Whyyyyyyyy? Rant.

I don't hate Converse shoes. I actually don't mind Chucks but shit, they are the most uncomfortable feet killers in the world. I have no idea how people can wear them day in day out. Maybe that's why some of them look so unhappy, their feet are slowly dying.

I used to rock One Stars when I was at school, I had a few pairs, the first being the standard black and white classics. My friends used to claim that I was 'trying to look like Todd from Overboard' but if they'd spent more time looking at the kicks he was wearing rather than trying to chat him up, they would know that Todd from Overboard did not rock One Stars, he was wearing the skate brand equivalent.

Little did they realise, that the reason I bought my first pair was because I wanted to look like Mariah in Dream Lover:



Turns out she was wearing Clydes, but hey.

I even wore a pair to my formal. Pink frosty ones (I really need to dig up those photo's - classic!) before I got smart and started hoarding every pair of Gazelle's I could get my feet into.

Anyway, Converse have now released these:



In the words of Soph D, "Uh oh, I think grunge is coming back." Now correct me if I'm wrong, but Kurt Cobain didn't even want to be famous and I'm sure if he was still alive, he probably wouldn't endorse these. Maybe Courtney needs a bit of coin but I think these are tacky as shit. I can't even bring myself to show you the other shoes in the range.

Does someone at Converse head office think generation Y have missed out on something big and this is their chance to pretend that they were a child of the 90's? Maybe I'm wrong, maybe it's just a tribute.

Now these are tragic, duct tape con's? Please! They shouldn't come ready made like this. What the hell is going on here?



I'm getting old. That must be it.

Now kids, it's not a fashion so put your hair straighteners and credit cards away, It's gone. It's 2008 now, just leave it.