Prom Pics At Tux With Chucks Prom

I haven’t worn a pair of Converse Chuck Taylors since I was in 5th grade, and used to trade one of my purple shoes with my friend for her pink one so we could be like Punky Brewster. But this weekend I found a great excuse to pick up a pair of sequined Chucks that I’ve kind of had my eye on for a while. I was invited by my friend Jed at Converse to step out to the Tux With Chucks Prom on Friday night at Studio B. Along with a few of our good friends, including artist Michael Schall who designed the 100 Pipes Chuck Taylors for the Converse 1HUND(RED) artists series this year, and Brian Carr, of New Jersey based t-shirt line Solid Threads, we laced up our Cons, got fresh dressed like a million bucks, took some kooky prom pictures and got down to the tunes all night.

Studio B was decorated with balloons, streamers, and adolescent-style hand made banners to give just the right touch of high school steez to accompany the raging tunes from the bands Crocodiles and The Japanese Motors. Finger On The Pulse DJs with Matty Royal provided tunes ranging from good old motown jams to 80’s new wave, recent house jams and Baltimore Club. The youthful prom goers came through in outfits varying from totally decked out with ruffles, frills, corsages, cummerbunds, vests and bow ties, to plain party casual and lined up in droves to take digital prom pictures provided by Death + Taxes Magazine. I stayed true to my actual black and shiny senior prom aesthetic from ages ago and  paired my new sequined black on black high top Chucks with an awesome vintage dress I picked up a couple of months back at a thrift store, a black elastic and patent leather belt to cinch it just right, a frilly red tulle slip from Patricia Field to give that baby some big prom volume,  and a silver bow tie for my hair.

After bouncing around on the dancefloor for a couple of hours with my friends and Jelly NYC’s Sarah Hooper, the only thing I felt the party was missing were some slow jams. But considering I came without a date, I guess I got off easy, since I had no desire to cuddle up to this dude who aggressively jumped into one of my prom portraits, called himself “Wheels”  and alternately tried to make out with me, lick my neck, and invite me out for ice cream. Wheels, if you’re out there reading this, the answer to all of your questions is still no.

Tux With Chucks Prom

Sorry this is late New Yorkers, but there is still some time to get down to Urban Outfitters and pick up a pair of Converse Chuck Taylors, and recieve two free tickets to the Tux With Chucks Prom at Studio B in Greenpoint on Friday night.  Every high school had one kid who came to the prom in sneakers. If it wasn’t you then, it can be you now.

These Crayon Rings by Boston-based Timothy Liles are pure fun. Liles does the 9-5 thing as an ideas designer for Converse (check his bacon and eggs hi tops!) but outside business hours he makes “things that are usually not sneakers” at his own studio space. Thankfully, the rings are made of washable crayon- that will come in handy when you accidentally draw on everything you touch! Coming in sets of eight, the crayon rings allow you to draw whenever inspiration hits.

I would have loved a set of these as a kid…actually I’d love a set of them now!

Available for purchase at The Future Perfect.
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Kid’s Rubber Chuck Taylor All Star High

My “go to” kicks these days are black leather Chuck Taylor All Star Highs so it was a no-brainer to pay them a visit at the Project Tradeshow.  We got up close and personal with some old greats and new styles releasing soon.  Converse has its roots as a rubber company so one of the key themes for new styles is the use of rubber as much more than the sole, the rubber has moved on up to the upper of the shoe.  My favorite, sadly, is a style that I can’t buy because it’s made only for kids!  It’s an all RUBBER Chuck Taylor All Star High - THE perfect rain shoe ever!  I’m not a fan of clunky rain boots so when I saw these I instantly needed them. Converse, if you’re listening, please make these in lady sizes!  Converse is also issuing rubber rain boots (for men) and John Varvatos has done a gorgeous reissue of the actual rainboot used in WWII by American soldiers updated with the best water repellent technology out today (water resistent, stitched down tongue and 3M thinsulate).  Sadly, these styles are for men but I would wear the WWII reissue in a heartbeat.   There were no rubber, rain boot alternatives for the ladies but we’re hoping they’ll be in the near future.

Metallica Pack

Converse also had some great collaborative projects including a Woolrich series with Woolrich wool uppers, a Jams collab celebrating the surfing lifestyle, and a continuation of the music series.  The bands featured in the coming season’s rock and roll project includes Metallica and AC/DC, two bands with a rich visual history.  The Metallica pack includes 2 Pushead designs and a style with the Metallica logo from the Ride the Lightening album across the back.  The AC/DC pack includes the ever popular “back in black” reference, and a re-issue of the Scout shoe (originally designed for the Boy Scouts in the 1970s) to acknowledge Angus Young’s school boy antics.  All in all, Converse has some really great styles coming out to suite many different tastes.

Jams Collab

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The Darkside Initiative is having a sale today and tomorrow with huge savings on Nike and Converse for the ladies.  Bring your man ’cause they’ve got plenty of men’s shoes and The Darkside also carries some of the most sought after apparel and highly desirable import labels including WTAPS (Japan), Acronym (Germany), Futura Laboratories (Japan) and HideSeek (Japan).  The sale is today and tomorrow in San Franciso at 1827 Powell Street in North Beach.  Treat yourself to something, you deserve it!

I just saw these shoes and I’m very sad that they probably won’t come in my size but I had to post about them because they are amazing.  Only 168 pairs made worldwide, these Converse Chuck Taylors are not your ordinary All Stars - they’re made from the leather of vintage leather jackets.  I especially love the zipper details along the laces and in the back.  These hot rods drop on August 2nd only at Undefeated.

A while back we noticed that Santogold had some tracks featured in the Bud Light Lime campaign. As I was watching Top Chef re-runs tonight I had the pleasure of waking from my commercial break to the sounds of Santogold. Turns out her music is featured in a new Ford commercial. You can view the commercial here:

Also, out now is an exclusive track made for Converse by Santogold, Pharrell and Julian Casablancas as part of a campaign that Converse put together called, Three Artists, One Song. The track is called “My Drive Thru” and has a contagious guitar riff and features the falsetto Pharrell is famous for, N.E.R.D. beats and Santogold’s ability to make any song a dance anthem. It’s a good representation of each of the artists and it’s cool to see how 3 diverse artists can come together to make 1 track without sacrificing their individuality or sound. There’s supposed to be a video out soon and the track will be available for exclusive download on Converse.com beginning Tuesday, June 10th. If you want to hear it now check out Sterogum - they are streaming the song online. If you like this project, you’re in luck because there is more music to this centennial campaign. Up next? Tracks with Kid Sister, YACHT, Bradford Cox, members of Gallows, Fiery Furnaces, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, and Care Bears on Fire. For more info on the project check here.

I’m a pretty casual girl, I like to be comfy, especially on the weekends. San Francisco weather is pretty mellow and a t-shirt and hoodie will serve you well through most of the year. On Sunday, I had to run some errands so I threw this together.

Kicks: Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Highs
Pants: Chinos, J. Crew
Top: “Imagine” Tee, Mama
Hoodie: Tonal Heart-Quilted Hoodie, Mama
Sunglasses: Gucci
Bag: Futura Laboratories

All Photos: OWH2007

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I know a lot of us are all about rockin’ dude-shoes, so I thought I’d post about the long awaited Bodega x Converse Jack Purcell collabo. It’ll be dropping at ACU (Shanghai), Wood Wood (Copenhagen) and Bodega (Boston) on Saturday November 17, 2007. Besides the shoes being cozy-fresh, how dope is this packaging?! Beef Jerky, say whaaat?! Genius!Check the shoes after the jump! Read the full story