Converse Debuts Its Premium Fall 2007 Footwear Collection to Further Celebrate the Brand's Rich Heritage with Modern Style.Key Collections Include Dandy Lux/Dandy Traditional, Magpie magpie, common name for certain birds of the family Corvidae (crows and jays). The black-billed magpie, Pica pica, of W North America has iridescent black plumage, white wing patches and abdomen, and a long wedge-shaped tail. It is altogether about 20 in. , CSM CSM - ["CSM - A Distributed Programming Language", S. Zhongxiu et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-13(4):497-500 (Apr 1987)]. , TH2H, Leather, Cabin and Converse by John Varvatos John Varvatos (born in Detroit, Michigan) is an American contemporary menswear fashion designer. He grew up in the metro Detroit suburb of Allen Park, a downriver community situated south of the city of Detroit. He attended Allen Park High School. N. ANDOVER, Mass. -- Celebrating Converse's diverse and authentic historical roots in sports and pop culture, the company introduces a highly edited selection of premium footwear for Fall 2007. Designed to evoke premium style and design, this season features premium materials and satirical references that tie the Fall 2007 collection to reference the past and mark today's high Today's High The intra-day high trading price. Notes: In other words, this is the highest price that a stock traded at during the course of the day. More often than not this is higher than the closing price. See also: Today's Low style. Referencing an era where fine fabrics were a true mark of style, luxurious materials are the hallmark of the Dandy Lux, Dandy Traditional, Magpie and Leather collections. The irreverent, tongue-in-cheek nature of the brand comes through the Cabin collection that playfully evokes Converse's long-time ties to originality and off-beat style. Further, CSM and TH2H exhibit sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. and high style with subtle references to the 1980s through geometric patterns and metallic colors. Fall 2007 also includes the latest installment in Converse's long time collaboration with celebrated designer John Varvatos. Building on Converse's most iconic silhouettes, the Converse by John Varvatos collection infuses a premium crafted feel to vintage and distressed fabrics and leathers; including innovations that range from painted canvas sneakers sneakers Noun, pl US, Canad, Austral & NZ canvas shoes with rubber soles sneakers npl (US) → zapatos mpl de lona; zapatillas fpl , borrowed from Varvatos' Fall 2006 runway show, to vintage inspired, faded fabrics and sophisticated specialty leathers. FOR IMAGES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT: http://www.onthescene.com/MNR/converse/Fall2007.html "Converse product is firmly grounded in its history and heritage. Converse is nearly a Century old and for Fall 2007 the collections take on a hybridization hybridization /hy·brid·iza·tion/ (hi?brid-i-za´shun) 1. crossbreeding; the act or process of producing hybrids. 2. molecular hybridization 3. of its rich history, matching where the brand has been with where things are now, and ultimately where they are going," says Scott Patt, Global Creative Director of Converse Footwear. About Converse Established in 1908, the Converse brand has built a reputation as "America's Original Sports Company"[TM] and has been associated with a rich heritage of legendary shoes such as the Chuck Taylor[R] All Star[R] shoe, the Jack Purcell John Edward "Jack" Purcell (December 24, 1903 – June 10, 1991) was a Canadian world champion badminton player. Born in Guelph, Ontario, Purcell won five consecutive Ontario championships from 1927 to 1931 and was national champion in 1929 and 1930. [R] shoe and the One Star[R] shoe. Converse was the first basketball shoe to ever make contact with the court in 1917. Soon after, Converse gained iconic status with the creation of the Chuck Taylor All Star shoe in 1923, which went unmatched through five decades of professional basketball. For more information, visit Converse on the web at www.converse.com. |
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