Converse and Engineered
Garmentshave come together to introduce a new collaborative line of One Star sneakers. Engineered Garments
Creative Director and Founder, Daiki Suzuki issues a collection that reflects
his personal journey and relationship with Converse and plays on his affinity
to reinvent and reengineer, while keeping with the shoe’s iconic look.
The Converse x Engineered Garments One Star
collection is available in four iterations of the classic One Star logo
including the Star Chevron, Stars & Bars, and two variations for the customary
star. Suzuki recalls a specific era for each style all representing silhouettes
of his personal favorites from Converse. The collection is available in four premium
leather colorways including Olive, Navy, White, and Black. Aligned with
Suzuki’s ethos of conceptual design through experience, the collection provides
a lense on Converse’sdaring versatility through the years.
Founder, Daiki
Suzuki says of the collaboration, “When
approached with the project to work with Converse the idea came from wanting to
tell a bit of the history of the company, first and foremost. Chuck Taylor, for
us is a perfect shoe that we weren’t sure we could add or subtract to, its
remained almost unchanged all this time. The One Star or rather the iterations
after the “Leather All Star” was a canvas we thought could be mined to create
something new.
“For Nepenthes/Engineered Garments, we have played around with the
idea of twisting ideas together, creating negative/positive’s in one pair of shoes.
In attempting to create something new, we thought it would be best to start the
relationship by revisiting the past and melding the first four (after that
“Leather All Star”) models into one. Doing them all at once will have memories
for some, seeing them come out when they did and for others it will be a lesson
on how things can change subtly over time. For myself it represents my youth,
memories I hold dear.”
The sneakers are
leather-lined with an Engineered Garments branded logo illustrated on the
shoe’s sockliner. Each pair are housed in Engineered Garments premium packaging
with tonal cotton laces.
The debut Engineered Garments Converse One Star
collection is exclusively available in Commonwealth, SM Aura for Php 5,990.
For more of Engineered
Garments Converse One Star, visit www.converse.com.ph and follow www.facebook.com/Converse.PH and
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