Don't want to hyjack the thread, but I would have no idea the difference either. I don't know if I'm the only one that thinks this, but Cons, if that's even what the go by anymore, needs to work on their branding.
Some of there skate shoes are called Cons, others are under Converse on some websites. They don't even have a website for their skate shoes anymore, they are mixed in with a bunch of other shit, so you can't even see their line. Don't get me wrong I really like some of their shoes, but there is no way to tell the skate line from the regular line for half the shoes. I've seen CVO's from the skate line that came in the same box as regular Cvo's, at least I think they were regular converse's because they were canvas and had a hard, almost wooden sole. This goes for the older boat shoe looking ones, seen two different pairs, which were completely different material wise, but with no proper labeling to tell if they were part of the skate line or just converses. Same goes for some CT LS(?) I saw at some a department store, that's if they were even a part of the skate line, which I'm pretty sure they were, the shouldn't have been and def shouldn't be a Gabes because it lowers brand value.
Again, this might just be me, because I don't have a shop here that carries them so I don't get to see them in person, but I feel like if they don't do something to differentiate the skate brand from the regular brand, they are going to end up going under. They already don't come out with hardly any shoes, from what I can tell, anymore.