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Converse shoes come from afar.

The Converse shoes were produced by the homonymous company that comes to life in the early 1900s, precisely in 1908 in a small American town of Malden in the state of Massachusetts. Were produced, with an average of 4,000 pieces per day, rubber footwear for men, women and children, and only a few years later there was the opening production of sports shoes. In 1915 he started with those tennis while in 1917 it was the turn of basketball shoes with the legendary All-Star, which became the best selling in the world thanks to the player and "globe trotter" Chuck Taylor that he chose as his favorite becoming main promoter. Like most American companies, including Converse, during the Second World War II converted to civilian production to military ones, are going to produce boots, ponchos, jackets and clothing for the U.S. military. After the war the company maintained a monopoly until the '70s, until other major competitors such as Nike, Adidas, Puma and Reebok (only ten years later), introduced innovations in their design and became more competitive . Also in the same year the company bought the rights from BF Goodrich, the brand Jack Purcell, the player of Badminton (Sports racket where the ball can reach high speeds), who designed a model characterized by a trainer ' interfacing and rubber were used to increase security during the games.
The "Chuck" had several nicknames, Chuckers "," Chucks "," Chuckies "," Chuckie T's "," Chucker Boots "or" Chuck Taylors "and presented with a color that is completely black. In 1947 he was given a white stripe and under the pressure of many basketball teams in 1966 it came to making other colors. In 1985, the line is completed with the new model "The Weapon", produced in different colors based on basketball teams and played in 2002, 2008 and 2009, while in 2003, the acquisition by the Nike team, was presented the model "The Loaded Weapon." Today the players who played in the NBA and the feet that wear these models we Kyle Korver (Utah Jazz), Alando Tucker (Minnesota Timberwolves), Maurice Evans (Atlanta Hawks), Udonis Haslem (Miami Heat), Elton Brand (Philadelphia 79ers), Kirk Hinrich and Anci Law (Chicago Bulls). The 80s and 90s see the Converse shoes as a base for the fashion of rock bands and singers, including Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) and Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) to name a few, but it was also a point of reference for other sports such as skateboarding and running.