ÿþEaster sneakers are popping up everywhere, from ASICS to PUMA black sparkly converse to Nike Basketball . Converse also gets in on the springtime holiday action, presenting the Chuck Taylor 70s and Chuck Taylor II in their own Easter-themed colorways. The vintage and newest editions of the all-time greatest sneaker get two different Easter inspired treatments, each in high and low top options. The CTAS 70s in premium leather constructions featuring egg shell hues, striped laces, and stitched patterns down the ankle, while the CTAS II comes in woven  Easter basket uppers. Check out all four Easter Chuck Taylor offerings here, and find them arriving now at select Converse retailers.

The Chuck Taylor All Star 2016 Pride Collection arrives at Converse retail stores and online at Converse this Friday, May 13.Converse unveils an all-new Pride collection of various Chuck Taylor All Star models this summer honoring the LGBTQ community. The  Yes To All collection celebrates the idea that no matter what your gender, sexual orientation, or identity, everyone is free to be who they are. The brightly colored collection of Chuck Taylors black white converse high tops features an array of rainbow motifs on high and lo versions of the shoe, built with special details including 1970s-inspired patches, color fades under mesh, and checker and star graphics.

When exposed to direct sunlight, the shoe s soft pastel green/pink canvas upper switches shades, morphing into a wild and whimsical combo of With ComplexCon Chicago right around the corner, Converse has blue and white converse readied several new collaborative projects, and one of the most compelling is unquestionably Chinatown Market  s duo of UV light-activated takes on the Chuck 70 . When exposed to direct sunlight, the shoe s soft pastel green/pink canvas upper switches shades, morphing into a wild and whimsical combo of blue, orange, fuschia and purple. It s essentially two shoes in one, and is perfectly in line with Chinatown Market s bold DIY ethos  a piece of footwear that s designed to be activated and enhanced by the wearer s lifestyle and surroundings.

And down the road, that opportunity did open up. We were actually able to partner with Converse on a  takeover of their SoHo store blue converse low tops during New York Men s Fashion Week in 2018. So yeah, that was the beginning of the authentic partnership between us. Prior to that, we hadn t really worked together. Now, partnering with Converse and having the opportunity to do something more than just a workshop/customization lab, we re really excited to drop these UV-activated Chuck 70s. Every project we do, we re just trying to make sure it s unique and tells its own story. This UV one is really fun for us, because UV has been so powerful for our own brand in things that we design from t-shirts and other apparel.

So I used to work at a Nike customization store called the Bowery Stadium in downtown New York, and as kids who were working at this Nike customization center, every day my co-workers and I were wearing Converse. It was this funny thing where it was like our  rebellion, being able to wear these shoes instead of wearing Nike, even though Nike obviously owns Converse. I always felt like Converse always had this rebellious edge to it because the punk kids would wear it, the skate kids would wear it, the style kids would wear it, it s always kinda had that air to me. That was my way of being unique.

We d all do our own printing on them. We had a DTG [direct to garment] printing machine in the store, and so we d all go make our own custom shoes all the time. For me, as a customization-crazy person, I love shoes like this buy converse because I can do whatever I want to them and have so much fun with them. That truly is the core of why it s so fun to work with Converse. We have this shoe that you can do anything with. It s made of cotton canvas, one of the most malleable materials in the game, and it s great to be able to play with that.Exactly. Even for kids in the Chinatown Market office, we take promo pairs of Chuck Taylors and let our team play with different patches and heat transfers, basically go make their own shoes.