Well, we can never understand what Converse is all about if we didn't have a quick glance into their history. I'm sure we can appreciate them more if we try to understand what Converse is all about. Here is a quick tour in our all time favorite, The Converse All Star. Read on =) History Marquis Mill Converse started the Converse Running Shoe Company in Malden, Masachusetts in 1908, it was then a rubber shoe manufacturer. In 1915, they began making athletic shoes for tennis. And 1917, their long wait came, the turning point of the company when they introduced the Converse All-Star basketball shoes. Then in 1921, Charles H. "Chuck" Taylor came to them complaining about sore feet, he is a basketball player then. Converse gave him a job... He became a salesman and an ambassador, he promotes the shoe around United States, his signature eventually added to the All Star patch in 1923. He then died in 1969. The Chuck Taylor Over the years, the Chuck Taylor shoe had a