CONVERSE DODGERS UNDEFEATED CHUCK 70 DROPS APRIL 27

Three logos on one shoe. Converse, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Undefeated just announced a Chuck 70 collaboration dropping April 27 on Converse.com, and the math is simpler than it looks: every party in this deal is from LA, and none of them need the exposure. ## 1908 Meets 1947 Meets 2002 Converse has been making the Chuck Taylor since 1917. The Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958 but trace their franchise to 1883 Brooklyn. Undefeated opened its first La Brea store in 2002. The age gap between the oldest and youngest collaborator is 119 years, and somehow the shoe works because all three brands share one trait: they have never pretended to be from anywhere else. The Chuck 70 is the right canvas. It is the one Converse silhouette that carries weight in both the sneaker collector market and the casual consumer aisle. It sits at a $90 to $110 price point that does not alienate baseball fans, and the vulcanized rubber sole gives it a texture that premium leather collaborations cannot replicate. For Undefeated, a brand built on curating what gets shelf space, putting their name on a Chuck 70 instead of a Jordan or Dunk says something specific about intent. ## Dodger Blue Is Not Just a Color The Dodgers are coming off a 2024 World Series title and a franchise valuation that crossed $5 billion in the latest Forbes estimate. Their merchandise revenue ranked second in MLB in 2025, behind only the Yankees. When a team that dominant lends its marks to a sneaker, the question is not whether it will sell. The question is what it signals about where baseball lifestyle branding is headed. MLB has been slower than the NBA and NFL to embrace streetwear collaborations. The New Era fitted cap is the closest thing baseball has to a sneaker culture crossover, and that happened organically through hip-hop in the 1990s, not through planned partnerships. This Converse drop positions the Dodgers as the franchise most willing to close that gap, and Undefeated as the bridge. ## Canvas Over Leather The material choice matters. A leather shoe would have positioned this as a premium, shelf-display collectible. Canvas makes it wearable. It creases. It breaks in. It gets dirty at Dodger Stadium and looks better for it. That decision alone separates this collaboration from the industry trend of making shoes too expensive to scuff. The April 27 release date lands during a Dodgers homestand, which is not a coincidence. Converse and Undefeated both operate within walking distance of Chavez Ravine, and the drop aligns with a window where 50,000 potential buyers are already wearing blue and white in the same zip code. ## Three Brands, One Zip Code The strongest collaborations do not need a press release to justify their existence. They make geographic sense. Converse has a major West Coast presence. Undefeated is as LA as In-N-Out. The Dodgers are the civic heartbeat of the city's sports culture. Put all three on a Chuck 70 and you get a shoe that is less a product and more a postcard.