Paraphenalia:Suit filed against Converse: UPDATE

[TonyB06]

As I recall, the shoes were ugly as hayle to begin with.

Converse, what were you thinking? Who was going to wear shoes that were an amalgamation of everyone's colors, anyway? Was the market of non-Greeks interested in these shoes that large? Converse's legal claim (while it may be technically true) sounds "shady."

So, no, Converse yall need to throw this on the bad-idea pile with "New Coke" and "CopRock."

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by TonyB06

As I recall, the shoes were ugly as hayle to begin with.

Converse, what were you thinking? Who was going to wear shoes that were an amalgamation of everyone's colors, anyway? Was the market of non-Greeks interested in these shoes that large? Converse's legal claim (while it may be technically true) sounds "shady."

So, no, Converse yall need to throw this on the bad-idea pile with "New Coke" and "CopRock."

They were ugly but ugly clothes are worn everyday because they are "trendy." Look at those stupid, colorful ass Bape hoodies that people are spending tons of money on and/or wearing knock offs of.

We were always taught "just because it's made in your org's colors doesn't mean it's cute or you should rock it." Not everyone was taught that so, yes, folks would've worn them and in fact were wearing similar shoes.

[lovelyivy84]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

They were ugly but ugly clothes are worn everyday because they are "trendy." Look at those stupid, colorful ass Bape hoodies that people are spending tons of money on and/or wearing knock offs of.

We were always taught "just because it's made in your org's colors doesn't mean it's cute or you should rock it." Not everyone was taught that so, yes, folks would've worn them and in fact were wearing similar shoes.

Yeah... I know we've all seen the BGLO sneakers, right? Whoo boy those are some...colorful shoes that people have obviously chosen to buy and wear, since they continue to make them.

[jitterbug13]

I wasn't greek when the Converse shoes were out, but I remember the AKA shoes being cute and the Omega ones looking like the shoes that Magic Johnson wore when he played with the Lakers. The other ones looked like regular shoes. But I do admit those shoes were WAY BETTER LOOKING than the shoes the fraternities and sororities do approve of. Some of them are fugly (and I meant to say it like that).

Perfect example (even thought I don't know if the Alphas approved this): www.hhworld.com

[pinkies up]

I don't wear my letters on my feet. I'm just sayin'.

[OOhsoflyDELTA#9]

^^^^^ya heard!!!! or across the back off my ass like on those lil cheerleading shorts...

[jitterbug13]

What I always found so weird about the lawsuit was that the shoes only had the colors and the founding years on them. No letters. But there are people (I know them and ya'll know them too) who love to wear those endorsed shoes. Yeah, and I agree with my soror on the letters on the behind thing.