Description

As well as the Heart Emblem and a contrast canvas strip at the heel, the Comme des Garçons PLAY x Converse 1970 boasts all the features of the Chuck Taylor All-Star '70, pairing vintage features with contemporary detailing. Here in the classic white colourway, this shoe features heavier canvas construction, 1970 custom eyelets, and higher rubber foxing. 

Details

• Colourway: Black
• Low-top sneaker 
• Cotton canvas upper
• Canvas strip at heel
• PLAY red heart emblem on outside of upper
• Converse All-Star patch on inside of upper
• 1970 custom eyelets
• High rubber foxing
• A thick, cushioned OrthoLite sole
• Vintage license plate logo at heel
• Winged tongue stitching
• Off-white laces
• Upper and lining: 100% cotton
• Outsole: 100% rubber

Collection

One of the most enduring collaborations in contemporary fashion, the Comme des Garçons PLAY x Converse 1970 marries an iconic emblem with the world's most storied sneaker. The endearing eyes of Comme des Garçons PLAY's iconic heart emblem lend it a distinctive quality, addressing the looker like a renaissance painting. In fact, the label's merging of high-brow design qualities with the low-brow connotations of cartoon caricature, to which the Heart Emblem makes clear reference, is a crucial part of its appeal.

In the Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star 1970, New York graphic artist Filip Pagowski and Comme des Garçons' Rei Kawakubo find the perfect companion for the Heart Emblem. The Chuck Taylor All-Star matches the logo's iconicity while providing the physical space and simplicity of design for the Heart Emblem's character to take the limelight. Despite the empty space opened up by the Hi-top iteration of the shoe, the PLAY Heart Emblem continues to play coy, appearing partially obscured, as if it wasn't entirely recognizable from the eyes alone.

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