chuck taylor all-star shoes
Chuck Taylor All-Stars are canvas and rubber shoes produced by Converse. They were first produced in 1917 as the "All-Star", Converse's attempt to capture the basketball shoe market. They were not particularly popular until basketball player Chuck Taylor adopted them as his preferred shoe. He was so....
Chuck Taylor and All Star Converse
In 1908, Converse Rubber Co. was founded by Marquis M. Converse. Converse had experience in this line of work, having been a manager of Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co, a department store. After just two years, Converse Rubber Co. was producing 4,000 pairs of boots and rubbers daily.
In 1917, Converse....
EMO and the Eighties
Emo which has widely been mistaken for groups of depressed and malevolent teenagers is much more than it seems. Is it a style of music that inspires depressed youth across the nation to put on thick heavy make-up and think about everything that has ever went wrong in life? Does it even exist? Ma....