converse-All Star

Early Years

• Marquis M. Converse
• 1908- Converse Rubber Shoe Company 
• 1910-4,000 made daily
• 1917-Made debut

Before the '40s converse were black

1920s

• 1921-Charles H. Taylor improves shoes
• 1923-Taylor's signature added
• Custom made shoes for a pro. team

BACK THEN, CONVERSE WERE MADE FOR BASKETBALL

'30s - '40s

• 1936- U.S Olympic team wears Converse. (19-8)
• White converse introduced 
• 1939- First NCAA Tournament held
• 1942- Converse designs A6 Flying Boots
• 1949- NBA formed 

The basic design hasn't changed since 1949

'50s - '60s

• 1955- #1 basketball shoe
• Worn by 90% of basketball payers
• 1957- Oxford "low top" converse

Elvis wore converse (1955)

Converse stops being on the courts and starts being on stage in the late '70s

This group influenced
converse on "punks"


The Queen rock band
wore converse

'70s- gold, red, green, orange, blue, light blue
converse were made

In the '80s converse made shoes with patterns...

550 million pairs of
All Stars have been produced since 1917

In 2012 60% of
all Americans own or have owned at least one pair of converse

bibliograghy

• http://www.complex.com/sneakers/2013/05/50-things-you-didnt-know-about-conv...
• http://www.insidehoops.com/converse-history.shtml
• http://visual.ly/history-converse