Chuck Taylor All-StarsThe 匡威 Rubber Company was founded in 1908 由 Marquis M. Converse, in Massachusetts, United States. Initially, the company only made galoshes and seasonal shoes. Around 1915 the company decided to make athletic shoes so they could have continual production all 年 around. As 篮球 grew in its popularity, the company developed a shoe specific to the sport in 1917 which became 流行的 in the late 1910s. 由 1918, around 20,000 shoes were being manufactured 由 匡威 per day.

That same year, 1918, a high school 篮球 star, Chuck Taylor, began wearing Converse's...