Bandana Fever

I finally managed to find out some details about the Converse/Missoni collaboration I’d been hearing about since the men’s European runway shows back in June (where a pair were spotted on the feet of a Missoni family member at the label’s runway presentation in Milan).

The classic Chuck Taylor All Star high-top shoe will be served up in two different versions of Missoni’s signature zigzag pattern printed on the sides and tongue, with colors that tie back to Missoni’s Fall/Winter 2010 menswear collection. The circle patch (the design that sits at about the ankle bone of the wearer) is rendered in brown leather, and the traditional “license plate logo” at the heel is monochrome.

In the prepared press materials, Missoni’s creative director Angela Missoni explained the decision to use the Chuck Taylor All Star silhouette: “It’s mythical to me; [it's] the one that girls and boys of all times have liked to wear and is still the coolest today.”

The Missoni for Converse Chuck Taylor All Star kicks will retail for $200 and be available to the public in early April. They will be sold at the Missoni boutiques in New York City and Beverly Hills, Jeffrey (in New York and Atlanta) as well as select boutiques internationally.

– Adam Tschorn

Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star Hi Top White customized with Navy Bandana paisley scarf. The entire shoe is covered except for the area surrounding the eyelets. Care is made to not cover the Converse logo on the sides of the shoes as well.

These shoes are available in Men’s Sizes [7.5-16] and retail at about $160.

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Vintage Chuck Taylors get a modern makeover.

Comme des Garcons and Converse have collaborated on a line of foursneaker styles called Comme des Garcons Play for Converse Collection.

Digging into the Converse archives, Comme des Garcons’ Rei Kawakubo resurrected a Chuck Taylor style originally made for the U.S. military in the 1950s, and stamped it with her signature red heart-face.

The collection is unisex, includes two high-tops and two oxfords and retails for $100.

The Comme des Garcons Play for Converse Collection comes out at the end of this month and is available in L.A. at Satine, Opening Ceremony and Legion.

Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star Hi Top Red customized with Red Bandana paisley scarf. The entire shoe is covered except for the area surrounding the eyelets. Care is made to not cover the Converse logo on the sides of the shoes as well.

These shoes are available in Men’s Sizes [7.5-16] and retail at about $160.

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Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars low top green professionally customized with Lime Bandana Paisley Scarf. Both sides as well as the tongue is covered which is essentially the entire shoe. This is available in men’s sizes 7.5-16. It retails for about $160.

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