March 2009 sees one of the more unusual collaborations with Pink Floyd hit the stores in the US. Converse, manufacturers of iconic sneakers/training shoes, are bringing out a range of shoes with British Rock graphics and designs on them - taking in the likes of The Who and Ozzy.
Iconic band graphics and visuals inspire this unique collection of Converse shoe designs "celebrating pioneering bands that disrupted the status-quo and changed music forever". Whilst not of interest to everyone, there are nonetheless many who will want to grab a pair or two when they go on sale.
The Pink Floyd collection takes you through three of their best known albums. Graphics from Dark Side of the Moon grace black Chuck Taylor All Star and Jack Purcell shoes with rainbow reflecting prisms and EKG lines accenting these sneakers. Animals is the inspiration for a spacey version of a Chuck Taylor All Star shoe with the Pink Floyd logo running up the heel stripe and the album's famous imagery of a pig floating in the clouds on the shoe's upper. The unsettling image of the flaming businessman shaking the hand of another from the album artwork of Wish You Were Here is screened onto the upper of a Chuck Taylor All Star shoe - the flip-side features the image of the businessman on a sand dune holding a record album.
The Chuck Taylor All Star shoes come in high top black/multi, black/white and white/black/pink canvas. Jack Purcell shoes come in high and oxford black/multi leather versions. Shoes in this collection retail for MSRP $50 - $100 and will be available across the US at specialty retailer department stores and online at www.converse.com beginning in March.
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