Converse Chuck 70 Bosey GTX High 'Black Currant'
Colorway: Black/Black Currant · Style code: 169363C · Price: $58 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Converse Chuck 70 Bosey High 'Black' (165932C) · Converse Chuck 70 Bosey GTX High 'Brown' (169362C) · Converse Chuck 70 Bosey Water-Repellent 'Birch' (165930C) · Converse Chuck 70 Bosey High 'Green Black' (168846C) · Converse Chuck 70 Bosey High 'Utility Gum' (A04531C)
Bosey is the name Converse gives its weatherproofed Chucks, and the GTX suffix marks the pairs built with a GORE-TEX membrane. That membrane sits as a liner inside the shoe, blocking water from getting in while still letting vapour out, and it works behind an outer layer of coated canvas that sheds most of the water before it reaches the lining. Fleece handles insulation and the OrthoLite footbed carries over from the standard model.
The silhouette changes with it. The outsole is lugged rather than flat, which adds traction and a little height, and the lacing runs through hiking-style D-ring hardware instead of the metal grommets a normal Chuck uses. This pair keeps the palette dark, black with a black currant tone alongside it, and listed at 115 dollars, roughly 30 above a plain canvas Chuck 70 high-top. The extra cost is the membrane, the coating and the lining rather than anything visible from across a room.