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26 Aug 2013 19:00

Initially previewed back in June along with a slew of fall drops, today we bring forward a closer look to the Converse First String Jack Purcell "Boro." Translated to mean rags or scraps of cloth, "boro" is a Japanese technique in which one takes recycled indigo cloths to repair certain garbs or household items to be worn or used again. It was a concept that originated out of necessity a few centuries ago when lower class citizens couldn't afford expensive silk garbs and needed their clothing to...
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