it lost much of its apparent near-monopoly from the 1970s onward, with the surge of new competitors, including Puma and Adidas, then Nike, then later Reebok, entered the market who introduced radical new designs. Converse found themselves no longer the official shoe of the National Basketball Association, a title they had relished for many years. While being employed at Converse, one of its employees, created the iconic chevron and star insignia / logo that still remains on most of the footwear items to the present day.
Find us on Facebook and Twitter to keep up to date with all of our comings and goings in the store
John
We have two styles the All Star Hi and the low topped All Star OX.
Not only that but we for the first time have Ladies (and kids) sizes available in our core colourways.
First up well look at the hi',
Black:
White:
Loden Green:
- Canvas upper
- Rubber toebox
- Rubber outsole
- Chuck Taylor All Star patch on the inside ankle.
White OX:
- Canvas upper
- Rubber toebox
- Rubber outsole
- All Star branding on the tongue
Marquis Mills Converse, opened the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in Malden, Massachusetts in February 1908. The company was a rubber shoe manufacturer, providing winterized rubber soled footwear for men, women, and children. By 1910, Converse was producing 4,000 shoes daily, but it was not until 1915 that the company began manufacturing athletic shoes for tennis. The company's main turning point came in 1917 when the Converse All-Star basketball shoe was introduced. Then in 1921, a basketball player named Charles H. "Chuck" Taylor walked into Converse, complaining of sore feet. Converse gave him a job. He worked as a salesman and famous ambassador for the product, promoting the shoes around the United States, and in 1923 his signature was added to the All Star patch.
Converse went through a long period of change and management until it lost much of its apparent near-monopoly from the 1970s onward, with the surge of new competitors, including Puma and Adidas, then Nike, then later Reebok, entered the market who introduced radical new designs. Converse found themselves no longer the official shoe of the National Basketball Association, a title they had relished for many years. While being employed at Converse, one of its employees, created the iconic chevron and star insignia / logo that still remains on most of the footwear items to the present day.
Find us on Facebook and Twitter to keep up to date with all of our comings and goings in the store
John
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