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Chuck Taylor All-Stars History

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The <a href="http://www.converseshoeshop.com/">converse shoes</a>

were not particularly popular until basketball player Chuck Taylor

adopted them as his preferred shoe. He was impressed with the

design so he became the shoe’s leading salesman. After proposing a

few changes to the shoe, the shoe got its current name and Chuck

Taylor’s signature on its ankle patch. One of the many changes was

the switch to nonslip soles. Although classic black is the most

popular, Chuck Taylor was himself known to prefer unbleached white

high-tops (known in his day as simply "white").
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demanded more variety from the shoe – particularly with respect to

colors in order to match basketball teams – so colored and

patterned shoelaces became popular to complement the two colors,

black and white, available before 1966. Afterwards, more colors

styles became available. Low-top or "Oxford", high-top, and later

knee-high, versions were produced. More materials were offered for

the construction, including leather, suede, vinyl, denim, and hemp.

Some versions of the converse shoe were offered without laces, held

href="http://www.converseshoeshop.com/converse-revolution-c-

92.html">Converse Revolution </a> were also co-designed by Chuck

Taylor, just before his death in 1969.
A full biography of Chuck Taylor was published by Indiana

University Press in March 2006 under the title Chuck Taylor, <a

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all star</a>: The True Story of the Man Behind the Most Famous

Athletic Shoe in History, with a foreword by the retired college

basketball coach Dean Smith.
When Converse was bought by Nike in 2003 and operations were moved

from the United States to overseas, the design saw a few

alterations. The fabric is no longer 2-ply cotton canvas but 1-ply

"textile" and many wearers have noticed different patterns of wear.
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are available in several core colors, seasonal colors, and a

variety of print styles. In the 1950s the converse shoes became

popular within the greaser subculture and amongst many fans of

rockabilly. Fans of punk rock have adopted the shoe as a fashion

trend since the late 1970s and many popular punk rock bands, such

as the Ramones, have supported the trend by wearing the sneakers.

All-Stars became popular again in the ’90s as fans of the world

famous grunge-punk band Nirvana emulated the band’s frontman Kurt

Cobain, who had worn All-Stars for many years prior to the 90’s

due to the influence of different punk rock bands he enjoyed in his

youth.

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