Converse and Engineered Garments have 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’s daring versatility through the years.
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| Converse x Engineered Garments One Star collection in (clockwise) white, navy, olive and black. |
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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