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Converse (/ ˈ k ɒ n v ər s /) is an American lifestyle brand that markets, distributes, and licenses footwear, apparel, and accessories.Founded by Marquis Mills Converse in 1908 as the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in Malden, Massachusetts, it has been acquired by several companies before becoming a subsidiary of Nike, Inc. in 2003.
8. Brinley Co. Women’s Regular, Wide and Extra Wide Calf Faux Suede Over-the-Knee Boots. These boots have a slight scrunch to the shaft and reach to the mid-thigh.
By contrast, in 1977, boots made up 20 percent of all women's shoe sales in the United States [60] and the end of the decade saw fashion boots occupying multiple pages of mainstream mail-order catalogs by companies such as Sears, [61] Wards, [62] and Kays. [63] The early 1970s were typified by tight-fitting, vinyl boots rising to the knee or ...
By 1923 the Converse All Star shoe was designed in its present-day form after the company made improvements to the design based on Chuck Taylor's input. The restyled Converse All Star basketball shoe also had a distinctive five-pointed-star logo displayed on the high-top shoe's ankle patch.
Several terms for sneakers exist in South Africa, including gym shoes, sports shoes and takkies. [8] Other names for sneakers includes rubber shoes in Philippine English, track shoes in Singapore English, canvas shoes in Nigerian English, [dubious – discuss] camboo ("camp boot") in Ghana English, and sportex in Greece. [clarification needed]
The earliest known shoes are sagebrush bark sandals dating from approximately 7000 or 8000 BC, found in the Fort Rock Cave in the US state of Oregon in 1938. [5] The world's oldest leather shoe, made from a single piece of cowhide laced with a leather cord along seams at the front and back, was found in the Areni-1 cave complex in Armenia in 2008 and is believed to date to 3500 BC.