Love and Positivity: The Panda Inspires CLOT’s Latest Converse Colab
Let’s be honest: we all need a little more love and positivity in this world. Edison Chen’s are hooking up with yet again for a classic Hi and both models this time inspired by China’s national animal, the panda.
‘The giant panda is something that we relate to, obviously because of our Chinese heritage and culture. Being able to do something to give love and gain awareness for the panda in response to WWF’s International Panda Day in China is very important and a part of the new CLOT aesthetic, which is loving and trying to preserve the earth so that the future can enjoy its beauty’, says CLOT founder and creative director, Edison Chen.
A representation of peace, friendship and harmony, the Chuck 70 and Jack Purcell Ox are both reimagined with a mix of real and faux fur and, of course, come in the distinct panda-inspired black and white colourway.
A follow-up to the polar bear-inspired Ice Cold Pack from 2019, the collaboration is accompanied by a campaign video showing the CLOT Panda mascot, Ning Ning.
‘I think that Ning Ning is a representative of the lighthearted, cute, fun, daring, trying-to-be-accepted, which is really how a lot of people are in this world right now—learning new things but trying to be accepted at the same time and trying to spread love. You’re going to be seeing the panda a lot here and there, so it’s really our CLOT mascot’, says Chen.
The CLOT x Converse Chuck 70 Hi and Jack Purcell Ox are set for release at locations worldwide from November 11, 2022. A global release at will follow on November 18.