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    The Converse Blog: Acie Law IV and Jameer Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson & The Last Dragon Redo 

    12:34 pm on October 30, 2008
    Tags: Acie Law IV, , Converse Attack., , , The Last Dragon Redo   

    Category: NBA players

    What a crazy week. I was all set to post the big post I’ve been talking about on Wednesday and then my Mother got sick and since I hadn’t called to sub that day I told my Dad that I’d take care of her so he didn’t have to take a day off of work. The only problem was in the all the excitement I forgot to post anything let alone the larger piece. Which at this point probably appears more important and interesting than it really will be. Either way, I didn’t get to post today because I had to watch High School Musical 2: 3 times today… (More …)

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    The Converse Blog: Converse Wade 4, Converse Suspend Technology, Wade 4 Commercial 

    12:36 pm on October 27, 2008
    Tags: Converse Icon, , Converse Suspend Technology,   

    Category: New Converse Trends

    What a day, I finally get to let the cat out of the bag about the Wade 4. I am more excited for this Wade release than any other, with the only exception possibly being the first Wade. Why, might you ask? The answer is simple, the brand new Converse Suspend Technology makes its debut in the Wade 4. For the first time since the end of the Converse Icon, a Converse shoe will have an honest to goodness cushioning technology. (More …)

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    The Converse Blog’s Friday Flashback: Kentucky Wildcats 1996-97 Converse Jersey 

    12:37 pm on October 24, 2008
    Tags: 6th Championship, Home Jersey, Kentucky, Nike Kentucky jerseys, Shorts,   

    Category: New Converse Trends

    I wanted to give some love to the poll winner today, but I also thought I’d change it up some and not post shoes. So I dug into my folders and came up with these pictures of the 1996-97 Kentucky Wildcats Home Jersey and Shorts. This was the last year Kentucky wore Converse and it was the season after Kentucky won a 6th Championship. This was noted by a special patch on the shorts. You can’t really tell from these pictures, but the there is a monochrome stripe pattern down the jersey and shorts. It is similar to the new Nike Kentucky jerseys in which the pattern is the same color as the jersey. It was pretty interesting at the time, hopefully I can find some action shots for you all someday. (More …)

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    The Converse Blog’s Weapon Wednesday 

    12:38 pm on October 22, 2008
    Tags: 100th year celebration, classic shoe, Converse Japan, , wednesday blog   

    Category: Converse Weapon

    Good Wednesday World, and welcome to the latest edition of The Converse Blog’s Weapon Wednesday. Today’s Weapon comes from Converse Japan, who has been killing it with their Converse 100th year celebration. They’ve really taken full advantage of the limitless possibilities of the world wide interweb. One of the really interesting things they’ve done this year is go back and reinterpret some earlier releases. Like this particular Weapon is based on a 2003 release of the classic shoe. (More …)
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    The Converse Blog’s Friday Flashforward: Converse Wade Slash 

    12:41 pm on October 17, 2008
    Tags: basketball shoe, , , Converse release, double-lasted shoes, Slash, Wade   

    Category: Company Events, New Converse Trends

    Happy Friday, and welcome to the Converse Blog’s first ever Flash Forward. Today instead of looking back into the Converse archives, I’ll be looking forward to an upcoming Converse release. Soon Converse will be releasing the Converse Wade Slash the first none signature and none team Wade basketball shoe. Already this shoe has been seen on the feet of Acie Law and Alando Tucker. One of the interesting features of this shoe is the Velcro straps that connect from the tongue of the shoe to the sides. This makes for an interesting use of the Converse logo in a more functional way than just branding. The shoes are double-lasted to give that low to the ground speedy look that helped to make the Wade 1 and 1.3 so popular…well that and the guy who was wearing them. (More …)

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    The Converse Blog: Converse NYX Automatic 

    12:41 pm on October 13, 2008
    Tags: , Bowling Green, , , Converse NYX Automatic, Eastbay,   

    Category: Company Events, New Converse Trends

    Recently these shoes, the Converse NYX Automatic showed up over at Eastbay. However, I first saw these on TaoBao about 2 or 3 months ago. To me they have a lot of similarities to the Converse Transition which was a Finishline with a mix of the Converse Assist. The main influence from the Assist appear to be in the outsole which is the same for the Converse Double Double also. (More …)

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    The Converse Blog’s Friday Flashback Converse Energy Wave Walking Shoes (For Old People) 

    12:42 pm on October 10, 2008
    Tags: Converse Energy Wave, ishing boots, Military issue boots, street hockey shoe, street luge shoes, walking shoes   

    Category: New Converse Trends

    Converse used to make every type of shoe you could ever want, from a street hockey shoe, to fishing boots, Military issue boots, street luge shoes, and yes even old people walking shoes. Today we’re going to venture into the world of mall walking and eating Werthers originals. That’s right I am talking about a walking shoe powered by Converse Energy Wave technology. (More …)

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    The Converse Blog’s Weapon Wednesday: JapanSnake Skin Lakers Weapons . 

    12:42 pm on October 8, 2008
    Tags: classic shoes, , JapanSnake, Skin Lakers, Snake,   

    Category: Converse Weapon

    Here is an interesting twist on an all-time Classic Converse. The Lakers colorway of the Weapons is seen below. However, the gold portions of the shoe have been replaced with a Gold Faux-Snakeskin pattern. This results in a darker gold and purple colorway of this Weapon. Sadly, these are only dropping in Japan. (More …)

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    The Converse Blog: Olympic Dwyane Wade Team Signature Bird’s Nest Edition! 

    12:44 pm on October 7, 2008
    Tags: 3rd Olympic Wade, Beijing Olympics, , , StackTV, TaoBao auction, Team USA   

    Category: Company Events, New Converse Trends
    As you all know Team USA took home the gold during the 2008 Beijing Olympics and if you read this blog often then you know that Dwyane Wade was rocking fresh united we rise colorways of his Wade Team Signature shoe for this year. Throughout the Olympics he wore two main colorways of the shoe, one that was released in limited numbers to the general public and another that was not released. Well recently I found picture and video evidence of a 3rd Olympic Wade Team Signature shoe and this one pays tribute to the Bird’s Nest or Olympic Stadium in Beijing. Here are some pictures from a TaoBao auction and a video from StackTV featuring Michael DiTullo talking about the Wade Team Signature below. (More …)
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