There are only very few shoes which are so iconic as Converse. Long known as the ambassador of street wear athletic shoes, Converse shoes and accessories are extremely famous all across the world. Of course, Singapore has plenty of Converse shoes as well. Let us learn a bit about the legendary Converse shoes, their different collections and their availability in Singapore.
Converse shoes are much older than anyone would think. Converse Co. had started to make rubber sole textile shoes from as early as 1910! The classic Converse shoes, the company is popular today, was the result of the company’s collaboration with the famous basketball player and street-wear fashion icon Chuck Taylor, whose signature is still shown on the original Chuck Taylor collection. The star logo of Converse came a couple of decades later, today being the official logo of Converse. Converse shoes were started as basketball shoes and were long part of NBA and considered as the first specialised sneakers for basketball. Then, with the arrival of Nike, Adidas, Puma, the interest in Converse as official basketball shoes dropped. Yet, today too, Converse shoes are widely worn by those playing basketball and the company found a new specialisation in their skateboarding shoes. Nike owns today Converse shoes; however, the brand’s logo and appearance stayed authentic.
The classic Converse textile shoes are among the most popular street wear for men, women and kids all over the world. In addition, the classic lines of Converse are among the most widely counterfeited or legally copied types of shoes. If you are out in Singapore looking for authentic Converse shoes, you are likely to bump into quite a few stores selling counterfeited Converse shoes. The price of an average pair of Converse shoes is around 100-150 SGD. These years, Converse has also started to do specialised cushioned basketball shoes and came out with sporty collections of accessories such as handbags. Converse stores are highly visited all around the world and the brand is creating large incomes, thanks to various stars wearing its classic collections and naturally due to Converse shoes being really cosy and easy to wear. Converse today has a great campaign in which it states that their shoes are bound to get dirty and can be cleaned perfectly afterwards.
The main collections of Converse include the Chuck Taylor Orinals, the skateboarding shoes, the basketball shoes and the apparels and accessories collections.
Converse signature shoes have such an iconic status that there are several collectors of the brand. In Singapore, Converse shoes are overly trendy and you can find them at several selling points with its brand stores located in ION Orchard, Orchard Central, Tampines Mall in the downtown and in Bugis Junction, Causeway Point, Lot One Shopping Mall, Compass Point and at Junction 8. As we told before, Converse shoes are highly counterfeited and widely sold all across Asia, as well as in Singapore. When you are out to buy an original pair of Converse shoes, we suggest you to buy them at one of the above-mentioned official selling points.