Gallery: The Holy Trinity of Nike Design Made a New Shoe—for Converse
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The new Converse All Star Modern sneaker collection includes a limited edition style, designed by famed Nike trio Tinker Hatfield, Mark Parker, and Hiroshi Fujiwara.
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HTM is responsible for some of Nike’s most technologically interesting and luxurious shoes. Converse has historically been neither. That's what the All Star Modern HTM is for.
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The new line is infused with Nike technology: the knit uppers feature Hyperfuse, Nike’s own three-layer composite of materials that get fused with heat and pressure, not cutting and sewing, and pieces of thermoplastic polyurethane and neoprene. The Hi silhouette costs $140.
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The Ox shape goes for $130.
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On the HTM shoe, which comes in just black or white, there’s also a layer of goat leather on the upper. They run $180 a pair.
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The All Star Moderns, and the HTM editions, especially, play into today’s hyper-minimal high-top sneaker trend. Brands like Common Projects, on the high end, and Veja, Greats, and Adidas’s Stan Smiths on the lower end, fill that market now.
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These shoes are a sign of the times: sneakerheads, the ones who once saved up and stood in line for Jordans, now have jobs, and maybe even kids. They go to brunch.
