Converse
Converse All-Star Polka Dot Pack
The Converse All-Star, the companies staple model, makes an appearance this year in this ‘Polka Dot Pack’. The lineup contains the high-top and low-top All-Star model with a design exactly as the name suggest with polka dots scatted all around the shoes. Converse put together three colorways for both the low-top and high-top, so you have your choice of white, black or blue.
Follow the jump for another picture of the Converse All-Star Polka Dot Pack and get em now at Ripe.
Converse Chuck Taylor Hi ‘The Who’
Converse pays homage to one of the worlds largest classic rock bands which has been around for 45 years, The Who. Using two Chuck Taylor models Converse designed one of them to include the red, white and blue flag of the UK through the whole upper and the other is white and has a ‘The Who’ round logo up near the ankle.
Get The Who Converse Chuck Taylors now at select retailers including HUF.
Converse Japan January 2009 Releases
The Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star is one of those epic sneakers that will always be around for sneakerheads to enjoy. Converse has no intentions of letting up on the Chuck Taylors and with all the Chuck fans out there thats a good thing. Converse Japan is gearing up to release a bunch of new different designs of the Chuck Taylor, as well as other models such as the Jack Purcells and the Weapons for January 2009.
Here we get a look at 6 different designs, 4 of them keeping it somewhat simple and 2 Chucks which bring their history of bizarre designs as you can see by the one pictured above. Hit the jump to check out the rest of the pictures.
Levis Knocks Off Supra, Vans & Converse
As i was reading the SoleBlvd blog i came across this post which im sort of disappointed to see. Levis, a MAJOR company, and a legend in their industry appears to be knocking off designs from Supra, Vans and Converse. After word broke that Levis had a sneaker designed like a pair of Supra Skytops SolveBlvd decided to hit up the local FootAction and take a look at what in store themselves. Low and behold, not just a knock off of a pair of Skytops, but also ripped designs from Vans and Converse stocked on the shelves. You would think a company like Levis would know better, but it appears not.
As SoleBlvd said its not totally the fault of Levis. The work is sourced out to companies who are given full rights over the design and allowed to use the companies branding to move the products. But even with that being said, Levis had to know what was coming to them and obviously had no intentions of stopping distributing the product due to a knocked off design. Hit the jump to check out pictures of the Converse and Vans rip offs from Levis and the models they are designed after. Via: SoleBlvd
Converse x Staple ‘Pigeons’
The iconic Pigeon design and colorway which Jeff Staple made famous on a pair of Nike SB Dunks in 1995, a pair of New Balance 575 earlier this year, a slew of New Era hats, and other apperal, will now be blessing a pair of Converse sneakers. Jeff Staple and Converse recently got together to design a pair of Converse sneakers which include the grey and salmon-orange colorway found on the other Jeff Staple pigeon sneakers with the pigeon design stitched onto the tongue. Around back on the heel there is a “Staple” stamp with a Staple tag on the outer side of the sneakers.
No exact date has been released at this time but an unofficial release date is being called for sometime in early December. Stay tuned for more updates as they become available. Via: BKRW
Converse All-Star ‘Submerged’ Customs
TTK who many of you may know as the designer of the Nike Blazer Submerged Jungle and a pair of the Barack Obama Nike Dunks has had his hands full lately but hes taken some time to present to us one of his latest custom sneakers. TTK had a female customer reach out to him who wanted him to transfer his signature Submerged design over to a pair of classic Converse All-Star sneakers. The submerged designed was done in blue and black with accents of pink with a grey safari print down the heel. Lastly a pair of bright pink laces were thrown on and a pair of TTK lace locks added. The submerged design has to be the most popular and most demanded styles from customers so make sure you do a quick search here on Sneaker Obsession either for TTK or Submerged to check out all the other customs with this theme. More shots after the jump.
