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Converse started making an early basketball shoe in 1917 and redesigned it in 1922, when Chuck Taylor asked the company to create a better shoe with more support and flexibility. After Converse added Taylor's signature to the ankle patch they became known as Chuck Taylor All Stars.
Converse (/ ˈ k ɒ n v ər s /) is an American lifestyle brand that markets, distributes, and licenses footwear, apparel, and accessories. Founded by Marquis Mills Converse in 1908 as the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in Malden, Massachusetts, it has been acquired by several companies before becoming a subsidiary of Nike, Inc. in 2003.
Taylor's greatest legacy is the iconic Converse All Star shoe that he helped to improve and tirelessly promoted for nearly four decades. Most American basketball players wore Chuck Taylor All Stars between the mid-1920s and the 1970s.
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This is the first time in almost 100 years that Converse launched a new design for their iconic Chuck Taylor All Star.
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Elisha Slade Converse (July 28, 1820 – June 5, 1904) was the first mayor of Malden, Massachusetts, a businessman, founder and president of Boston Rubber Shoe Company, a representative and senator in the state legislature and a philanthropist.
The Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company (" E-J ") was a prosperous manufacturer of shoes based in New York 's Southern Tier, with factories mostly located in the area's Triple Cities of Binghamton, Johnson City, and Endicott.
Matthew McConaughey's wife, Camila Alves, holds a pair of green Converse tennis shoes similar to ones worn by ten-year-old Uvalde shooting victim Maite Rodriguez.