Converse Chuck Taylor All Star High 'Summer Wave - Washed Midnight Navy'
Colorway: Midnight Navy/Vintage White · Style code: 171910C · Release date: April 20, 2021 · Price: $105 · Availability: Available now
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Garment washing a finished shoe softens the canvas and pulls the dye unevenly, so the colour comes out lighter at the creases and seams than in the flat panels. That is the whole point of Summer Wave: Midnight Navy, normally a dense dark blue, arrives here looking sun-faded rather than new, with Vintage White rubber tinted warm so the trim ages alongside it rather than staying bright.
The treatment also changes the hand of the canvas. A washed upper breaks in faster and folds more readily at the collar, which on a high-top means less time spent making the shoe comfortable. Underneath, the ordinary All Star build is intact, thin insole and all. It released on 20 April 2021 next to an amber version, both at $60.