Converse Jack Purcell Ox 'White'

About this shoe

The Converse Jack Purcell Canvas Low in White is a general release of the Jack Purcell silhouette — originally designed in 1935 by Canadian badminton champion John Edward "Jack" Purcell as a court shoe and acquired by Converse in 1972 — in the White canvas colorway with the model's defining smile line on the toe cap and black outsole providing the visual identity that distinguishes the Jack Purcell from the Chuck Taylor as the more refined and more minimally branded member of the Converse canvas heritage lineup. The Jack Purcell's most distinctive feature is the molded rubber smile detail at the toe, a tongue-in-cheek embellishment Jack Purcell himself requested for the original design as a signature mark that has been maintained across the shoe's ninety-year production history without alteration, making it one of the most enduring and most recognizable single design details in all of athletic footwear. White canvas is the Jack Purcell's most broadly collected and most definitively classic color expression, with the clean canvas providing the most direct and most historical connection to the shoe's badminton court origins while making it the most versatile and most outfit-compatible colorway across the full range of casual and smart-casual contexts where the Jack Purcell's slightly more elegant proportions compared to the Chuck Taylor make it the preferred choice. Released May 1, 2019 at $65 retail via Converse and authorized retailers globally. The Converse Jack Purcell Canvas Low White was released on May 1, 2019 with a retail price of $65.