Girls, girls, girls! Now you have your own little home on the Sneaker Freaker prairie… the SNKR Freakette zone in the Forum is a haven for news on sneakers, events, opinions and more! Post photos of your collection, check out new releases for women, have your questions answered and read up on the latest apparel news. You might even win yo-self some special shizz that SF organised just for the ladies….
Our favorite sneaker freaks from down unda have devoted their site to the ladies this week on Sneaker Freaker. There are a host of new sneakers reviewed that will be dropping in the coming months plus interviews with Erin Magee from Made Me, Yasi from Cultist, Jee-Nice from Anattitude and Valdmir from Kendo LA along with a host of newsflashes from Hayley Mei, Dame Deco, Hellz Bellz, Roxy Cottontail, George Terrific and much much more. Someone’s listening to the ladies! And, while your on Sneaker Freaker don’t forget to check out the Sneaker Freakette forum.
M.I.S.S. Crew/Mama’s own Gabriella Davi-Khorasanee was recently featured in the latest copy of Sneaker Freaker in a piece about vintage kicks. Check out her collection of LA Gears - many sourced for her by The Goods! and Rock-It-Retro.
And, to get a glimpse into upcoming collections, check out a feature The Label Lab just published which includes sneaky peak photos, write-up and video interview. View it all here.
Sneaker Freaker magazine just launched a new forum just for the ladies called Sneaker Freakette. This is a great place to meet other ladies who take their kicks seriously and want to be in the know. Maybe you just want to post your collection and see other ladies’ collections. Or, maybe you just want to know what other ladies’ think about upcoming releases. Whatever the topic, Sneaker Freakette is a great place to get a dialog going about shoes, shoes, shoes!
Nike and SHOWstudio have teamed up to create an art exhibit and competition around the theme “Art of Football” and have invited 11 artists to create new work around the theme. The Art of Football pieces will be displayed in June during Art Basel, the prestigious international art exhibition that takes place in Basel, Switzerland. The artists chosen include, among others: Gareth Pugh, Alice Hawkins, Solve Sundsbo and Rebecca and Mike. Nike and SHOWstudio have opened up the game to the public, allowing anyone to submit artwork inspired by the game of Football. The eleven best entrants will be judged and have the chance to display their work alongside the other artists selected for the project. If that were not enough of an honor, the winning entrant will also have their work immortalized on a limited edition set of Nike Dunks. Visit the site for more info on how to enter and may the best artist win!
Here’s the final Women Making History series round-up! All 27 ladies ladies in one post. If all these ladies ever got together in one room, heads would explode, our minds would be so blown!
Thanks to everyone who read these features on the daily, posted about the series in their blogs, everyone who left lovely comments…you’re all appreciated!
Here’s a recap of the last 4 features, March 29th-31st:
• Saturday, March 24- M.A.F.I.A of Sneaker Freaker
• Sunday, March 25 - Linda of Burton/Lovemade
• Sunday, March 26 - Tammy of Lovemade
• Monday, March 31 - Gabriella & Liz, Founders of M.I.S.S. Crew
The ladies of weeks one, two, three and 4—after the jump!
Maria Limberis aka M.A.F.I.A. has been involved in Hip Hop culture for over 25 years. For over 10 of those years, she’s been spinning a diverse selection of music ranging from ‘90s Hip Hop and Electro to Baltimore and Hyphy. Along side spinning, Mafia hosts, and runs her own nights, making her deserving of the title “Australia’s Hardest Working Lady DJ!” as well as, Melbourne’s “go-to” DJ to get the party started! Aside from hosting, Mafia has been on-stage support for Dizzie Rascal, Cool Kids, Girl Talk, CSS, and A-Trak, just to name a few.
Mafia is the only female to work for Sneaker Freaker Magazine and brings her own flare to the magazine and site which includes doing all the New Release sneaker reviews, interviewing anyone and everyone making waves in street culture, updating the website daily with Newsflashes and bringing new brands and people who are on the come up to worldwide recognition with interviews, reviews and stories on everything encompassing sneaker culture.
Mafia does anything and everything at SNKFRKR HQ to make sure the best sneaker magazine in the world stays at the top of the cultures go-to site and magazine for only the best in sneakers and fashion. She takes aNYthing’s motto of “Never Not Working” into account, and is online at least 14 hours a day, hustling, researching and immersing herself in a culture she has grown up on.
Mafia’s got a few videos to share after the jump, including one where she gives a breakdown of sneaker head terms. We also re-link you to a free Mafia mix we posted about a few weeks back. Jump!
Sneaker Freaker just released an exclusive interview they did with the Cool Kids. Read it here.
M.I.S.S. Crew and Sneaker Freaker’s very own M.A.F.I.A. has just released a mixtape called “Celeb Life on the DJ List.” The set includes everything from M.I.A., KRS One, ODB, Pharoah Monch and NKOTB. Yes, the NKOTB. M.A.F.I.A. definitely knows how to have fun and mix it up. Download the mix here.
View the Tracklist after the jump . . .
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I am a huge fan of Dizzee Rascal - his sound is so refreshing and unique. Not like the over-produced rap we hear so much of today. Dizzee keeps it pretty mellow, you won’t see him in every magazine but you will see him in the lastest Sneaker Freaker. You can read the full interview on line here. If you’ve never heard of Dizzee, here’s a lil’ something for ya. . .
