Converse Chuck Taylor All Star High 'Summer Breathe'
Colorway: Fuel Orange · Style code: 168289F · Release date: April 14, 2021 · Price: $329 · Availability: Available now
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Canvas is heavy, holds heat and takes a long time to dry, which is why Converse keeps trying alternatives for summer. Summer Breathe uses a mesh upper with visible perforation across the quarter panels, so air moves through the shoe rather than around it, and the whole thing weighs less than the canvas equivalent.
Fuel Orange is a high-visibility shade that suits the idea, a saturated orange that sits closer to safety gear than to a heritage colour, set against the white rubber toe cap, foxing stripe and outsole. The collar, the patch and the sole all follow the usual All Star pattern, which leaves the mesh as the only real departure. Mesh does change the character of the shoe, giving it more give at the collar and less structure through the midfoot than canvas provides. Our records date it to 14 April 2021 at $65.