Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Canvas High Top Kelly Green Aj792 | 
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| Brand: Converse
Category: Shoes
Department: Unisex-adult
Buy New: $41.99
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 491
Media: Apparel
ASIN: B000TFBSL6
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| Features:
| • | Classic look. Canvas upper, rubber sole. |
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Product Description
Classic design that hasn't changed in years and years and years. Try them for the first time -- again.
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| Customer Reviews:
kwel shoesies January 14, 2008
C. wynne (china)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
these shoes rock my socks they are comfy and stylish and fun like idk but they rock
excellent buy, very pleased January 7, 2008
Catherine S. Madden (Bardwell, KY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Purchased Chuck Taylor high tops at very good price. Received promptly. Very pleased.
Five Star All Stars November 10, 2007
Interplanetary Funksmanship (Vanilla Suburbs, USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars are not just a fashion statement. Back in the day, they were my choice of athletic footwear -- following in my father's footsteps -- while starting center on the high school basketball team. For a 6'2" white guy with a moderate vertical leaping ability, I didn't have to worry about losing any spring in my step, and I always led stats in rebounds and blocked shots against players wearing the then-ubiquitous Adidas, Puma and Converse "Dr. J" hi-tops. In all fairness, and as a disclaimer, 80% of the opposing team members were white guys, too.
Still, though I have absolutely no vertical leap left (hey. I graduated 24 years ago), I still wear these shoes, just because. Like one reviewer pointed out, they're a great conversation starter. Plus, they're as comfy as a second pair of feet.
At the turn of the 20th to the 21st century, it appeared that there'd be NO Chucks left at all: The Massachusetts factory was closing down, and Chucks appeared to be going the way of acid-wash jeans. Fortunately (or, unfortunately, if you're a member of the garment workers' union), Converse went through some reorganization and now makes these overseas, presumably in China.
Well, I'm boycotting the People's Republic of China, an anti-labor country that has helped more American CEOs bust unions than just about anyone else. Its own people are slave labor. Fortunately, I thought ahead, so when Converse was on the ropes, I went out to every shoe store around and bought up all the size 12 hi tops I could find. To be exact, 143 pairs -- a closet full. I've got 'em in white, optical white, green, red, basic black, navy blue, yellow, orange, you name it. Set me back $2700, but was worth every penny, knowing that American workers made them.
I AM THE IMELDA MARCOS OF CONVERSE CHUCK TAYLOR ALL-STAR SHOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But, if you're a newcomer to them, or missed the boat, I won't hate ya for buying these for yourselves. They are so cool, I'll look the other way.
I have to look the other way myself: I buy the toddler sizes for my two wittle one. Aw!!!! :) At least I help keep American shoe store employees employed, if not factory workers.
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