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Converse Inc. announces its all-new collection with avant-garde French
fashion house
Maison Martin Margiela. The first-time Converse Maison
Martin Margiela collaboration features th
e Chuck Taylor All Star and the
Jack Purcell sneakers, each completely hand-painted in Maison Martin
Margiela’s iconic white paint. Covering all canvas, eyelets, laces and
soles, they naturally crack and shed their outer coat of paint to reveal
the original colors beneath."
"The personality of the
Converse Maison Martin Margiela 1970s Chuck Taylor All Star and Jack Purcell sneakers is discovered through an
evolving dialogue between the bold colored canvas and clean paint. The
more the sneakers are worn, the more their personality and color is
revealed. “The Maison has always been obsessed with white; it is used as
a layer to give an incognito feeling. A sort of poetry, with the
passage of time, the shoe asserts itself,” says Maison Martin Margiela."
This is one of my favorite collaborations ever. And the fact I love chucks more than heels has everything to do with it. I love how they are just dipping the colored shoes not just producing "some" design. And how the "real" design comes over time as you wear the shoes. Amazing!