Bwana Spoons Chuck Taylor All Star Sneakers by Converse

If you loved the previously released Buff Monster “Design Your Own” Chuck Taylor All Stars sneakers by Converse, then check out these rad Bwana Spoons “DYO” sneakers! Newly added to the “Design Your Own” Chuck Taylor All Stars store, these sneakers feature a trippy blue and yellow wave design by the amazing Portland, Oregon based artist. Even better still, as part of the “Designer Your Own” collection, you can customize 9 different parts of these sneakers, including the laces, stitching, eyelets and sidewalls.

The Bwanna Spoons “Design Your Own” Chuck Taylor All Stars are available for a limited time at the Converse online store for $80 each.

Buff Monster Chuck Taylor All Star Sneakers by Converse

Converse has released a new pair of Chuck Taylor All Stars in its popular “Design Your Own” sneaker series, and it features killer graphics by Buff Monster! These limited edition Buff Monster “DYO” sneakers feature a ton of Buff Monster artwork, including a few of his signature characters and iconic logo. This is one release fans of Buff’s Melty Misfits series won’t want to miss! Plus, you can customize like 9 different parts of these sneakers, including the laces, stitching, eyelets and sidewalls.

The Buff Monster “Design Your Own” Chuck Taylor All Stars are available for a limited time at the Converse online store for $80 each.

New Sandwich Themed T-Shirts From Deli Fresh Threads!

The Blot’s good friends at Deli Fresh Threads recently dropped two awesome new sandwich inspired t-shirts! “All Star,” the first new design, pays homage to Converse’s signature shoe the Chuck Taylor All Star. The All Star logo is a classic, and it’s true the sandwich really is the all star of any good lunchbox. The second design is a little something for all the sandwich eating kids out there! “Sandwich Parade” features a marching sandwich on the way to your stomach brought to life by the talented Lain Lee III Design. So cute, right!?!

Both new t-shirts can be purchased from the Deli Fresh Threads online store in a variety of sizes. “All Star” is printed on a blue American Apparel t-shirt, sizes S-3XL, and retails for $24, while “Sandwich Parade” is printed on a light blue American Apparel t-shirt, sizes 2T-Youth Small, and retails for $20.

Peanuts 60th Anniversary Clothing & Accessory Collection

Is it just me, or does Colette have the coolest stuff? First the French clothing boutique teamed up with Warner Bros. to produce the DC Comics 75th Anniversary Collection, and now it is one of the stores hosting the “Peanuts 60 Years World Tour” clothing and accessory collection! Created to honor Peanuts’ 60th Anniversary, this limited edition Peanuts inspired clothing and accessory collection will feature exclusive products created by over 15 Peanuts loving designers and artists around the world.

The one-of-a-kind creations designed for this project is sure to attract not only Peanuts fans, but also fashion-conscious people from around the world. The Blot loves seeing classic Peanuts characters like Snoopy, Charlie Brown and Woodstock reworked to create high end fashion, don’t you?

The Peanuts 60 Years World Tour collection includes work by Kaws (Original Fake), Medicom Toy, Converse, Lacoste, Longchamp, Art&Science, Aprosio&Co, Hysteric Glamour, joujou, Loopwheler, Lucien Pellat-Finet, Mastermind JAPAN, N.Hoolywood and more!

You can find the clothing and accessories seen above and much more for a limited time only at trend-setting specialty stores, as well as department stores, around the world. These stores include Dover Street Market in London, Colette in Paris, 10 Corso Como in Milan, JOYCE in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Club 21 in Singapore, and ISETAN in Tokyo.

Converse Dr. Seuss Sneaker Collection

The Converse Dr. Seuss Collection is a celebration of Dr. Seuss and his characters on Converse’s most iconic silhouettes. This killer collection for both kids and adults features “the best of the doctor's rhymes and clues on shoes that come in twos.”


With these fun and colorful shoes, Dr. Seuss fans can now wear their favorite characters on their feet. Whether you prefer the Cat in the Hat or Thing Numbers 1 & 2, Converse has just the shoe for you.



The new Converse Dr. Seuss sneaker collection comes in both adult and kids sizes, and retails for $30-65 per pair. You can purchase just the right pair of Dr. Seuss All Star Chuck Taylors directly from Converse here.

DC Comics x Converse All Star High Top Sneaker Collection

Check out this awesome collaboration between DC Comics and Converse! Converses’ classic high top All Star Chuck Taylors have been redesigned to feature three of the DC Universe’s biggest stars: Superman, Batman and Green Lantern. I understand Green Lantern’s inclusion with his upcoming movie, but why in the world they didn’t also release a Wonder Woman design is beyond me.




These new DC Comics x Converse All Star high top sneakers are currently available online at Journeys.com for $54.99 per pair. Journeys is also the exclusive carrier of the Superman All Star high top sneakers seen above.

Grateful Dead x Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Sneakers

The Blot has been a huge Grateful Dead fan since Jr. High, so I was pretty excited when I heard Converse, as part of their 100th Anniversary Connectivity ad campaign, was releasing a new line of Grateful Dead Chuck Taylors. Music is a huge theme of Converse’s 100th Anniversary, and the company is wisely playing up the popularity of its Chuck Taylor All Stars within the culture of rock & roll.



The Grateful Dead Chuck Taylor All Star sneakers come in three styles, Steal Your Face, Skull and Roses, and Ice Cream Boy (by Stanley Mouse for the cover of the Grateful Dead album Europe ’72). The Grateful Dead All Stars are available now at Converse.com for $49.99 (the white Steal Your Face Chucks are $69.99).


Along with the Grateful Dead All Stars and the previously released The Ramones Chuck Taylors, Converse is also releasing a line of Kurt Cobain and The Doors inspired sneakers. So be on the look out for those shoes in the near future.

Converse’s New Connectivity Advertising Campaign

Converse announced this week that it “will commemorate its centennial year as one of the world’s most coveted, iconic brands with the global launch of a new advertising campaign entitled Connectivity.” (link) The first image from this new Connectivity campaign also hit the web this week and I must say it’s a great start to this new marketing campaign. The idea behind Converse’s Connectivity ad campaign is to celebrate “100 years of disrupting the status quo and features legendary icons from the worlds of music, art, sports and fashion.” (link) The Blot does love the Chuck Taylor All Star look and this first Connectivity picture makes me love it even more. It’s just unfortunate how hard it is for me to find the classic canvas sneakers in my size.


Wow, two sneaker posts in one week. But, I couldn't resist because I think the Connectivity campaign sounds a like pretty sweet idea. I’m actually excited to see what Converse and its parent company Nike have in store for us this year as they celebrate Converse’s 100th anniversary. Those Nike marketing guys never cease to amaze me with their creativity and vision.

According to the Business Wire article the global advertising campaign will feature:

the ultimate 20th Century rebel, James Dean; gonzo journalist, Hunter S. Thompson; and Sex Pistols bassist and original punk idol, Sid Vicious. These cultural heroes from the past are shown ‘connecting’ with today’s influencers including female rocker, Joan Jett; eclectic urban music star, M.I.A; Green Day’s infamous Grammy award winning front man, Billie Joe Armstrong; Grammy award winning hip hop star and actor, Common; basketball player and Converse athlete Dwyane Wade; and lead singer of the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s, Karen O. Additional regional icons include Ian Curtis (UK), Jefferson Hack (UK), Carlos Diez Diez (Spain), Jane Birkin (France), Nina Hagen (Germany), Kim, Jung Man (Korea), Cui Jian (China), Darren Cordeux (Australia), Jose Fernando Emilio (Mexico) and Sandro (Argentina). (link)

For a closer look at the above picture here it is again split into thirds and zoomed in: