During some "house cleaning and sorting," I was looking at stuff in a Converse "Chuck Taylor" All Star box. On second observation, I noted that the box originally contained a "Converse All Star II." After a little head scratching, I remembered that I bought the shoes around 1979. The box stated Converse was a division of Eltra (which was the case from 1972 to 1979). I can remember I was working in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas at the time... which means it was after 1977. These pictures are courtesy of Ted, one of my many readers.... I no longer have the shoes, only the box!
Converse
did away with the traditional logo patch in this shoe, along with the Buick portholes on the side. Instead of these
traditional design features, they used the Converse "horizontal chevron and
star" design. Converse also enlarged the toe box in comparison to a traditional All
Star.
Converse
padded the ankle collar and tongue in the All Star II. The inside had no loose lining.
While the shoe had a label at the top of the heel, the traditional "Chuck
Taylor" heel patch disappeared.
Converse used the same outsole as the "Chuck Taylor" All Star. Looking at my old box and what Ted told me about his box, Converse made at least the following colors:
In
2004, Converse introduced a model called the "Star Player Mid" (despite the term
"Mid," it is as high as a high-top Chuck) that shares a number of design
similarities with the All Star II.
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