Converse has given Kurt Cobain his own signature collection of shoes. Now available and shipping worldwide at Converse.com, 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.
oh this so cutEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I think it is an good way to remember him although maybe the journals are a bit too far. His lyrics are so deep and meaningful I don’t think you really need the journal entries but w/e.
Damn I love them. But it’s totally wrong. He is a musician, not a money-grubbing bugger. But Curtney is it. I won’t support her by buying them.
i agree with everyone who says, just take a fucking marker and scribble down the lyrics on a pair of falling apart converse.
kurt cobain is a genius.
I WANT THEM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BAD!!!!
I love them!!
and sure its messing with his personal life a bit,
but all this was published in books already, so I dont see why it matters anymore.
they didnt even say the money was going to courtney!
they said they had her cooperation.
all that means is she wont be complaining about it.
and they didnt pulish anything very personal on them, either!
they have some drawings, and lyrics that are already all over the world.
RIP
and stop saying he would have hated this, because you dont know! hes dead, nobody will ever know!
I honestly doent think kurt would be impressed. He disliked fame, he couldnt handle it well either. But then again Why be in a band if you dont like fame but still, this is horrid!
kurt cobain would hate this he didint want to be famous he just wanted to play music
To Grungegirl:
Everyone who KNOWS kurt cobain and likes
him, knows about his suicide note and
his strips, so I don’t see the problem
with designing shoes with them on it?
And everyone is being soooo overreacted
about this… Damn.
Hear what she says:
”# jane Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Its weird to see kurt cobains shoes here, you might think its wrong to buy them, but the truth is Kurt cobain would love to buy sex pistols shoes or jimi hendrix shoes, think about that!! this is made for his fans. And nirvana fans.If you buy them then it’s just because you love then so much and fallow their music. you are so proud to wear them. Come on Kurt was an artist , nobody will forget that!! this is cool, and not wrong to buy, you should be happy you can buy stuff like that”
She is right. So why is it suuuuuuch a
big problem to buy shoes from OUR hero?
These shoes are fucking fantastic and
I would do anything to have them, so
stop whining about them and if you don’t
like it, just don’t buy them
i cant find these shoes on the whole fukin website
help me find these damn shoes
i’ve looked at the shoes up close, and yes, the designs on the shoe are from his journal, but they don’t say anything really personal. most of it is drawings, lyrics, and a small write up he did about punk rock. so it’s not like they’re putting his very intimate thoughts on people’s feet. gotta admit, they are awesome.
to “head” punk rock means freedom is a quote from Kurt Cobain and if you have even a shredd of respect you will not call it gay
i think this is an ok idea but really give him and his fam some privacy and to think ppl put there feet on his thoughts is kind of degusting:(
k, so basically, i think everyone who’s saying kurt hated commercialism and liked his privacy and would in turn hate these is right. and everyone who’s saying that it’s a great way to respect him is way off! really, if he wanted this shit to be known to the public then he would have released it when he was alive!i love and miss him like he was my husband (i know that’s weird but i feel as though i have a connection with him)and i feel disrespected for him about these shoes.
you’re totally right savannah. but then again everyone on this site is doing what kurt hated… obssesing over him! hypocrites!!!
whole o kurt’s life ,a part o him wanted to be understood by people but he wasn’t. To top it, still people in general (not the fans) hardly kno anythin bout him and make mockery o his death ,call him names ,i think all cobain fans shud b happy that people now can kno a lil more bout KURDT,we owe him that much , its a great effort
I saw this collection and I realized that says limited edition but I would like to get under any price
where can I get urgent