Here’s a 1979 Famous Footwear commercial from back in the day when families used to wear matching track suits and Puma runners were $14.87. We need a time machine NOW.
Converse Pacers 1970 3 stripe vintage sneakers ad
A while back I alluded to the many 3 stripe brands of the 1970s and 80s. Today we're going way, way back to 1970 when Converse was the three stripe brand… or at least one of them. These rare sneakers were made with Clarino which is a synthetic leather material and is still used in athletic shoes 50 years later.
Ad info is below:
Converse Pacers that play hard talk it up for Clarino.
I'm the 'Pacer,' an all-purpose athletic shoe made by Converse. Made with Clarino, a remarkable new shoe material that a shoe can appreciate. I know what it's like to get buried in mud up to the eyelets on a wet, sloppy ballfield. And how easy it is to get battered and bruised, even in a 'touch' foot-ball game with the kids. And while jogging may be a great way for a guy to keep in shape, it can make his shoes look old long before their time. Unless they're made with Clarino. Clarino won't crack or peel, no matter how hard the going. It ignores the weather. It wipes clean with a swipe of a cloth. It breaks in with the first step and conforms to your every movement perfectly. And what a baseball wouldn't give to resist scuffs and scratches the way Clarino does! And since I never look like I've seen any action, you can wear me with slacks and a sports jacket. Clarino. The new man-made shoe material that has all us Converse Pacers talking. And other shoes, too.
Clarino
The material difference
JCPenney USA Olympics 1979 vintage 3 stripes sneaker ad
Nope, not adidas. Here’s a 1979 vintage three stripes sneaker ad by JCPenney for their U.S.A. Olympics model sneakers.
Ad info is below:
The shoe built to take this pounding mile after mile.
Every time you run a mile you pound each-foot down about a thousand times. Each one of those footfalls exerts up to 500 pounds of force. You're looking at the shoe built to take that kind of pressure, and a lot more. New U.S.A. Olympics'." They're built to take the pounding. Cushion the shock, and provide the comfort. Stride after stride. Mile after mile.
At the affordable low price of $17.99. An time you buy a pair JCPenney tribute 50¢ to the U.S. Olympic Committee. U.S.A. Olympics': available at JCPenney or through the catalog jogging, tennis, and basketball For men, worn boys. The shoes take it.
INTRODUCING U.S.A. OLYMPICS
THE SHOE BUILT TO TAKE IT.
Only at JCPenney
