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1HUND(RED) Ways To Love Your Chucks

 “Netted Together” Chuck Taylor All Star, Ginger Jones

Current and former Portlanders Amy Ruppel and Ginger Jones (who designs the line Truffles and once was a co-owner of Denwave) are among an international roster of featured artists for Converse‘s Fall08 1HUND(RED) Artists footwear collection. 10% of the net wholesale price of these shoes goes to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria based in Geneva, Switzerland.

“Netted Together” Chuck Taylor All Star, Ginger Jones, detail

Jones’ “Netted Together” Chuck Taylor All Star high top features a mesh overlay (which is probably the best detail we saw on any of the designs so far) and mosquito motif speaks to the story behind the project while Ruppel’s “Stitched Red Owl” (which isn’t on the Converse website yet but here’s a low-res peak at it) is classic whimsical Ruppel:

Amy Ruppel for Converse

More PDX connections: We love the shoe by Megan Whitmarsh, a Los Angeles artist who was represented by Jenn Armbrust’s Motel gallery in Portland.

Megan Whitmarsh for Converse

POSTED: July 2nd, 2008 | AUTHOR: lisa | FILED UNDER: art | 4 Comments »

4 Comments on “1HUND(RED) Ways To Love Your Chucks”

  1. 1 Leo said at 6:40 AM on October 2nd, 2008:

    Any idea where I can get the Megan Whitmarsh pairs?

  2. 2 admin said at 11:56 AM on October 5th, 2008:

    Leo,
    I’m not sure if they’re released yet. I think on the Converse website I recall it saying something about the designs being released a few at a time.

  3. 3 zoe hsieh said at 7:45 PM on October 15th, 2008:

    those converse by megan whitemarsh are gorgeous. they’re limited edition and i can’t see to find out where to get them. do you know if they’re come out on sale yet?

  4. 4 megan whitmarsh said at 10:14 AM on April 1st, 2010:

    I dont think converse is going to make my shoe (too expensive to make) i am selling a few pairs on ebay that they gave me — only size 9 men’s was made.

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