Welcome to the Converse Blog’s Weapon Wednesday! Today I’m giving some love to one of the NBA players wearing Converse this year, Alando Tucker of the Phoenix Suns. Here he is pictured in two different colorways of the Weapon EVO, a black/purple/orange and then a white/orange/purple for media day. (More …)
No Comments »So I was playing around on ConverseOne last night and I came up with a few designs that I thought I’d share with you. If you don’t already know, the Converse Weapon OX is now up and live at ConverseOne.com. First up is the Converse Weapon OX Wyoming colorway, which is inspired by one of my favorite color combos in all of sports. That combo belongs to the Wyoming Cowboys! I was so hoping that they could’ve pulled off the huge upset over Texas last week…oh well they’ll have to settle for some love from the Converse Blog. (More …)
No Comments »Welcome to the Converse Blog’s Friday Flashback. I am really excited for today’s post for a few different reasons. More times than not the Friday Flashback post are my favorite, but my favorite posts are the shoes that I don’t know anything about. Today I don’t have a name for these shoes, I am not even sure when they released. However, my best guess is the late 70’s or the early 80’s. I am also particularly excited about today’s post because I am getting out of down for a few days on a retreat to Gatlinburg, TN. I am going with the Church I went to while I was in college, so I am going to be seeing a bunch of people I haven’t seen in awhile. But anyway, enough about me lets get to the shoes.These shoes have the same midsole and outsole as the Pro Leathers, but has completely different upper. The upper is made from a Maroon Suede, seriously you never see that. The extra leather line around the ankle and the Chevron and Star appear to be Tan. The heel tap also features the fantastic Star in Square logo. There also seems to be some extra padding around the ankle that looks really comfortable. These are screaming for a re-issue release. (More …)
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