The Outlook for Chuck Taylor Shoes

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Converse All Star Chuck Taylor shoes are always available in their core color color models in high top and low top. In addition, every year Converse issues many seasonal models and additional colors. Different Converse companies throughout the world are free to order these seasonal models and modify them with variations of their own. This page will focus on announced seasonal models by Converse USA intended for the American market. While many models and colors are announced, not all are made (if there aren't enough pre-orders) or are made in limited quantities so they aren't available through our affiliate shoe store. When seasonal models of shoes are actually available for sale depends on the manufacturing and shipping schedule, and how important they are in the overall marketing plan for that year. The ChucksConnection recommends that if you see a seasonal model that you want in your size, buy it. You might not get a second chance!

Converse New Releases for Spring, 2008

2008 is the one hundreth anniversary of the founding of the Converse Company, so there will be many new releases and some special models of shoes coming out this year. Look for the century print which features many different logos from the past made in a black, orange, and white pattern or a black and white pattern. The century print line graphic models use a simple line graphic pattern that emphasizes the ankle patch or the word converse. There is an orange, white and black canvas model and a gold leather model. All of these releases come in both high top and low models.

Side views of a black and orange Century Print Line Graphic high top.

Another new series is called All Star Decades, which are meant to represent popular trends during the past fifty years. All Star Decades high top models are Bathrrom Wall -- a multicolor grafitti print on black, Flower Power -- a multi color print on pink with light blue details, Tie Dye -- a red, yellow, green, and blue print, Diner Hi -- which is a black printed menu on white with a red interior, and Sci Fi Words -- a multicolor print on black and white.

Sci Fi Words and Tie Dye high tops.

Solid color seasonal releases this year are called anniversary specialty models, and will be produced in grenadine (red), bright green, buttercup (yellow), and Victoria blue. Other seasonal colors from the past that will be remade include Kelly green, maroon, charcoal grey, chocolate brown, light grey, Carolina blue, royal blue, and shrinking violet. These seasonal colors are usually available in both high top and low cut models.

Bright green high top and buttercup yellow low cut seasonal chucks.

Converse is continuing to release new models in its Product Red line. These shoes are more expensive and part of the money is earmarked for the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Shoes release in this line can be identified by the top pair of eyelets, which are painted red. They come in different pattern prints, or with unusual designs like the multi-layer high top.

Product Red multilayer high top in royal and red.

Converse New Releases for Fall and Winter, 2007-08

Announced seasonal releases for the fall are tannin, harvest pumpkin, and violet grey in both high top and low cut. Tannin is currently available. Converse is continuing to reissue popular models in chocolate brown and charcoal gray.

Tannin high top.

Also in their fall catalogue are seveeral new lines of prints, including models in plaid, luze herringbone, suit lining, military prints and animal prints. There is a line of what are called repeat prints, featuring the Chuck Taylor ankle patch logo in sort of a camouflage setting. The patches are overlaid and in different opacities. They come in a variety of color combinations and in high top and low cut. There is a Christmas tree print low cut being released for the holiday season.

Repeat high top in black and gray with black and white reversible shoe laces.

Other models announced for the fall include dot prints, more skull prints, and additional issues of the double tongue and double upper models. Black and green, chocolate and blue, black and white, and black, red and white versions of the double upper have been released.

Double upper high tops in black/red, brown/navy, and black/white.

A black and charcoal gray camouflage edition of the simple high top is being issued along with a navy and off white model and reissues of the original simple details in black and white and in red and white.

Charcoal and black camouflage simple details high top.

Another interesting print model is the crossword puzzle. These come in white and black and even have some "clues" printed in the insole. There is a more complete description of this model in ChuckTalk.

New variations on the basic Chuck Taylor shoe design have been announced but not yet arrived for sale. They include zipper models, with lacing on the sides and the zipper in place of the tonuge, an assymetrical model that has the laces and eyelets skewed to one side of each shoe, and a hand sketched model (looking like a bad artist trying to draw by hand).

Zipper package and white assymetrical low cuts.

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Converse Issues for Summer, 2007

Converse will release several new lines of shoes designed for women. One of these is the Mosaic Print Line which will be available in high top, double tongue high top, knee high, low cut, flip flop, and espradille models. Colors include light green/aquarius, pink/magenta, Aquarius/light green, magenta/orange, and magenta/pink.

The second line is the striped oxford and high top in white/light blue or white/pastel green color combinations. Additonally, a striped oxford in white/rosewater will be issued along with a three strap low cut in cloud grey, mauve and forget me not (light blue).

Denim issues for women will come in white/pink/turquoise or indigo/magenta/white color combinations These models will be available in high top, low cut, and knee hi issues.

More canvas "Sailor Jerry" high top models are available in 2007 including a grey "dead end", a parchment "Eagle", and a black "skull heart" edition. Each model comes in a basic color with a nautical-themed print on the canvas uppers.

The Multi-eyelet high top is a new model that has dozens more eyelets on the canvas uppers so you can lace the shoe up in a crazy way. Each shoelace is nearly 12 feet long. So far a black and chili pepper red with red laces has been issued. There are also plans to release this model in a black/chili pepper low cut model, a green/white version in high top and low cut and a white/blue version in high top and low cut.

A new print canvas upper model for the summer is the Sticker Print, which come in high top and low cut models. The brightly colored print emphasizes purple and gold colors.

Some more double upper high tops are planned including models in black/green, chocolate/wheat, parchment/marine blue, phaeton grey/black, and olive grey/white asparagus. New double tongue releases in parchment/cherry red/mauve, white/green/aged olive, orchid ice,/cloud grey, grey/black/white are also planned.

Possible additional seasonal colors include forget me not blue, mauve, aged olive, and washed grey. There are also plans for a green moss simple details model along with some reissues of last years colors.

Keep checking out this site for updates and information about the new products, as we will feature articles and pictures of the new models as they are issued and become available for sale.

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In the past couple of years, Converse has come out with a lot of new seasonal chucks, and this year is no exception. Here are the early 2007 issues, according to their catalogue. One caveat: Some of the releases are contingent on actual orders before they are manufactured. If they don't get enough pre-orders the model is abaondoned or production is postponed.

Already available are the seasonal carryover colors from prior years, including charcoal grey and chocolate brown chucks in high top and low cut models. New seasonal color chucks in high top and low cut models will be issued in Blue Turquoise, Cyber Yellow, Magenta Haze, Nautical Blue, Orange, and Pepper Green. Other reissues include "Simple details" high top and low cut models in black, red, and royal blue. The silver and gold "metallic" chucks will return in high top and low cut, There will also be leather reissues in monochrome white, monochrome black, and the popular black and white "I, Robot" model.

Converse will continue to make new pairs in their camouflage line, continuing the popular desert brown model in high top, low cut, and slipon, and a light olive green model in high top, low cut, and slipon. Rolldown high tops will be issued in milk and marine blue, cappuccino and parchment, olive and golden oak, black and red, white and black (also in low cut) and black and royal. New slip-ons will be made in living coral, charcoal, purple, navy blue, chocolate, natural, black, and black monochrome.

Solid color "Double Tongue" chucks in high top and low cut models will be issued in these color combinations: Chili pepper/vaporous grey, Black/vaporous grey, white/magenta/pink, black/grey/red, chocolate/tan/parchment, grey/black/white, and white/navy/Carolina blue. Double Tongue Prints (the outer tongue inside is the print) in high top and low cut models will be issued in Cappuccino/camouflage, Beech/camouflage, Leprechaun.

The most striking looking new model this year is the "double upper" Chuck Taylor, which instead of two tongues has two sets of uppers that wrap around each other. The shoes come with two sets of laces in different colors. Some of the Double Upper models have striped prints for their interior uppers, while other just come in plain colors in high top and low cut. Color combinations for the double upper print models are black/milk, vineyard green/white asparagus, and chocolate/parchment. Plain color double uppers come in chocolate/wheat, phaeton grey/black, and parchment/marine blue.

A second new idea that has been announced is the Sun Faded Chuck Taylor. The ad line is "Ever leave your shoes in the rear window during a road trip?" The sun faded look will be available in three high top models -- black/white asparagus, chocolate/white asparagus, and olive/white asparagus --black and Olive in a one star, and black and chocolate in a slide. (What would Chuck Taylor think of a black high top chuck trimmed with white asparagus?) In the summer another sun faded issue will be in navy blue and white asparagus. This line of shoes fits in with the distressed line of chucks that have been issued seasonally over the past ten years. The uppers have the same soft and beaten feel of other distressed shoes (red, black, navy for example), the ankle patch has a faded look with an incomplete star and is in one color. The outer wrap and toe cap have been partially blackened to create an "already worn" look.

Another new seasonal model features uppers with the look of hand woven cloth and cloth ankle patches. Woven chucks are to be issued in green moss/white smoke, parchment/gum, and wheat/sand in both high top and low cut models.

In the past few seasons, Converse has made chucks with pinstripe pattern uppers. This year they are issuing a pinstripe pack with three different color combinations in high top and low cut. The colors are Beech/Leprechaun/Bud Green, Black/chili pepper red with a white interior and a black monochrome exterior, and Sand/Coconut/Chocolate. The ad line says "they say that they make people look slimmer and ball players more intimidating or that they make a suit look more formal. What do you want to be, slim menacing or formal?"

For the skateboard crowd there will be a skate pack line that has a look reminiscent of the original 1917 All Star. The black/grey/chili pepper in hi top has the monochrome black basic look, a grey canvas upper around the stitching, a grey and white ankle patch, thin red and white stripes down the tongue, and black laces. This shoe will also be issued in a chocolate/parchment/wheat model. This shoe has the basic brown high top look with a white canvas upper around the stitching, and a white and wheat ankle patch, The outer wrap is the traditional white. The skate pack will also come in one star and chevron star low cut models.

A second skater line is the original skate plaid pack featuring plaid woven uppers in high top, low cut, and slip ons. Planned issues are black/grey chili pepper with a black and grey ankle patch, Carolina blue/scarlet/marine with a blue and white ankle patch, pastel green/coral/pink with a coral and green ankle patch, and fossil/chocolate/golden oak brown with a black ankle patch.

A third skater line is called "Original Southern California" prints issued in high top models with the traditional ankle patch and low cuts. They are planned in navy/aquarius/blue jewel, charcoal/grey/orchid, khaki/leprechaun/multi, and grey/black/red in high top.

Other prints include a "Broken Hearts" low cut in purple/orchid/slame scarlet and grey/black/pink and High top and low cut models in beech/angel blue/white and black/pink/white. Original skate pack punk prints will be issued in a beech/olive grey "anarchy" high top and a monochrome black with chili pepperred trim "anarchy A" high top, a black/grey/dove high top, and a red and black high top. The Sailor Jerry will return in natural and black model.

A new black and white mid high top will come with black laces and black and white ankle patches. The mid high design has an angled down cut on the canvas uppers, making them shorter than regular high tops. Mid high tops will also comes in olive and parchment models

The "Fingerprint", a blowup of a finger print pattern on the canvas upper, will be released in hitop and low cut models in black on black and cloud grey and phaeton grey. The "Contrast", has the word "yes" on the right toe cap and "no" on left toe cap. In these shoes, the colors reverse and come in black and white or white/black in high top or low cut. A second version of the contrast has the words "love" and "hate" on the toe caps and comes in white, black, and red in high top and low cut.

The "Geometric" print will be available in high top or low cut in grey/green moss, blue jewel/majestry, and turquoise/coconut shell. The "Dot Hearts" print will come in in high top and low cut in cappuccino/pink and orchid/grapeade. The "Polka Dot/Gingham" print will come in an angel blue/magenta/white high top, a coral/marine blue/white high top. a magenta/white/angel blue low cut, and a yellow/white/seaport low cut. The "Deco Flowers" print will come in a coral/parchment/turquoise high top, an angel blue/red/seaport high top, a charcoal/yellow/pink high top, a parchment/coral/turquoise low cut, a pink/yellow/charcoal low cut, and a seaport /angel blue/red low cut.

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Converse New Releases for Spring, 2008

Converse New Releases for Fall and Winter, 2007-08

Converse Issues for Summer, 2007

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