Forget the common male fantasy about women engaging in sweaty pillow fights! Lori Lobenstine’s FemaleSneakerFiend is now home to JenOne, of VanillaMedallions’, sick sneaker-shaped pillows. And, they are not to be tossed across the room!
Sneakers are not only there to protect our feet from the sticks and stones, but could be—and in this case they are—works of art! In 2005, Lobenstine created a website centered on women worldwide who take pride in their kicks; it’s a forum to meet, show off styles, and basically take part in the ever-growing sneaker culture. It soon grew to be a movement of thousands of women who aren’t letting the myth of “high-heels for mature women” deter them from the comfort and flair that exudes a pair of clean, funky, original (no fakes) sneakers.
FSF x JenOne Pillow
Multi-talented graphic artist and sneaker-head herself, JenOne fits in well with this crowd. These pillows are larger sized versions of sneakers we would love to see on our feet; some are even adorned with laces. Decorate your room with these sneaker pillows, or take them out and hold them high as you would a medallion; just don’t let anyone step on them!
The FemaleSneakerFiend pillow will soon be available, be on the look out!
For more of JenOne’s art work visit: www.jenone.org
M.I.S.S. favorite photographer extraordinaire, Amanda Lopez, is featured in the latest issue of Sneaker Freaker. Amanda’s photos have appeared in Mass Appeal, XXL and The Source. She’s worked as Estevan Oriol’s assistant and had several Vans True Story Exhibitions which detail her adventures - all through her kicks. Her latest project has her paired up with Lori Lobenstine’sFemale Sneaker Fiend on a book project called “Girls Got Kicks.”
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Amanda on over a year’s worth of Mama look books. I can tell you first hand that Amanda is not only a talented photographer, but she is so easy to work with and has a way of directing models that puts everyone at ease and let’s everyone’s true beauty shine. Learn more about this rising star on Sneaker Freaker, where they’ve sat down to chat with Amanda Lopez.
French-based magazine, Lady Caprice wrote an article on M.I.S.S’s very own Lori Lobenstine, founder of Female Sneaker Fiend. As members of FSF, Lori asked Liz and I to submit photos of our collections for the piece. Check out the full story to see the photos - and shouts to other fabulous ladies featured including Pink Eye, Toofly and Mafia.
Sneaker Freaker did their annual “Best of the Best” feature in Issue 14. If you can’t wait to get your hands on a copy, you can check out the feature online here. We did you the favor of sorting through and picking out what the ladies in the industry thought. Did you think I would choose any other shoe? Pro Mama for life! Haha, check out what the other ladies including M.I.S.S. Lori from Female Sneaker Fiend, M.I.S.S. Mafia from Sneaker Freaker, Tara from Trash Bag Aesthetics, the Club Zonder Filter ladies, and many more after the jump. Read the full story
Karmaloop TV interviewed M.I.S.S.’s very own Lori Lobenstine, the founder of Female Sneaker Fiend. Lori has done a tremendous amount of work to bring lady sneakerheads together, to give them a voice and a place to talk kicks. She developed the first site devoted to women and their love of all things sneaker related. Learn more about what this industry veteran has to say about the shoe game below.
Lori of Female Sneaker Fiend has been holding it down for the ladies who love sneakers from day one. I remember stumbling upon her site a few years ago and it was like a ray of light shining down from the heavens. If you haven’t been to Female Sneaker Fiend, it has everything you would ever want to know about kicks, and the ladies who love them. Their newest feature is an internship guide - brilliant! Lots of ladies love cool kicks but want to work in the game as well. Well, here’s your chance to get some experience and pay some dues - internship style. Check out the list of impressive positions ranging from FSF, Adidas, Nike, Puma, Keep and Reebok. And, we’re on there as well, so if you want a piece of the action, get to it!
P.S. - Boston area ladies save the date! FSF is hosting a party on September 20th - details coming soon!
Lori Lobenstine founded Female Sneaker Fiend in April of 2005. She had two goals: to create an online place where females in the sneaker game could find each other and to shred the myth that only guys were serious “sneakerheads.” With over 17,000 members and 100,000 page requests daily, FSF seems to have done both! In the meantime, the site has also brought together community in the “real world” and begun to reshape and highlight women’s roles in the sneaker industry.
See more of how and why Lori’s making history after the jump!
