The largest collection of Converse shoes belongs to Joshua Mueller (USA) consisting of 1,546 different pairs of Converse shoes in Lakewood, Washington, USA, as of 8 March 2012.
Mr Mueller does wear his Converse shoes and has enough to wear a different pair every day for over four years. He goes to great lengths to keep them looking their best, wearing plastic bags on his feet in order to keep them clean when visiting dirty places.