Converse Chuck 70 Ox 'Orange'
Colorway: Orange · Style code: 166277C · Release date: September 19, 2019 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Converse Chuck 70 Ox 'Black' (144757) · Converse Chuck 70 Ox 'Herringbone' (A03662C) · Converse Chuck 70 Ox 'Black' (167065C) · Converse Chuck 70 Ox 'Amarillo' (166825C) · Converse Chuck Taylor 70 Ox (149444C)
Set a Chuck 70 next to a standard All Star and the sole is where the money went. The 70's bottom unit is moulded in one piece; the regular model uses three, joined at the seams. The foxing tape, the rubber strip wrapping the sidewall, climbs higher on the 70, and the toe cap is smaller, with an extra layer of material behind it for reinforcement.
A single-colour make-up is where all of that is visible, because there is no graphic pulling the eye away from it. Orange canvas covers the whole upper, the pattern is the low-cut Ox, and the rubber underneath stays pale. This one released 19 September 2019 at 85 dollars. The diamond tread on the outsole is carried over from the shoe's basketball years, when grip on a wooden floor was the point rather than a design signature, and it has survived into a model almost nobody plays in.