The Blast features GGK

The Blast, a worldwide hip hop blog, recently interviewed GGK author Lori Lobenstine. Here's the intro by Lindsay Bess...

MY ADIDAS (are too tight…and why are they pink?)

Sup everyone!  I’m back for a second week in a row to wax poetic about a book I recently found out about:

GIRLS GOT KICKS by Lori Lobenstine

Basically, it’s a photo-documentary about ladies and their love for footwear - with no high heels in sight (love em, but this is NOT that kinda book).

This book is basically written for any female who has at one point in her life sworn by Nike or Adidas, has ever scrubbed her shoes with a toothbrush, cares about how they are laced (tied or untied?), preferred sneaks over heels at a jam and thought she looked better than everyone else...

HOW DID THE IDEA FOR THE BOOK COME ABOUT? 

LL:  “The idea for the book came about around the same time as the idea for the site…there seemed to be a lack of a real community for female sneaker heads.  The sites I came across were very male-dominated, with pics of naked girls surrounded by shoes or a hot girl holding a pair of Jordans in her teeth.  That is not us! I felt there needed to be a site dedicated to real female sneaker fiends, a space for us to come together and see each other and be recognized. What writing the book and creating the site did was connect and bring out thousands of women around the world who love kicks.

For full interview, click here.

Comments

[Gina Guerrero]

I was excited to recieve my copy I ordered on Amazon. I feel like its a huge honor to be in the book and partake in something so big. Love to all the females who purchased, participated and pushes such a great movement. Much respected goes out to Lori, keep doing what you are doing.