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onewheelwizzard:


This is a pair of Chuck Taylors decorated with Sharpies (I just got one of the rainbow 12-packs and used all the colors except the brown and black) that I did for a friend of mine.  I've made 3 pairs so far.  The first I did for my girlfriend as a birthday present.  The second I did for her some months later, after she broke up with me, because she paid me 20 bucks to decorate another pair so she could give them to her new boyfriend (hey, 20 bucks is 20 bucks, and she paid for all the materials ... I just had fun).  The one I posted above was one I did for her to give to someone else she knew.

Honestly, I don't know why I don't do these more often.  I prefer wearing shoes that are much sturdier than the ones that can be reliably Sharpie'd (read: are made of something that isn't cloth), so I don't wear them myself, but they're really fun to make and people tend to like them.  People have even told me to advertise them and make money off it, but the thing is that the materials cost 40-50$ alone, so I wouldn't be able to sell for very much profit, if any.

zutonna:
Wow! Those are pretty cool! Well done!


So "Chuck Taylor's"  is another name for Converse?

onewheelwizzard:
Most people I know just call them Chucks.  I mean, they say "Chuck Taylor" on them, and Converse makes more shoes than just these, so it makes a certain amount of sense.  Besides, it sounds more like what the shoe is, in my opinion.  Calling them "Chucks" sounds young and inexpensive and fun, and the people who buy them are, in my expience, kids with a low budget who want fun shoes.

zutonna:
Oh ok :)


http://www.cloggs.co.uk/icat/brdftwrconverseallstars

Low-budget?

onewheelwizzard:
OK, now that's just obscene.

They used to cost 20 bucks a pair ... now it's probably more around 40 (I'm pretty sure the last pair I bought was for 40).  35 GBP is just nuts.  It's a few pieces of cloth attached to a piece of rubber!  That's it!  Cheapness is the whole point!

But then, trucker hats were going for 60 bucks or something like that at one point, so I shouldn't act so surprised.

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