A little while ago MOG ran a story on the new Kurt Cobain converse. A cool concept considering the kicks were a trademark of the late rocker's look.
But what we didn't see coming was Converse's homage to jam rockers the Grateful Dead. Coining them "renegades of sound," the shoe company has re-created their classic Chuck Taylor® All Star® high top baring Grateful Dead's iconic "steal your face" and dancing bear logos and Alton Kelley's and Stanley Mouse's Skull & Roses, Europe '72 album artwork and the Ice Cream Boy. The shoes will be available is all sorts of colors including "Brown Eyed Women" staple ... grenadine. I'm just surprised they're not coming out in hemp or made of recycled tires.
The kicks will be sold at Journey's and converse.com this fall as part of the continued celebration of Converse's centennial.
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Wow. How the heads would have riffed on this if the band were still touring. Do the kids who these are marketed towards even know who the dead are. This seems it would have worked in 1987-1995, but now? Maybe the die hards, but I don't see it being successful....
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I really like 'em. I'd even consider getting a pair.
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when i look at the one with the steal your face on it, i kinda feel like i've seen them before...like they've been around for awhile. that image is so iconic i feel like it will be recognized for generations to come.
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If Jerry was alive would have made them.
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heh I stopped paying attention to my beloved Chucks when they stopped making them in the good ol' USofA. It was worse when the price climbed anyway. Same thing happened to Doc Martens...
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far out man haha I might have to snag a pair