Yay for Converse! Hubby was wearing Chuck Taylors over 10 years ago before they got popular again. His mother worked in a shoe store and used to bring home the odd shoes when people nicked the display ones. So he had a red Chuck Taylor and a yellow one, and he used to wear them as a pair. They make great drumming shoes. I have a brilliant pair of blue suede skate shoes that I love to pieces. I wanted to get little Chuck Taylors for Griffin but they were toooo expensive.