| Due in large part to the sale of its All Stars, the company began to expand and open more factories | For men, Converse All Stars pair perfectly with jeans or joggers and your go-to T-shirts |
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| A and a range were planned, with initial color offerings in silver, royal blue, red, green, and black,pink, blue | Show your street style with the Chuck's classic all-star patch, rubber toe cap and striping in or styles |
After Taylor's signature was added to the ankle patch as his endorsement, they became known as Chuck Taylor All Stars, the first celebrity-endorsed athletic shoe.
| The waterproof pairs are completed with Gore-Tex branding on the lateral heel, tonal All-Star logos stamped on the medial ankle, and a reflective panel running up each heel | What color should you wear? In subsequent years Converse filed for bankruptcy multiple times and fell into further debt |
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| This shoe differed from the standard, modern version of the Chuck Taylor All Star in several ways, including a thicker Tencel canvas; a higher rubber midsole and foxing that was similar in size to the All Star '70, but it had lighter weight rubber; a thicker Lunarlon cushioning; a slightly smaller toe cap; two elastic bands at the base of the tongue, to avoid slippage to the sides; a sewn-on ankle patch on the high-tops; a two-piece rubber bottom sole versus the three piece sole on the modern All Stars; a heel patch with 3D letters versus a flat one on the modern All Star version | The streetwear label crafted a Chuck Taylor Hi with a "hidden" colorway that first appears to be all white |
The restyled Converse All Star basketball shoe also had a distinctive five-pointed-star logo displayed on the high-top shoe's ankle patch.
2| The low-top Chuck Taylors provide complete ankle mobility, as the canvas does not cover the ankles | As the original brand of youth culture, we saw an opportunity to play a more purposeful, two-way role with the communities that have always embraced us |
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| The Chuck Taylor II, an improved model, was announced by company management in July 2015 | An American classic meets a British fashion hero |
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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