The American born Converse Jack Purcell has paired with the United Kingdom’s The Duffer of St. George to create duet of Jack Purcells in classic black/white colorways. Featuring a paisley-print graphic on the upper, the two colorways (inverses of each other) feature premium materials and padded ankle collars on the classic Converse silhouette. Quite similar to the Converse Chuck Taylors with bandana prints,you can expect both colorways of the Jack Purcell x Duffer of St. George at select Converse locations. via Warp.
Converse’s staple designs like the Jack Purcell and Chuck Taylor All Star are so strong that they kept the company afloat through its bankruptcy filing earlier this century. The One Star bounced back and better than ever, now a branch on the Nike, Inc. tree, and releases more and better Chucks and Jacks than ever before. Still, it’s great to see some new models on the way with that same classic feel, a niche filled admirably by the new Converse OS Academy Hi. These white nike free run nike free 3.0 leather hightops feature red stripes on either side of blue One Stars for a look that’s as all-American as their brand heritage. Check out more photos after the jump mens nike free 3.0 and grab yours today from Size?
Converse got in touch with four artists for its Converse (Paint The Town) RED Collection for Fall/Winter 2010, and the contrasting styles and methods resulted in four acutely different renditions of the same shoe. Parra, Giovanni Estevez, Aaron Martin, and Cody Hudson each had their hand in a pair of the Converse Chuck Taylor for the (Paint The Town) RED collection; Parra’s featured a beige suede upper with the cherries while nike shoes cheap Estevez got in touch with his hometown roots with a tonal-black stitched NYC skyline on the upper. Cody Hudson’s take on the (Paint The Town) RED theme was a lux brown leather upper with a navy blue toecap, and here we get a look at Aaron Martin’s pair which features cartoonized pandas on a black upper. Take a look at the entire Converse (Paint The Town) RED Collection after the jump and head to Hypebeast for a feature interview with Giovanni Estevez.