{"id":400508,"date":"2014-08-22T18:05:35","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T23:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=400508"},"modified":"2018-12-31T00:57:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T05:57:22","slug":"story-behind-converse-jack-purcell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/story-behind-converse-jack-purcell\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story Behind the Converse Jack Purcell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A longstanding part of the sneaker world, the <a title=\"Converse Jack Purcell\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/tag\/converse-jack-purcell\/\">Converse Jack Purcell<\/a> played a pivotal role in reshaping the performance footwear landscape. Though the model currently enjoys life as a lifestyle juggernaut, the silhouette&#8217;s story is just as interesting as some of the fresh new styles it continues to release in. From its original release back in 1935 to its Converse beginnings in the 1970?s, Size? takes a nostalgic trip down memory lane to share the classic&#8217;s tale. Take a look at\u00a0the vintage ads below and make your way over to <a title=\"Size? \" href=\"http:\/\/sizestores.co.uk\/hq\/2014\/08\/21\/story-behind-converse-jack-purcell\/\">Size? <\/a>for the full history lesson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A longstanding part of the sneaker world, the Converse Jack Purcell played a pivotal role in reshaping the performance footwear&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42489,"featured_media":400552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1225464],"tags":[1225465,772662],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Story Behind the Converse Jack Purcell | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn the 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