A Ladies Love Project Pop-Up Shop!

LADIES LOVE PROJECT presents its third POP-UP SHOP!

The West Village Brecht Forum
451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune)
New York, NY 10014
(www.brechtforum.org)

Saturday, December 17, 2011
12pm – 8pm.

The PROJECT, a brainchild of renowned street artist TOOFLY and sound sensation PattyDukes of the Circa95 duo, highlights some of NYC’s most creative underground artists and designers. The one-day-only holiday event boasts an intimate, yet extraordinarily colorful market experience designed to familiarize consumers, media and tastemakers with established artists.

In other words, come get way cooler shit than you got at Walmart or Footlocker on Black Friday!

Femme Fatale Sneaker & Hip Hop Event in San Fran

It's going down in San Fran next week, with the likes of Rocky Rivera, Homey Grown and decorated DJs Crykit and Pony P making it happen. If you're anywhere near San Fran, check out the aptly named "Fly Chicks in Dope Kicks" event, including a sneaker swap, a chance to get your nails done by Lila, and have a great time, all for 5 bucks! Can't beat that...

Gorillaz X Converse

Hello Ladies and Gents!!

Today, CONVERSE Inc. announced the launch of their newest footwear

collaboration with world-famous Gorillaz. Launching in February 2012, the

styles from the collection combine the iconic Chuck Taylor All Star

silhouette with the band's legendary graphic images. Award-winning

designer and Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett has designed exclusive

prints incorporating elements from their ground breaking artwork.. Each

design melds their diverse backgrounds and unique influences to create a

revolutionary collection. The partnership with Gorillaz will also include

a Converse "Three Artists. One Song" music collaboration that will

coincide with the launch of the collection.

"To converse: the exchange of thoughts, feelings or ideas. That's what

Gorillaz are all about, working and collaborating and exchanging ideas

with other artists and global communicators. We've been trading in ideas

and conversing with one another for ten whole years. So I couldn't think

of a better bunch of people to help celebrate our decade in the business

than the good people over at the Converse shoe company. Plus I've been

wearing my Chuck Taylor's since forever." - Russel Hobbs, drummer of

Gorillaz

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of their self-titled debut album,

Gorillaz are widely recognized for not only creating a new genre of music

but redefining the concept of a band. With a unique sound that brought

together alternative rock, hip hop, electronic and pop music, the band

implemented fresh ideas from their limitless fictional universe and have

sold over 15 million records worldwide to date. In 2006, the band won a

GRAMMY® Award for "Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals", for "Feel Good

Inc" with De La Soul. On November 28th, they will release the long-awaited

"Singles Collection: 2001-2011," a celebration of a decade together.

The Gorillaz collection gives the classic Chuck Taylor All Star silhouette

an edge with four different looks inspired by the band. The military

inspired camouflage print, taken from the cover of their self-titled

debut, is the signature design for the collection and is featured here as

a sneak peek. All shoes from the collection contain a Gorillaz heel tab

and hangtag with additional details on the product. The full Gorillaz

Chuck Taylor All Star collection will be revealed in February 2012 and

available nationwide and globally at select retail stores and online at

www.converse.com.

These are definetly worth the cop for the low low price of just $60!! Will these be on anyones Valentines Day Shoe list??

Jordan Black Cement 3 Release Party!!

After a long day of shopping and grabbing those door busters head over to Akin to grab your pair of Black Cements and see performances by Scheme x Slot-A!! It's going to be
another epic party at Akin! See you there!!

Footlocker Celebrates KICKSMAS!

Last night, myself and others in sneaker culture, including DJ Clark Kent spinning nice tunes joined Footlocker execs at Cabanas NYC; a very nice and intimate space, to join them in celebrating KICKSMAS! KICKSMAS is a celebration of our love for sneakers! Sharing our love of new releases, starting this Black Friday and for the next 6 weeks, there will be premium sneaker releases such as the Retro Cement 3's, Total Foamposite Max, Jordan 1 Flight, new snapbacks, and accessories to go with your kicks so you are decked out for the holidays! There was a raffle for the Black Pack also! A guy won all 10 pairs!! WOW!

They gave us giftbags at the end of the event filled with a Yankee fitted cap, Court grip solution, an Adidas Ultra Star jacket, notebook from Complex media, and a giftcard! Thanks Footocker! Check out the pics below and MORE HERE!

Reebok Chi-Kaze!!! Our own Kamikaze!!

With the great response from Swizz Beatz Kamikaze sneaker release, Reebok has answered our question about a Kamikaze just for us with the Chi-Kaze! Dropping next month at retailer Journey's for $90, there are 2 colorways that will release. The first being Steel/Flat Grey-Sonic Green, and the other which I happen to like very much is the Black/Pink/Blaze-Yellow. Both pairs feature the Kamikaze Hexalite outsole and reminiscent straps from the women's classic Freestyle. Expect to see more fresh colorways coming after the initial release!!

Salute to RUN DMC ADIDAS mixtape MICK BOOGIE

The recent release of the 25th anniversary pack which was limited to 1,986 pairs naturally reminds us all of RUN DMC's historic era in hip hop, topping charts and setting a trend of wearing Adidas to another level! Nice Kicks and DJ Mick Boogie pay homage with this mixtape featuring Skillz, Bun B, Big Pooh, DJ Jazzy Jeff and others remix the classics like Rock Box, Run's House, and one of my favs Beats to the rhyme!

FOLLOW @nicekicks @mickboogie
PICS AND DOWNLOAD HERE: Nice Kicks

Sneaker Pimps NYC 2011 RECAP!!!

The Sneaker Studio

Kendrick Lamar Meet & Greet at Footaction before Sneaker Pimps

A fellow Female Sneaker Fiend enjoying the show!

The last stop of Sneaker Pimps tour came to an end Friday night at Irving Plaza, and sneaker lovers came out in their favorite kicks to represent! I wore Miami Nights Lebron 9's, Flower wore Foams, A$ wore denim SB's, Air Karina wore Doernbecher 4's with a matching custom tee, and Pinkeye wore Dominique Dawkins Pony's!!

Hosted by Dave Jeff with performances by Waka Flocka, Kendrick Lamar,who had a meet and greet earlier at Footaction, Jim Jones, Siya, Stalley and a few others, powered by FOOTACTION, this event had sneaker lovers gather collectively for a night of #snkrluv!! Check out MORE PICS and these videos!

Kicks on the Line @ Sneaker Pimps NYC 2011

FSF's own Fetti D'biasi talking shit and dropping k-nowledge on the folks in line waiting for Sneaker Pimps! She doesn't spare the ladies in boots, that's for sure!



P.S. Fetti--those NBs are made in the Old Country, not around here!

Ladies get $100 dollars off you join OSD's The Class!

That's right you read the title correctly!! All FSF'ers will get $100 off when you register for OSD's the Class. So hurry and register! http://www.osdlive.com

Sneaker Pimps is heading to NYC

Sneaker Pimps is back and its heading to NYC! FSF will be in the building selling and signing the Girls Got Kicks book. So if you missed our NYC release party, come to Sneaker Pimps and get you a copy! Hope to see you fiends there! :)

Doernbecher 4 Campout Niketown Chicago = CHAOS!

Friday night on Michigan Ave in front of Niketown there was utter CHAOS!!

Lori, Brenda and I went back down to Niketown to show some love to the sneaker heads in line

and to our surprise there was craziness!! Police, Lists made by people in line, screaming and yelling and chaos all around!

Brenda, Lori and I opted to not campout for the DB's but thanks to @sole_closet we ended up with some great shots and a great quick video of the night!

Katy, Lori, Brenda Bee and I :)

Here is a great pic of the Chicago Police kicking everyone out!

But at the end of the night and with the rising of the sun everyone who waited patiently got the shoes they wanted!! Good Ol Chicago Politics for ya....You look like a sneakerhead there for you must be up to no good... Crook County at its finest. haha

Spike Lee signs Spi'Zikes at Footaction!

This was a hell of a weekend for sneaker releases!! This particular one for the highly anticipated NY Knicks colorways of orange and blue was extra special to lucky New Yorkers who shop at Footaction on 34th St. because Spike Lee stopped by to talk about the release, upcoming projects, working with Tinker hatfield & Michael Jordan to create the Spi'Zike, and signing every pair purchased along with raffling off 2 pair! Take a look at MORE PICS and check out the video below!

Girls Got Kicks the Chitown Edition!

This past Friday Chicago was blessed with the one and only Lori!! We were so Myself and Miss Brenda Bee were so excited to finally meet her and show her our lovely town in the few hours we did have her here!!

With that being said her Chicago experience began with Diana Shoes....

Our first stop on our "quickstrike" tour with Lori was Diana Shoes on Cermak! Its a great mom and pop shop that you will fall in love when you first set your eyes on the great collection they have! Diana's is my personal favorite go-to store when it comes to Jordans!!

Our second stop on our tour for Lori was Succezz on Michigan Avenue. We stopped in and we were lucky enough to see Tara of CopEmAndRockEm! Her and Lori chopped it up and spoke about Taras new line that drops on the 13th at Sneak and Eat!

Tara, Lori and Brenda Bee

Lori, Me, Tara and Brenda Bee!

Tara and Lori

Next on our tour was NikeTown on Michigan Avenue

where Jose gave us an awesome tour of all three floors and treated us like royalty! Thanks Jose :)

Than after our tour we made a special pit stop for Lori over at Garrett's Popcorn!! The lady loves her Chicago mix of cheesy and caramel popcorn!

You cant have a true Chicago tour with out leaving the Chitown with orange fingers from all the cheesy popcorn!!

We finally made our way to Akin Halsted!

All the fiends that were in the house Friday night! Good looking bunch of ladies!!

Astro Wifey step up shop and was all ready to have all the fiends with nails to match their kicks!!!

Let the nail design commence!! First up to bat was Jackie Gold Chains and let me say Ashley did her thing!

Next we had Brenda Bee up at the nail pop up shop! Ashley had Brendas nail game on lock with the matching nails to her Gucci Dunks!!

Future FSF Mia Hanson looking extra cute with her

Infared AM's!! Who also waited to her nails done to match her kicks!!

SneakHERbox and Brenda Bee

Elinda and Freddie!! The cutest sneaker lover couple!

Lori and Jose of Niketown

Due to this sneakerette and her skills on the 1's and 2's Miss Chantator we have great pics of Charisse of Kicks and Chicks juking on Sneakherbox with out her knowing!! LOL

Jackie Gold Chains killing the game with her Jeremy Scott joints at Akin!!

Aron of Akin and his daughter Mia with their Daddy/Daughter sets of infared AM's!

Finally after the event we headed over back to NikeTown to catch up with Carmen so that Lori could sign her copy of GGK!

Carmen was killing most of the dudes in line with her YOTR 2011's!

What a busy Friday!! I was so honored to have finally met Lori and read the book! I hope she had a great fews hours with us here in the Chi!! Huge shout out to Brenda Bee's for driving all of us around! I hope Lori had a great time here in the Windy City!!