A year ago, Converse launched Renew to find solutions for post-consumer and post-industrial waste by using upcycled textiles and recycled cotton canvas blends. This summer’s colorful Renew capsule highlights Converse’s proprietary recycled cotton canvas process, using discarded cotton canvas scraps from the footwear manufacturing process to create new sneakers. Created with a blend of 80% virgin cotton and 20% recycled cotton, the tri-panel execution on the…
The Converse x ROKIT Chuck 70 builds off the brands’ debut collaboration in 2018 and examines Converse and ROKIT’s youthful mergers of basketball and skate culture. The All-Star logo is eclipsed in black fabric, sewn onto canvas that is divided into quarters through tonal stitching, blending figurative textures of asphalt and blacktop — a foundation likened to the streets of downtown Los Angeles, where…
Designer Stéphane Ashpool has teamed with Converse through his Pigalle label on a collection of the Chuck Taylor Low. The Chuck 70 comes in two colorways, one a play on Converse’s iconic natural canvas, the other featuring a gradient scheme. Both are created with a technical fuse film atop the canvas, a design element that gives the shoes an aura of future tech…
Elevating the Chuck 70’s with a hook-and-loop fabric, we want to encourage an element of creativity through the age-old act of ‘Patching’. There’s eight different designs to choose from in the box – tooled up in a smorgasbord of hues, fabric and co-branding – letting you mix & match the high-top as you see fit. Delivered in random packs of five, we’ve also…
The KITH x Disney x Converse Chuck Taylor 1970 collection will launch on the 18th of November at KITH locations and on kith.com at 11AM EST. To celebrate the anniversary of Mickey Mouse’s 90th Birthday, Kith reprises it’s partnership with Converse for a three part collaboration with Disney. The collection is rounded out by the addition of three core styles of Converse…
In the summer of 2017, Tyler, The Creator began reinterpreting the Converse One Star, introducing his “flower” design to the silhouette, which has come to define the signature GOLF le FLEUR* collection. There have been numerous iterations; at times, a bold interpretation of two-tone suede, others, a subdued palette of monochrome hues. All have evolved alongside Tyler’s personal style. His output has…
The Undercover x Converse Chuck 70 “Camo” Pack will release on the 14th of November through select shops and converse.com. November 07, 2019 – Continuing an ongoing collaboration, Converse and Undercover designer Jun Takahashi combine forces on a reinterpretation of the Chuck 70 silhouette featuring a graphic camo print trussed with laced zipper guards and metal ring accents — unexpected hardware details that capture raw-edged rebellion. The…
Carhartt Work In Progress is adding its touch to the Converse Chuck Taylor for summer 2019. The apparel label is working with the low top edition of the silhouette, dressing it in two colorways. The two approaches are rugged with one in work jacket-esque brown and the other in camo. Both are canvas built with the Carhartt WIP tag on the tongue.…
Converse has just released the Chuck 70 OX Low in a camo adorned colorway that has a sunny vibe. The warm look is achieved with university gold serving the base color for the pattern, which is paired with green tones and black. Canvas built, the kicks are now live at shops that include US based Politics.
Kith partners with Converse to create two collaborative models as part of Kith’s ongoing Classics Program. Echoing this Classics approach, Kith reimagines the Chuck Taylor All Star 1970 in two of its most iconic colorways while retaining its timeless DNA. Both the Parchment and Black Chuck Taylor receive a Kith Monogram print across their canvas uppers, while a new leather lining elevates…
