It's now less than a week until you can pick up your next favourite pair of sneakers. For the first time, Converse and Givenchy have teamed up to launch a new unisex shoe range. Following the leopard-print motif from Givenchy's Spring '11 menswear collection, the shoes bear designer Riccardo Tisci's signature touches, like studs and crosses.

There's a small catch: These designs will be available only in Japan when they go on sale April 27. However, we're betting that fashionable shoe fiends all over will find their ways to get a pair...