Converse Chuck Taylor All Star 2 High 'Red Block'
Colorway: Red Block/Parchment/Gum · Style code: 153553C · Release date: June 2019 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
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Converse built most of the All Star II line in thick canvas, so the leather versions stand apart on material alone. Here the upper is panelled leather in a blocked red, backed with a parchment-coloured foxing stripe and midsole instead of bright white, and finished underneath with a translucent gum outsole. The warm rubber tones pull the whole shoe away from the usual red-and-white colour pairing and toward something closer to a work boot palette.
The II platform underneath dates to 2015 and is the comfort-focused branch of the family: a raised rubber midsole and foxing borrowed from the Chuck 70 proportions, a two-piece bottom sole and a Lunarlon foam insole, with a micro-suede lining and a padded tongue inside. Leather also changes how the high-top breaks in, holding its shape at the collar where canvas would soften. Our records put it at June 2019 for $95.