Happened to be in a payless last weekend with the wife and saw a pair of hightop converse on display, cost...$55. I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t check but I’m sure they were made in some pacific rim country. When I was a kid my parents used to buy ‘em for me for $8....’course that’s been a while. lol
I had several pair of All-Star high top converse as a kid/teen. I wore the crap out of them. To the point my Mom would have to throw them away in secret, because falling apart and stinky I’d still wear them.