Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Hi Renew 'Life's Too Short To Waste'
Colorway: Brown · Style code: 164918C · Release date: July 8, 2019 · Price: $100 · Availability: Available now
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Converse introduced Renew in 2019 as an attempt to rebuild its staples out of waste rather than virgin material. Renew Canvas, the first strand, replaces the cotton upper with a yarn spun from recycled polyester sourced from post-consumer plastic bottles, engineered to look and handle like the original canvas. The laces are recycled polyester too. The line went on sale globally in early July 2019 with adult prices from $60 to $85.
This brown high-top sits at the bottom of that range at $60 and arrived on 8 July 2019. The earthy colour suits the material story, and nothing else about the shoe advertises that it was made differently, which was rather the point of the exercise. The slogan printed on the pair, about not wasting what is short, is the line's own framing of the idea.