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Millie Bobby Brown Teams Up With Design Student on New Converses: Empowered Women Empower Women
Millie Bobby Brown s past Converse By You collaborations have always celebrated individuality. From high-tops with playful Be You patches to unique tie-dye Chucks with a psychedelic twist, we ve been more impressed each time she drops a new collection. But right smack in the middle of Women s History Month, Brown has outdone herself.
It took six months for her to collaborate with 20-year-old Thai design student and multi-disciplinary artist Pauline Wattanodom, who was hand selected by Brown from the All Star family of community members and illustrators. Millie shared a fun video that briefly recaps what went into all the Zoom calls and chats about what a sneaker that represents women empowerment would look like. The result is customizable Chuck Taylor All Stars, with a platform or without ($100 vs $90), in a limited edition color palette developed by the duo. The
Queueing outside an upmarket Johannesburg clothing store, young fashion lovers hope to lay their hands on the latest sneakers to come out of the United States. For South Africas city dwellers, sneakers are more than just shoes. As a marker of personality as well as social status, they are cared for ..