For more than a century, it has not left us a sole. Transgenerational, this iconic shoe was at the foot of the greatest celebrities … Jane Birkin first.
She is one pairs of shoes that go through years without ever taking dust. This year, it comes back to shake the modosphere, more connected than ever. Careful, she invaded the locker room of all generations – from ours via those of our grandfathers. Everyone can boast of having had their own pair: normal people with the most popular celebrities. The great icons of yesterday like James Dean, Elvis Presley and Jane Birkin brought it back and over and over. It is even rumored that the most British of the French wore this shoe during his concerts, associated with a simple T-shirt and flare jeans.
Because this pair of unisex and ultra versatile sneakers blends in style in all contexts: some anonymous people take it daring to wear it at their wedding, when other stars like Timothée Chalamet strut with on the red carpet of the most scrutinized fashion event on the Fashionista planet – I named the Met Gala.
However, it is created to meet the needs of basketball players originally. Her silhouette is recognizable between a thousand: she is made of a canvas that is adorned with the color of her choice; sports a white end on the front; is stamped with a round logo with a star in the middle of it; And is done sometimes low, sometimes rising at the ankle … You will understand, it is the Converse All Star.
It was in the 1920s that she extracted from basketball courts to win the feet of strangers like those of celebrities. The 1950s and 60s gave her access to other stages of universality when she conquered punk rock stars and rebellious adolescents around the world. Later, a grunge icon will further strengthen its transversality: it is Kurt Cobain, leader of the Nirvana group. And since last year, the iconic pair has been making a return with fanfare among fashionistas. Thus, according to @Databutmakeitfashionthe Converse All Star has an average of 11% popularity per month in the last 12 months. Just that.
So, if the world of the sneaker is today invaded by hybrid models merging sneakers with other shoes at all costs – the ballerinas or the Mary Jane – it would seem that the classics are not about to say goodbye …
