's Friday Flashback: Pro Leather era basketball shoes.

Welcome to the Converse Blog’s Friday Flashback.  I am really excited for today’s post for a few different reasons.  More times than not the Friday Flashback post are my favorite, but my favorite posts are the shoes that I don’t know anything about.  Today I don’t have a name for these shoes, I am not even sure when they released.  However, my best guess is the late 70’s or the early 80’s.  I am also particularly excited about today’s post because I am getting out of down for a few days on a retreat to Gatlinburg, TN.  I am going with the Church I went to while I was in college, so I am going to be seeing a bunch of people I haven’t seen in awhile.  But anyway, enough about me lets get to the shoes.

These shoes have the same midsole and outsole as the Pro Leathers, but has completely different upper.  The upper is made from a Maroon Suede, seriously you never see that.  The extra leather line around the ankle and the Chevron and Star appear to be Tan.  The heel tap also features the fantastic Star in Square logo.  There also seems to be some extra padding around the ankle that looks really comfortable.   These are screaming for a re-issue release. 

 

  

  

 

Kirk Hinrich came up big last night against LeBron James and the other Cavs with a 3 in OT that helped to seal the game.  And Alando Tucker got some burn last night for the Suns.  Hopefully I can find some pics to post sometime. 

The Converse Blog's Friday Flashback: Converse Halftime

Welcome to the Converse Blog's Friday flashback. I was going to post a picture of one of the Converse Psycho trainers. However, when I was looking for more information on the shoe I found out that I was wrong. While there are some features that reminded me of a psycho trainer shoe, it turns out these are actually basketball shoes. Well at least according to the website that I found the second picture.

I can't help but think of shark fins when I look at these. I know hardly anything about them except they're named the Converse Halftime. Also it would appear from the Logo and overall design that these gems were released in the mid 90's.

If you know anything more about these shoes please contact me and let me know. Well enjoy the bowl season. I'll be out of town for the Music City Bowl for Monday's post, so I might try to post before I leave. Thanks for stopping by and keep returning for the Converse Blog.