Kaitlyn Dever is booked and busy. After delivering star-making turns in both the sleeper-hit Apple Cider Vinegar and the latest season of a little show called The Last of Us, the Australian actor is ready to talk about it. Just yesterday, Dever pulled up to Jimmy Kimmel Live! to cap a whirlwind tour of the press junket, and she wore one of the most iconic sneakers on the planet do it: the Converse Chuck Taylor.
The Chuck Taylor, of course, needs little introduction. Sure, folks throw around the word “iconic” pretty liberally these days, but Chucks are the rare sneakers actually worthy of the moniker. Converse’s flagship silhouette first hit the hardwood as a basketball shoe over a century ago, and its design hasn’t changed much in the time since. (If it ain’t broke, etc.)
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The Chuck Taylor’s story hardly ends there, though. In the ’40s, Chucks became standard issue for US soldiers across the country. In the ’70s, they were adopted by punk rockers, skaters, and basically every cat you associate with countercultural cool. Even after Converse was bought by Nike in the early 2000s, Chucks never really lost their appeal. And while the both companies have been pushing a bevy of futuristic styles lately, nothing hits like the classics. (Just ask Robert Pattinson, who dusted off his own pair at Cannes last week.)
Back in January, our colleagues across the pond asked some of the world’s foremost sneakerheads about the trends that will dominate 2025. “It’s not all about new sneakers,” Jeff Staple, the visionary industry veteran noted. While some folks are busy racing towards the future, others will try their best to hold onto the past—“and that’s why the Converse Chuck Taylor will also take over collections this year.” From his mouth to Kaitlyn Dever’s feet.
This story originally appeared on British GQ.
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