Zipper-usage in sneakers has become an indie converse australia theme lately, with shoes like the Nike Blazer Mid and the Zoom Meriweather featuring the user-friendly applique on its sneakers. Truth is, zippers have been quite popular for some time, especially on casual sneakers like the Chuck Taylor All Star. What makes this zippered pair of kicks stand out is that it features black foxing around the circumference of the midsole, which was also seen on one of Bedwin's previous collab with the Converse Jack Purcell .

Expect the  Tom' to hit select Converse retailers this Saturday, so take a look below and let us know what you think. via houyhnhnm .Converse is teaming up with Big Boi  one half of ATL-based hip-hop dynamo converse shoe size duo OutKast  to create a custom pair of the Converse Chuck Taylor . On the tongue you will see Big Boi's namesake in an OutKast-like crest with his recently released solo album title Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son converse shoes Of Chico Dusty printed on the lateral sidewalls of the uppers.

while the left shoe relegates the duck camo to the tongue, and boasts both a bright orange and a stately navy on the outer panels. The shoes are completed with a classic Chuck Taylor toe cap, midsole, and outsole. For a final interesting distinction, these whimsical Chucks are made in Japan, a rare occurrence for the classic shoe, as it's usually produced in countries like India and Vietnam. Look for these colorful converse shoes sale Chucks to arrive on the Billy's Tokyo webstore Friday.

A sneaker collaboration with Black Apple seems appropriate in the wake of Steve Jobs' passing, and the degrees-away poetry continues with a sneaker design so impeccable it's been around through what would effectively be a hundred iPhone generations. But this isn't a tribute to one of the great technological innovators who passed before his time, but rather, a collabo between two standout designers from a pair of burgeoning brands working on an utterly timeless silo.

The Black Apple x Converse Chuck Taylor All Star sees Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow black-out the Chuck's upper in a way that really stands out against the all-white sole. A mere 60 pairs of these will be issued, but as you can see when they're posed with one of Black Apple's punkish denim vests, these are a solid anchor for your aggressive fashion kids converse days. Click through to see more angles and stick with Sneaker News for the US release date.

Despite what Eddie Cruz and UNDFTD had to say about it, the old "Beat LA" chant rang true for Celtics fans after Game 2 sent the series back to Boston all tied. If this is anything like what happened two years ago, Bodega will be right on with their assertion: "THE DYNASTY CONTINUES". That's what you see on the lateral ankle of the above pictured Converse Chuck Taylor All Star , offering the Beantown side of this greatest of all NBA rivalries.