MR PORTERのインスタグラム(mrporter) - 10月26日 00時00分

Ostensibly, 1917 is an unlikely year to start a success story. WWI was still raging, and the devastation of the Spanish flu pandemic was imminent. “Talk about a difficult moment!” Ms Elizabeth Semmelhack, creative director and senior curator at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto and author of numerous books charting sneaker history and culture, tells MR PORTER. And yet, it was during this annus horribilis that the Converse Chuck Taylor All Star made its debut; a basketball shoe that would go on to achieve an illustrious level of ubiquity in the sneaker world. Here, in the inaugural edition of The Journal’s series on the history of iconic kicks, we take a closer look at the birth of this century-old basketball shoe. Head to the link in bio to learn more about it.

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