The celebrated Chuck Taylor All Star!

I don't know what it is but I really love the Converse Chuck Taylor All Star shoes!

Its the only shoes I've bought for at least the past 9 maybe 10 years but the only real problem is that they don't seem to last long (at least not to me). I buy a new pair like every 2 months it seems but thats OK!:sunglasse

Heres my current pair. There a little worn and a little dirty around the sides, I usually clean the sides with bleach and it does the trick quite well.


.....So anyway I just wanted to say that

 

I own 30 pairs of C.T.s

 

I agree!!!!!!!!! i own a similar pair of chucks

 

i have one pair of chucks but they have lasted me since last october and there still on use...

 

i own 4 pair


peace
chickens

 

i have one pair there my gig shoes i wear them to every concert i go to although a couple of weeks ago i was drunk and wrote stupid stuff all over them in permanent marker lol

 

mine are better and prettier, and I take better care of my shoes than you!!! the lighting in here sucks though, so they look all weird.

 

hello, i'm new here.

this may be a little off topic, but it's close. i recently heard that in the last year or so, converse was bought out by nike. do any of you know if it's true?

 

What...??????? yes ur shoes r pretty ... i luv pink...but...urs r no better than sprouts...i like his better actually cuz they kinda tell a story...since they are so worn i know he has a good time in those shoes....

 

Yes it is true that Nike bought out Converse. Which is why, even though Chucks are my favorite shoes EVER, I have not bought a new pair since I heard that. *crying cuz I really need a new pair*

 

You're just saying that because he's hot
Actually, if dirty torn up shoes tell a story, then he's got another pair that's FULL of em. They're so fukt up that the sides are all split apart and his feet were hanging out.

As for nike buying converse, we heard about that a couple of years ago, but I'm not sure if it's true. Nike's so anal about wanting to put their logo on everything you'd think that if they had indeed bought converse, there'd be a swoosh on them SOMEWHERE, even if it was just on the inside of them. But hell, what do I know?

 

Of course he's hot , we all know that but really..i think worn things do tell a story..i have a pair of jeans that are so worn and they tell thousands of stories...of course they r my favorite pair ! does he really have a pair where his feet hang out...?? hmm..i don't know about that...hehe .. i guess there are holes all over my jeans.
btw nice job w/ the dreads moonshyne

 

Chuck Taylors are the greatest shoes in the history of humanity. Believe me.

 

ive never worn chuck taylor's...

 

yah man, it's true, I found that to be disgusting, they've been around so many years, there has never been a shortage of kids wearing chucks, and they sell their souls to nike, one of the worst companies you can sell your soul to. (Oh I know it sounds dumb but you know what I mean)
Anyway, to learn all about it and the adbusters way of fighting it, (Make our own shoes in a unionized shoe factory!
jump on over to http://www.adbusters.org/metas/corpo/blackspotsneaker/
It doesn't say much about converse being bought over, I'll try to find the article I read about it, but there's a reason it looks like a lowtop chucks.
Sign up for a pair, they'll cost ballpark 40 bucks.
Here's what they have to say about their factory:
A great sneaker factory has been located. It's in the traditional shoe manufacturing region in Portugal. A big, light, airy, family-run factory will be the centre of it all. Union. Fair wages, generous paid holidays, free medical attention, an hour and a half for lunch, impressive safety record - it's an excellent production facility for our worker-friendly, earth-friendly, animal-friendly blackspot sneaker. Details and factory photos will be posted soon. September looks good for delivery. Time for some action.

Sounds pretty good to me!
-Lindiglo

Oh, and here's the sad story straight from the horses mouth: http://www.nike.com/nikebiz/news/pressrelease.jhtml?year=2003&month=09&letter=a

 

I had heard about this but didn't want to believe it....

That sucks major!

those child slaving bastards are fucking up my deal here!


I'm a little suprised theres no swoosh.....

fuckers

 

That's pretty fucked up I really need a new pair of Chucks the inside of my left sneaker is coming apart.

 

im guessing that chuck taylor's wear out easily. yall should just go barefoot, itll save you alotta money.

 

I'm not surprised there's no swoosh. Nike wants to brand all it's products but it knows better than to blatantly show they have bought Chuck Taylor's. Look how many people on the forums didn't know. They know a lot of people have got beefs with them, and the regular converse customer is a bit iffier about sweatshops than the regular running shoe consumer. If that makes any sense. It does in my head. Anyway, I found some no sweat high-tops! Yay!

http://store.globalexchange.org/swsn.html and if pink's your thang, you can pre-order a pair of no sweat pink high-tops
http://www.nosweatapparel.com/miva/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=CPS&Category_Code=NSS
I hope I don't sound too preachy. I have chuck taylors too. I don't condemn anybody for owning, wearing, or even buying them. I just looked over all my writing and making sure that was clear.
Lindiglo

 

Very true. Sprout has managed to utterly DESTROY about 6 pair in the four years that we've been together. And I don't mean like a little tear here and there.....I mean like the entire sole comes off and is flopping around, the toes come out, the lace holes are ripped out and huge chunks of canvas (i think that's what it is) are just missing.

I prefer my sandals.