What year did converse shoes originate?

He didn’t. Marquis M. Converse, who was previously a respected manager at a footwear manufacturing firm, opened the Converse Rubber Shoe Company (also known as the Boston Rubber Shoe Company) in Malden, Massachusetts in 1908. The company was a rubber shoe manufacturer, providing winterized rubber soled footwear for men, women, and children. By 1910, Converse was producing 4,000 shoes daily, but it wasn’t until 1915 that the company began manufacturing athletic shoes for tennis. The company’s main turning point came in 1917 when the Converse All-Star basketball shoe was introduced. This was a real innovation at the time, considering the sport was only 25 years old. Then in 1921, a basketball player named Charles H. “Chuck” Taylor walked into Converse complaining of sore feet. Converse gave him a job. He worked as a salesman and ambassador, promoting the shoes around the United States, and in 1923 after publishing a retrospective on the first 60 years of basketball and teaching his first basketball clinic at North Carolina State University, his signature was added to the All Star patch.

An individual’s shoe life expectancy should be based on their past shoes. If in the past, you can remember having the same pair of shoes for several years, then good news, that’s normal. Though not to say that otherwise it’s not normal. From my own experience with converse, they last me 2-3 years and then literally fall apart. However, I’ve seen others go through a pair in half a year. I guess it depends on how much wear and tear they receive. If you think your converse are looking a little old and/or they have holes or other damages I’d consider getting a new pair. Plus, its always nice to have a brand new pair of shoes to start off a new school year.

Converse originated in 1908.

1921

I was wondering the same question myself today