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Converse started making an early basketball shoe in 1917 and redesigned it in 1922, when Chuck Taylor asked the company to create a better shoe with more support and flexibility. After Converse added Taylor's signature to the ankle patch they became known as Chuck Taylor All Stars.
Discover the fascinating history of Converse sneakers, including the identity of the real "Chuck Taylor" who became the face of the iconic shoe.
Converse started making an early basketball shoe in 1917 and redesigned it in 1922, when Chuck Taylor asked the company to create a better shoe with more support and flexibility. After Converse added Taylor's signature to the ankle patch they became known as Chuck Taylor All Stars.
The first Converse shoes — rubber-soled galoshes — debuted in 1909, and within a year the company was making as many as 5,500 pairs per day. By 1915, Converse had jumped into the athletic...
Converse was founded by Marquis Mills Converse in 1908 in Malden, Massachusetts. Originally, the label was known as the “Converse Rubber Company” and its earliest inventory included...
The Converse shoe company, as expected, has a dynamic (and at times turbulent) history. Their rise to becoming one of the world’s most recognizable brands is filled with ups and downs but studying it clarifies why exactly this shoe’s shape, style, and logo are synonymous with American culture.
Here, in the inaugural edition of The Journal’s series on the history of iconic kicks, we take a closer look at the birth of this century-old basketball shoe.
Sneaker brand Converse and its iconic Chuck Taylor shoe have adorned feet around the world for over a century. See where the story began inside.
Converse started making an early basketball shoe in 1917 and redesigned it in 1922, when Chuck Taylor asked the company to create a better shoe with more support and flexibility. After Converse added Taylor's signature to the ankle patch they became known as Chuck Taylor All Stars.
This reinvention of the purpose-designed sports shoe set Converse on an entirely new path. For the first time, the Massachusetts-born company was at the vanguard of the fringe movement and it was here the All Star made its name.