WhenConverse High Top Discount applied a ‘Remix’ to their iconic Chuck Taylor All Star, they ended up with a lowtop version with a highly breathable and lightweight mesh upper perfect for summer. The colors and materials used on their latest remastering efforts seem a bit more fall-leaning, but the generally neutral palettes on these Converse Star Player Ox Remix lowtops will have them showing up soon with unique arrow cutouts on the two-tone vulc soles.

John Varvatos‘ sustained attention over the past couple years has given a nice push to the recently resurrected Converse High Top Blue Purchase . Varvatos’ latest take on this classic hightop offers an expectedly distressed approach that’s achieved differently than anything else he’s done to date. These new John Varvatos x Converse Star Player Mids should probably cost a bit more than your average pair because of the extra manhours necessary to build the shoe, tear its branding and overlay asunder, apply blackened antiquing on the sole and dispose of the extra waste.

It’s been nearly two months since Sneaker News has profiled a new Converse High Top Pink Order by John Varvatos design, but with the biggest shopping season of the year at our doorstep, a series of new drops is only to be expected. Thankfully, this new John Varvatos x Converse Star Player EV offers a new twist on the designer’s signature vintage look, this snakeskin leather edition among the more outlandish materials Varvatos has used during his long-lived tag team with the One Star.

So how exactly did Converse get their hands on the Lunarlon technology for this version of the Converse High Top UK Clearance ? Well if you recall that the All-Star brand is planning on an upcoming Flywire release and keep in mind that they are a subsidiary of Nike, the mixture makes a bit more sense. Beyond that hidden technology in the sole is a clean chambray upper, a look whose precedent was set by the Jack Purcell LTT Ox Chambray Pack.

He was involved in the plot of HBO’s How to Make it in America, but perhaps John Varvatos deserves a show of his own longer than just a single season. He’s proven over the last decade that both his work and Converse High Top on Sale classic models have a timeless appeal, and shoppers who frequent high-end department stores will be psyched when they see these at stores like Nordstrom in the near future. The John Varvatos x Converse Star Player Mid applies Varvatos’ signature dirty vintage style to a black leather silhouette that’s been distressed just enough that you can tell the upper is cast in a premium leather.