In 1908, the Boston-based Converse Rubber Company began making sport shoes. Years later when Chuck Taylor joined the company, the legendary Converse high-top was born. Its history is forever entwined with two other American intuitions: basketball and rock 'n roll. "Chucks"-and every modern Converse evolution that's followed - have become standard issue for generations of players, rockers, skaters and rebellious souls. Converse luxury reading glasses are readers for the high performance you.