Converse and Noah Linked on the Low-Key Skate Shoes You Need to Survive Summer

It’s tough to imagine two bedfellows more perfectly matched than Noah and Converse. The latter’s most iconic kicks—the Chuck Taylor All-Star, the Jack Purcell—are true cross-cultural icons, long worn by prepsters and punks, skaters and hoopers, and everyone in between. Noah, meanwhile, is similarly situated at the intersection of several strains of Americana: founder Brendon Babenzien’s menswear blends Ivy tailoring with hardy workwear, surf and skate with running culture, film and…