Kurt Cobain Converse Collection
Posted by admin on March 17th, 2008 filed in News
Converse is giving Kurt Cobain his own signature collection of shoes. Converse is currently producing a limited-edition series of Kurt Cobain footwear as part of the company’s 100th anniversary sales campaign, dubbed “Welcome to the Converse Century.”Each shoe is littered with drawings and writings that were published in 2002’s Kurt Cobain Journals. Several new models of Kurt Cobain shoes are coming with the Converse One Star model and a series of high-top Chucks already confirmed, according to NirvanaClub.com.
Distressed in the way Kurt Cobain wore them, the shoes provide a rarely seen glimpse into the head of this musical and lyrical genius with sketches that display his hopes, dreams and lyrics from amazing songs such as Come As You Are.
To further pay tribute to the late singer, three of the Converse shoes that Cobain was often seen wearing will be reflected in the new collection which includes versions of Chuck Taylor All Star, Jack Purcell and One Star shoes. To make the collection even more unique, they’ll have wear and fray detailing and Kurt Cobain’s signature subtly embroidered on the shoe’s outer.The shoes will be made available in black and white versions and should retail for around $50 - $65. The product line comes with the full cooperation of Courtney Love and the Estate of Kurt Cobain. Converse will release the full details of the shoes in April. 
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March 18th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I HATE IT!! His personal life shouldn’t be tampered with like this!!
March 19th, 2008 at 11:34 am
omg omg omg give me ! i want them, i looooooooooooooooove them, gimme gimme
March 19th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
eu queeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrroooooooooo *-*
(L)
March 19th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
i think they’re awesome, and a strange but amazing way to honor his memory, i’m glad they didn’t take it too far and put anything inappropraite regarding his personal life.
March 20th, 2008 at 8:39 am
omgg i wantt somee
March 20th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
if you buy them you agree with courtney
March 21st, 2008 at 10:42 am
Just because it says Courtney Love.. doesn’t mean a lot. Think of how Kurt woulda liked this.
And, it says the drawings and stuff were published in books already, so that doesn’t really matter.
March 22nd, 2008 at 11:00 pm
an interesting way to honor Kurt…..I don’t think he would have liked that….but cool, i guess
March 23rd, 2008 at 6:30 am
man this shit is wack, for a man who valued the privacy of his personal writings so much and for converse to fuckin publish his thoughts on peoples feet is fucken degrading and shows a complete lack of respect for the man that he was.
March 23rd, 2008 at 9:46 am
Monkey, I totally agree with you, I’m totally going to buy one of these
xx I
March 23rd, 2008 at 5:11 pm
I think it’s an awesome idea, but I think ya should respect his privicy i little more, and just put song lyrics instead of stuff from his journals. Putting his name is a great idea!!!
peace
March 26th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
It’s kind of neat but I agree with grunge girl
March 28th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
this is horrible…
March 30th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
how can i had one of them ?
please, answer me ! *
March 30th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
will I be able to buy those in Austria too?
does anybody here know Austria lol?
March 30th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
I can see the ones featuring his journals being a problem, but if thats the only reason you dont want them, then dont buy that peticular type. Buy the black featuring the song lyrics.
Those ones are pretty cool. I know for a fact that they have “Dumb” on there, and according to this site, “Come As You Are”. So in general, theyve got some meaningful lines on that shoe.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:21 pm
If you read the journals, the first page says:
“Don’t read my diary when I’m gone”
“OK, Im going to work now, when you wake up this morning, please read my diary. Look through my things, and figure me out.”
Regardless of whether it was sarcasm or not, the books have been published and people have read them. I think he’d want people to know what happened and what sort of enigma was in his mind. I personally have read the books and they make you think and wonder and realize things that you might not have before. I love these shoes and will be getting myself a pair ASAP. =]
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:08 pm
YAY!!! Further icentive to buy shotguns, enough to go round now!!! with this, the icon is truly gone, and no for some of you assholes who have forgotten what this site was truly made for, kurt would not have liked this. To those teenyboppers out there, fuck you x x
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April 4th, 2008 at 2:57 am
Though it’s kinda tempting cuz I love Converse and they truly look good…for Kurt’s sake, take a fucking pen or marker and write your favourite lyrics on them yourself!!!!!
Now if the money was going to some kind of association for musicians or something I may be considering this or if Krist and Dave were supporting this, but this way…nah!
I don’t think Kurt would be impressed!
April 5th, 2008 at 3:36 am
anjriiitt!
PUNK ROCK MEANS FREEDOM!
i love this stuff..
April 5th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
he hated having people be obsessed with him and now their going to make these shoes? its not right.
April 6th, 2008 at 3:18 am
ok like some people are saying the writing is bad its not they sell copys of his journals at any book store and he was fine with it he wanted people to know bout him
April 7th, 2008 at 9:41 am
i love these shoes
April 8th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
i think they’re amazing shoes.
eh, chances are im buying them.
i think in a way i guess it’s a bit harsh to his memory.
but it is a unique way to honor him in a sense too.
its kind of a two sided situation.
April 9th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
as much as i want all of these, the only way i would buy any of them is if Krist or Dave were putting these out in his memory and they gave half of the money to Frances and the other half to Tom Grant.
April 9th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
i agree with grunge girl but yet i would love a pair of them but his fame shouldnt be thown around like this
April 11th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Kurt is my god!!!
April 12th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
jesus guys, mixed messages on this one, i think its cool and a good way to honor him, though if i get them i prolly wouldnt want to get the ones with his journals on them, but the lyrics ones i would, i mean if you dont like it dont post about it.
April 16th, 2008 at 10:14 am
he’s a big man,and he found his stairway to heaven…
April 16th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
im not real sure i like them..and to tell u the truth…why would he like them..he wouldnt want u to copy him he woudl want u to be original…
April 16th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
i think he woudld hate them…so..i will tell the truth me im pretty much obsesed with all this kinda of stuff about kurt but i would never go as far as to buy these shoes
April 21st, 2008 at 1:59 am
i would have liked it, but i knew kurt wouldn’t have liked the idea so i’ll pay respect.
i would have still bought it if dave and krist were part of producing it, but i wouldn’t like to do a favor for cour
tney love.
April 21st, 2008 at 4:35 am
THIS SHIT PISSES ME OFF SO FUCKING MUCH!! WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS? ANOTHER MONEY MAKING SCHEME?! IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT CORPORATE SOCIETY IS MAKING SO MUCH MONEY OUT OF KURTS DEATH, HE WOULD NEVER HAVE AGREED WITH THIS AND YOU ALL ARE JUST BUYING INTO IT, MAKING COURTNEY EVEN MORE FUCKING RICH. HE HATED THE FACT OF BEING A CELEBRITY AND WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO SELL HIM TO THE WORLD THAT HE DESTROYED HIMSELF IN ORDER TO GET AWAY… WHY CANT YOU ALL AS “TRUE FANS” NOT FIND ANOTHER WAY TO HONOUR KURT COBAIN. THIS IS FUCKING BULLSHIT!! I’M NOT SURE THAT YOU ALL SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE IN ALL OF THIS…
April 21st, 2008 at 4:38 am
WHY NOT MAKE YOUR OWN? KURT WAS CREATIVE…
April 21st, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Kurt didn’t want people to worship him, every one obviously knows that. But people still did, People always will. I think if you truly respect Kurt you won’t buy these, (Concidering most of you never personaly knew him, you should think wisely about what you say) but if you love him as a musical mastermind (in the beginning that’s all he loved himself as) then of course you’d want to know what made him write his famious lyrics. Shoes it a little degrading I admit… but in the world today money is money… and even that is loosing it’s value.
April 22nd, 2008 at 1:51 am
keep music evil…!!
the return or king GRUNGE>>!
April 24th, 2008 at 11:01 am
if cobain were here things would be different
April 24th, 2008 at 11:49 am
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April 28th, 2008 at 11:45 am
i like it..but i don’t lets stick to putting the funny things he wrote not personal..other than that perfect way to honor him<3
April 29th, 2008 at 4:40 am
Yeah i wanna BUY THEM!!!!!! PLZ SOMEONE!!! GIVE THEM FOR ME!!!
May 2nd, 2008 at 11:59 am
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May 2nd, 2008 at 12:16 pm
I love Kurt Cobain, he is my role model. I would wear these shoes every single day of my life until i die! Though, I agree with grunge girl on this.
May 4th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Yo these are tight like really sexy shoes, but thats not cool messing with his ish.
I would cop em but they are using his fame to get money, and like sick say he didnt want people obsessing over him.
Im torn.
May 5th, 2008 at 2:45 am
great shoes! i think it’s great way of celebrating a genius! kurt liked his designer clothing too!
May 7th, 2008 at 7:31 am
love cobain
May 7th, 2008 at 7:42 am
i like them.i know for a fact kurt would not give four flying fucks.
May 7th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
omg I NEED TO HAVE THESE!!!! i love Kurt and what a way to remeber him by!!!!
May 7th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
mau donk spatunya………..
May 11th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
well first of all, courtney already invaded his privacy by publishing a book..so what does it matter,we have all seen this before?
these shoes are a great way for everyone to have their own piece of kurt.
May 12th, 2008 at 3:36 am
bulllshit don’t buy dis one..if kurt was alive now he wouldn’t want he’s journal to be written on a converse shoe.
kurt didn’t like fame .
courtney love used kurt’s journals in order to make money.
it even said in kurt’s journal “do not read this when i’m gone”
they invaded kurt’s privacy.
by the way why would we buy these shoes if courtney love would be the who’ll take benefit of it.
remember even kurt wanted to divorce courtney love 3 days before he died.
May 12th, 2008 at 11:56 am
If you love him, you can do it youeself just like what Kurt did. The graffiti of Kurt’s shoes were all draw by himself.
I’m a Chinese guy, I do not know whether these will sell in China. If they did, I will buy them. If not, I will draw it myself!
May 12th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
I love Kurt cobain he is the greatest and still is the greatest and i would wear theses shoed with pride because they show that jurt cobain lives on and he does in me and in every single one of his fans
<3
<3
Kurt = missed alot by me!!
May 12th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
I love Kurt cobain he is the greatest and still is the greatest and i would wear these shoes with pride because they show that Kurt cobain lives on and he does in me and in every single one of his fans
<3
<3
Kurt = missed alot by me!!
I messed up on the other one
May 12th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
The only reason i would wear these shoes is for Kurt v=but if i bought then=m every time i put them on i would think how much money that fxckin skank courtney love is making! i hate her But i love Kurt Donald Cobain forever!!
Feb 20 1967- April 5 1994
May 12th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
THIS IS JUST GARBAGE!! BACK OFF AND LEAVE HIS PREASONAL LIFE ALON! HE IS DEAD NOW LET THIS LEGEND REST IN PEACE!! GOSH!! GROW UP AND LEAVE HIM ALONE!!
May 13th, 2008 at 7:38 am
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May 13th, 2008 at 10:08 am
I totally agree with “zee”, and the rest of you guys who really hate this “idea” !
And everyone else should too!!
May 14th, 2008 at 9:31 am
. . .i love grunge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
. . .long live grunge!!!!!!!!!!!
May 15th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
kurt cobain…4ever..e gostava de ter essas all star embora tenho umas pareciada
May 15th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
What a fuck!!!!, truly fans would never buy this shit, if Kurt could see this he would die again for sure, in fact he would commit suicide for real!!!
He was the most anti mainstream person, this is not about honor him, it’s just about make money with his death!!!!Courtney is searching every possible way to exploit his image, to get money from him even death….Bitch!!!!!!!!!. For Sure Krist hat this
May 16th, 2008 at 10:07 am
my best friend loves u kurt cobain wether ure in heaven or not!!!!!! she would die 2 have u back she loves u and would appreciate if u was here 2 see that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!alyssa loves !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 16th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
I really really want these shoes
May 17th, 2008 at 1:18 am
i think that tha converse are pretty sweet!! i mean sure it might over expose his personal life but i think ppl have some right to know..
May 17th, 2008 at 1:22 am
omg I LOVE THESE SHOES!!! especially the white high tops… i am definetly getting them. but where? i have tried to figure out where but i cant… does anyone know where to get it? :]]
May 19th, 2008 at 11:29 am
anybody know when we can we get these shoes?
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:56 am
This is horrble and I am sure CL is just making royalties off of her deceased husband! Please people have respect for this beautiful artist. CL Sucks and she knows what she did!!!
May 23rd, 2008 at 1:08 am
I meant HORRIBLE!!!
May 23rd, 2008 at 4:11 am
zee is right there are lots of ways to honor him forget it im not buying those shoes courtney sucks!!!!!
June 8th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
kurt’s daughter will inherit the lot later, so what does it matter. it’s a small tribute to a real genuis! kurt forever!