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.

Le Closet GGK Feature

Le Closet is a beautiful little sneaker magazine out of France. Click either image to see an online version of the whole thing.

Congrats to featured fiends Fetti D'Biasi (bottom left) and Annie with her girls (right). They also did a great interview with South African femalesneakerfiend Rami Nhlapo (also featured in Girls Got Kicks. )

Sneaker Freaker GGK Review

Sneaker Freaker just came out with their 23rd issue, and it's another stunner! Packed into this beautiful issue are articles about everything from the Best of the Best Sneakers in 2011 to some of the most killer tennis sneaker ads of the 90s, a collector with 727 Jordans in his basement and a sneak peek at the new Bunyip--another dastardly collab between SF and Puma. We're proud to have Girls Got Kicks featured in their Book Review section! (Click the image to purchase this issue or check out their site.)

Author Lori Lobenstine on Trggr Radio

 

Rec, Chris and Unique of TRGGR Radio (WMUA 91.1FM from UMass) go in-depth with author Lori Lobenstine, covering everything from how she picked who got in the book, to what inspired femalesneakerfiend, what it was like working with photographer Amanda Lopez, how she "justifies" her, uh, financial support of the sneaker mega-companies, and much more! Check out the interview here...

TRGGR Radio--Featuring Lori Lobenstine & Girls Got Kicks

Girls Got Kicks in BUST Magazine

We're proud to be featured in this month's BUST magazine, gracing the same pages as a whole host of Badass Babes! To read more, check out bust.com, get a subscription, or buy it at your local magazine retailer...