While Kim Jones has confessed he is not nostalgic, the designer knows the values of a brand’s DNA and has a keen viewpoint on how to honor its future. With his debut Converse collection, Jones reflects on the Continue Reading
Chinatown Market crafts a bold throwback NBA collection, celebrating the iconic championship jackets Jeff Hamilton designed for the Bulls and Lakers on the Pro Leather and Chuck 70. Calling this collection bold is Continue Reading
Converse’s collaboration with one of fashion’s essential iconoclasts, Rick Owens, debuted today during the Rick Owens Fall 2021 show on the Lido, Venice, with the appearance of the partnership’s first Continue Reading
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, basketball’s 130-year history is defined by a spirit of progress, generating iconic moments, legends, and trailblazers — just like the rubber shoe company that would be Continue Reading
In 1891, Dr. James Naismith drafted the 13 original rules for the game of basketball while teaching at the YMCA training school in Springfield, Mass. Now, 130 years later, Boston-based Converse has Continue Reading
What does a sensory exploration of tradition look like? That question guides the Chinese New Year 2021 collection for NIKE, Inc., grounded in colorway and material choices that are inspired by a joyous temple fair, Continue Reading
After last year’s futuristic take on the Chuck 70 and Pro Leather, AMBUSH® co-founder Yoon Ahn entered Converse’s deep archives and landed on an unanticipated path to her second collaboration with the Boston-based Continue Reading
The year was 2016 when the talented musician and designer Tyler The Creator launched the rainbow polka dot pattern on the first catwalk for the GOLF WANG collection. Tyler is collaborating with Converse for a new Continue Reading
More than two years ago, at the start of her ongoing collaboration with Converse, Feng Chen Wang, like many designers before her, requested pairs of the Converse Chuck 70 to complete her SS19 Menswear presentation Continue Reading
Expanding the Converse Renew program, the Converse x Carhartt WIP Renew Chuck 70 uses single-source upcycled textiles from the famed work garment brand. One thousand pre-owned canvas Carhartt work jackets, trousers Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
Using upcycled denim, the Converse Renew Denim Chuck 70 serves as the first example of Converse’s capacity to reimagine used textiles, which are diverted from landfills, into new Continue Reading
