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Article: CLASSIC CANVAS CONVERSE ALL STARS ARE STILL KING OF THE SNEAKERS
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 14, 1987
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CopyrightCopyright 1987 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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In the beginning, there were Chucks.
They were a plain brown wrapper of a basketball shoe,
conceived during the 1920s by a stocky midwestern pipe smoker who
barnstormed America for nearly 50 years. The sneakers that Chuck
Taylor touted to local coaches were formally known as Converse All
Stars, although their logo also featured his very own name in
script lettering. Basketballwise, Taylor was little more than a
former Hoosier hotshot, but gym rats from coast to coast linked his
name to the game via the All Star high-tops they purchased down at
the local sporting goods store. Ergo: Chucks.
But my, oh my, look at them now. In metallic gold. In painted
splotch. In neon rainbow. Converse ...