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"    Photo: Converse   To celebrate their sixth season of collaborating, Missoni and Converse have produced 20 one-of-a-kind sneakers together. The Converse Missoni Archive Project, as the new collaboration is called, features two Converse silhouettes done in different deadstock fabrics from the Missoni archive\u2014iconic patterns from the Italian house first featured on its runways from 1994 to the present. &amp;quot;We wanted this project be considered just as much &amp;#039;pieces of art&amp;#039; as shoes,&amp;quot; Matt Sleep, lead designer at Converse, told ELLE.com. &amp;quot;Having worked with the Missoni team over in Italy for some time now, we were more than aware of what an amazing archive they have and were keen to share this in a more unique way than we have been able to in the past.&amp;quot;   The collection, which retails for \u20AC400 (approximately $517) apiece, launched today exclusively at Colette in Paris. To mark the occasion, a custom sculpture from London-based artist and set designer Gary Card was commissioned for the store.  The installation features the Converse star logo at its base and the iconic Missoni zigzag knit all over. &amp;quot;My first reaction was to try and amalgamate the spirit of both brands in some way, and merging the Converse Star Chevron with the Missoni zigzag seemed like the perfect starting point,&amp;quot; Card told ELLE.com. &amp;quot;From this, I began to imagine the star coming to life and erupting into this incomprehensible maze of a shape that somehow had the product weaving through it. I really liked the idea of creating a piece of three-dimensional graffiti.&amp;quot;  Gary Card&amp;#039;s Colette installation; Photo: Converse  Photo: Converse  Photo: Converse "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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