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Converse (/ ˈ k ɒ n v ər s /) is an American lifestyle brand that markets, distributes, and licenses footwear, apparel, and accessories. Founded by Marquis Mills Converse in 1908 as the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in Malden, Massachusetts, it has been acquired by several companies before becoming a subsidiary of Nike, Inc. in 2003.
By the 1950s, Chuck Taylor All Stars had become a standard among high school, collegiate, and professional basketball players. [10]In the 1960s, Converse had captured about 70 to 80 percent of the basketball shoe market, with Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars being worn by ninety percent of professional and college basketball players.
Connie Converse. Musical artist. Elizabeth Eaton Converse (born August 3, 1924 – disappeared August 1974) was an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known under her professional name Connie Converse. She was active in New York City in the 1950s, and her work is among the earliest known recordings in the singer-songwriter genre of music.
Young woman in 1980 wearing a low-cut spaghetti strap dress. The early 1980s witnessed a backlash against the brightly colored disco fashions of the late 1970s in favor of a minimalist approach to fashion, with less emphasis on accessories. In the US and Europe, practicality was considered just as much as aesthetics.
2020s in fashion. The fashions of the 2020s represent a departure from 2010s fashion and feature a nostalgia for older aesthetics. [1] They have been largely inspired by styles of the late 1990s to mid-2000s, 1980s, and late 1960s to early 1970s.
Bob cuts were favored by women. ( Saffron, 1996) Fashion in the 1990s was defined by a return to minimalist fashion, [1] in contrast to the more elaborate and flashy trends of the 1980s. One notable shift was the mainstream adoption of tattoos, [2] body piercings aside from ear piercing [3] and, to a much lesser extent, other forms of body ...
The rise of trousers for women. A pair of go-go boots designed by Andre Courrege in 1965. The 1960s were an age of fashion innovation for women. The early 1960s gave birth to drainpipe jeans and capri pants, a style popularized by Audrey Hepburn. [ 6]
Amber; wears blue contacts. Agency. Nick Cannon ( N'Credible Entertainment) Amber Rose Levonchuck (born October 21, 1983) [1] is an American model and television personality. She gained attention after she starred in the music video for Young Jeezy's 2008 single " Put On ", which featured Kanye West.