Converse Chuck Taylor All Star 70 Hi 'Black'
Colorway: Black · Style code: 142334C · Price: $96 · Availability: Available now
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Black is the plainest way to buy a Chuck 70, and it is the version that shows off the build rather than the colour. Converse reissued the 70 in 2013 to reproduce the heavier All Star that basketball players wore in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and every difference is structural: roughly 12-ounce canvas in place of the thinner modern weave, a rubber foxing stripe that climbs higher up the sidewall, ornamental stitching around the toe box, a one-piece rubber bottom sole and a cushioned OrthoLite insole that the vintage pairs never had.
On this high-top the canvas, the toe cap trim and the laces are all black, which leaves the off-white foxing and midsole as the only contrast. The heel carries the era-correct license plate logo rather than the printed graphic used on the standard All Star, and the ankle patch is stitched on instead of screen printed. Converse listed the pair at $90.