Fragment Design and Tokyo streetwear model Varied Artists are reconvening for one more three-way collaboration with Converse. Following a Chuck 70 collab in late 2024, Hiroshi Fujiwara and co. are making use of a close to an identical imaginative and prescient to the Jack Purcell mannequin.
Whereas Fragment’s Jordan releases can typically be distinguished by the model’s signature colour (royal blue) and distinctive blocking, their Converse collabs have a tendency to remain on the extra conservative facet. Very like Fragment’s Chuck 70 and myriad Moncler x Converse collaborations earlier than it, white distinction stitching is right here dropped at an all-black canvas base. The model code is paired with Varied Artists textual content on the perimeters, complemented by VA and Fragment logos on the backbone/backtab. A stitched white rectangle seems on the lateral facet, whereas inexperienced insoles that includes VA x Fragment x Converse co-branding spherical out the supply.
To the uninitiated; this silhouette was initially created by Canada’s B.F Goodrich Firm for badminton star Jack Purcell, who grew to become World Badminton Champion in 1933. Converse purchased the rights to the Jack Purcell within the Nineteen Seventies, including one other canvas mannequin akin to the All-Star to its catalog. A straighter collar, new layered rubber toe cap, and smoother, line-less midsole are the principle variations price calling out.
The Fragment x Varied Artists x Converse Jack Purcell is scheduled to launch June twenty eighth by way of store.vatokyo.com, priced at ¥19,800 (about $135). Keep tuned for potential updates relating to a worldwide launch.
In different Fragment sneaker information, learn concerning the Fragment Union Jordan 1s dropping in 2026.
