Converse are for .....JOCKS!

Everyone who knows me can attest that I love my converse sneakers. They are grey, have a star on them and are the ultimate in wannabe hipster fashion. I'm not a hipster, but I love these shoes and crazily enough I've snuck into work today in jeans and my converse and couldn't be more excited about it.

• Marquis Mill Converse opened the first converse rubber shoe company in Malden, MA in 1908
• The company's main turning point came in 1917 when the Converse All-Star basketball shoe was introduced, before they specialize in winterized rubber soled shoes
• Basketball Player, Charles H "Chuck" Taylor came in complaining of sore feet and got a job as a salesman, he worked there the rest of his life and his signature is now on the all star patch
• Converse was bought out by Nike, Inc. for $305M
• "The Weapon" was a basketball shoe designed to match team colors in high and low tops; it is unique because it was made with leather and a high padded heel for ultimate comfort
•  Converse All Stars were the first mass production basketball shoe in America
• Chuck Taylor was himself known to prefer unbleached white high-tops
• Chuck Taylor also managed to become the army's fitness consultant during WWII. Soon after that, white high tops became the “official” shoe for the United States armed forces
• All-Stars became popular again in the '90s to fans of the world as famous grunge-punk band Nirvana