How to tell if your Converse All Star is genuine or counterfeit

How to tell if your Converse All Star is genuine or counterfeit
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Redacción RUNNEA Team
Posted on 19-03-2019

In this post we will talk about the most popular silhouette of the brand created in 1900 in San Francisco, California. The successful Converse All Star, a classic of the brand that never goes out of fashion, and is always on the feet of those looking for a radical and distinguished style. These classic sneakers offer us a low cut, providing a minimalist and elegant style to combine with any casual outfit. If you present some of the reasons that we will mention below, this article will interest you.

  • You are planning to buy your first original Converse All Star.
  • You are interested in knowing all the details of this silhouette.
  • You want to buy these sneakers from an unknown seller.


Converse All Star Originals

How to know if your Converse All Star are original or fake.

In this quick read you will be able to know all the details of this silhouette. We will start from its basic model, the white Converse All Star, the most sold color in this silhouette. The post will help you to get this sneaker model in its original version. Therefore we will analyze all the details and parts of this simple silhouette, with the intention of making a comparison that will allow you to know the differences between the original or fake Converse sneakers.

Converse All Star

The most prominent versions of the Converse All Star

The most prominent versions in this model are the following:

Despite being a very simple silhouette, the brand has adapted this design to different styles, achieving a variety of versions and materials that gives the option to choose the style that fits your outfit. All of them stand out for their classic comfort and construction, and are characterized by top-notch durability, which has no point of comparison with counterfeit silhouettes.

Tips you should know before buying the Converse All Star

  • One of the main tips is not to be tempted to buy from scammer online stores. There are miles of online stores that offer you in detail the best images of the sneakers, and you may come to believe that it is an official online store. The best trick to detect if a website is legal or not is: social networks. Look carefully if this website has external links to social networks, and check their social networks, possibly it is a fraudulent store. Nowadays all online sneakers stores have active social networks to promote their products.
  • You must be consistent, getting the original Converse All Star sneakers will always be more expensive than their fake model. The launch price of this model is 65€, in sales it can be found close to 40€ in adult size. The price of Converse in children's size for children is much lower. A fake Converse can be around 25-30 euros.

The sole, eyelets and tongue

Being a simple manufactured silhouette, it is quite difficult to differentiate them. That is why it is necessary to pay special attention to their most significant details. For example, on the back of the sole, as well as on the tongue, the Converse branding is engraved, in the images below you will be able to see all the details. The eyelets are the most characteristic pieces of this silhouette, in a circular shape the six eyelets present a resistant structure of great quality.

Converse All Star laces

Materials and stitching

These sneakers are made with high quality materials and stitching. Generally the material used to manufacture the upper is usually of high quality fabric, similar to that of jeans, which offers great strength and durability over time. It is easy to distinguish to the touch. On the other hand, the seams are usually one of the parts in which counterfeiters usually fail, it is advisable that you review the images of the official website of Converse and see where the main seams are located.

Converse All Star details

Explanatory video to differentiate the Converse All Star Fake vs Real

Youtuber GeekBCN also shows us more details in a visual way about the original Converse All Star, analyzing each part of the shoe and its most characteristic points to identify a counterfeit model of this silhouette. Don't miss the video! Once seen, no one will be able to sell you a counterfeit product of these sneakers.

Where to buy the Converse All Star?

Finally, we do not want to say goodbye without reminding you that we put at your disposal our sneakers outlet. In which you will be able to find more than 1000 different sneakers, which are ordered from lowest to highest prices of the best sneakers online stores. So you can save some money on the purchase of your sneakers. Try entering the price section of the silhouette that we have discussed in this post and start comparing prices, to get your size at the cheapest price.

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