Converse CONS x Carhartt WIP Spring/Summer 2024
For Spring/Summer 2024, Converse CONS and Carhartt WIP continue their ongoing partnership with two skate performance designs, drawing on both brands’ roots in skateboarding.
Comprised of the One Star Academy Pro and the Chuck Taylor All Star Pro, the collaboration pays homage to 90s skate shoe designs and colorways. As such, both styles feature tri-panel, suede uppers in shades of brown, beige, and cream – also nodding to Carhartt WIP’s archival colors. High rubber foxing above the sole offers durability, while lateral triple stitching nods to Carhartt WIP’s archetypal jackets and work pants. Both styles are accented with co-branded logos on the tongue and CX foam sock liner.
The Chuck Taylor All Star Pro Hi is a signature fit designed for skateboarding, and features lock-in elastic tongue straps, cushioning CX foam sock liners, and a CONS Traction Rubber outsole for grip, board feel, and flick support. The One Star Academy Pro, meanwhile, nods to its 90s predecessor, The Academy, with a classic star and two-stripe logo, yet offers improved board-feel and impact cushioning thanks to its CX foam.
Launched in 2017, the Converse CONS x Carhartt WIP partnership merges functionality and performance with design sensibilities unique to both brands, and has seen silhouettes such as the One Star and Fastbreak Pro reworked in new, elevated iterations.
The accompanying campaign for this collaboration was shot in Barcelona, Spain, by photographer Adrian Rios and videographer Natas3000, and features riders from the Carhartt WIP skate team.
The Converse CONS x Carhartt WIP collection will be available from June 6th at Carhartt WIP stores and select global retailers, as well as on carhartt-wip.com and converse.com.
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Joseph Biais
jbiais@carhartt-wip.comAbout Carhartt Work In Progress
Established in 1994 by Edwin Faeh, Carhartt Work In Progress (WIP) develops its own collections based on original Carhartt workwear. The brand combines authentic adaptations of these robust American archetypes, while engaging with the subcultures that have embraced it. This, in turn, has seen Carhartt WIP place itself in a new context and bring forth its own classics.
Carhartt WIP opened its first store in London in 1997 and today operates over 80 brick and mortar locations worldwide. It also has its own skate team and music department, while supporting an array of artists and releasing various in-house publications. Since 2010, Carhartt WIP has worked with a number of like-minded collaborators, including A.P.C., Converse, Fragment Design, Junya Watanabe, Nike, Underground Resistance, and Motown.
Credits
Photographer: Adrian Rios
Videographer: Natas3000
Riders: Ebou Sanyang, Eddie Cernicky, Marine Bourdais, Felipe Bartolomé, Leonis Foucan & Roman Gonzalez