Converse
American shoe company, known for the All Star basketball shoe.
Marquis Mills Converse founded the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in Malden, Massachusetts, in 1908. The company first made galoshes and began to make sports shoes.
The All Star of 1917 became a basketball classic and was later worn by generations of young people. The company was bought by Nike in 2003.
The star mark on the inside of the ankle.
The rubber toe cap and the rubber strip along the sole.