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Chuck Taylor All-Stars or Converse All Stars (also referred to as "Converse", "Chuck Taylors", "Chucks", "Cons", "All Stars", and "Chucky Ts") are sneakers manufactured by American fashion brand Converse (a subsidiary of Nike, Inc. since 2003). Initially developed as a basketball shoe in the early 20th century, its design has remained largely ...
Converse All Stars, also known as Chuck Taylors, are casual shoes that have played a significant role in pop culture for decades. Initially designed as a basketball shoe in the early 1900s, the soft cotton and rubber-soled style has remained largely unchanged for the last century.
Ninety years ago, a travelling salesman named Chuck Taylor set off a sneaker revolution, but who was the name behind the All Star moniker?
Invented in 1891 in Springfield, less than 100 miles from Converse’s HQ, basketball was becoming hugely popular on the East Coast.
Originally designed for the newly invented sport of basketball, the brand’s Chuck Taylor All-Star sneakers went on to become a global icon, embraced by many different subcultures.
Although initially a producer of rubber-soled galoshes, by 1917 Converse was ready to venture into the world of basketball, and set out to create the company’s first performance athletic shoe. The precursor to the “All Star”, the “Non-Skids” consisted of a rubber sole and a canvas upper designed specifically for athletes.
In 1922, the world’s first celebrity-endorsed athletic shoe debuted: the Converse Chuck Taylor All Star. Taylor promoted the shoe so successfully that in 1932, his signature was stamped onto the ankle patch.
Take a look at how one of history's most enduring sneakers was created by a basketball shoe salesman named Charles Hollis "Chuck" Taylor. Hosted and produce...
In 1917, Converse began manufacturing one of its first basketball shoes, known as the Non-Skid All Star. At the time, Charles “Chuck” Hollis Taylor was a semi-professional basketball player and the player-manager for the Converse All-Stars basketball team in the mid-1920s.
The story begins in 1908 when Marquis Mills Converse founded the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in Malden, Massachusetts. By 1917, the company’s first athletic shoes were ready. Dubbed ‘Non-Skids,’ the shoes featured a rubber sole and a canvas upper designed specifically for the hardwood.