There are many reasons why “Oye Mi Canto” by N.O.R.E. is being featured today as our Flashback Friday video. First off, just ’cause it’s feeling officially summer here in NYC and what better warm-weather anthem to represent this great city than a video that’s filled beginning to end with beautiful Latina women in bikinis. Which brings us to the second reason. Me and Samia were conversing last week and discovered that we’ve been wanting to, but have struggled to find swimwear that’s worth featuring. So again, two birds with one stone with this video. And last but not least, it guest features Nina Sky, who are on the record as dedicated sneaker-loving chicks!
Converse is celebrating its 100th year anniversary and natch, they’ve hooked up with some indie-cool artists as a way to promote the event. If you visit the site, you can download "My Drive Thru," a song that went live yesterday and includes contributions from N.E.R.D., Santogold and The Strokes Julian Casablancas. A video and behind-the-scenes imagery isn’t on the site yet, but will be soon.
If you don’t want to download the song, someone already uploaded the music up to YouTube. It’s aiiight, in my opinion. The beat is great, but by the middle it sounds like way to many cooks were meddling in the kitchen.
The typical ShopBop customer–in my mind anyway–brings to mind that quintinsential, post-Sex-and-the-City female, who’s basic uniform is a flirty dress or designer jeans and heels. So I was a little surprised when I checked the site’s best seller’s list and discovered that a pair of tie-dyed Chuck Taylors were riding high:
Additionally, for all you bargain shoppers, ShopBop is in the midst of having a big ole 30%-70%-off sale.
What I like about Italian shoe brand Superga is that it’s not only a legitimate brand with a heritage, but it’s also got love for women. Converse may dabble in femmy colors and treatments, but for Superga, there’s a clear focus on keeping up with current fashion trends.
^^Rimini in cracked pebble metallic, complete with leather lining. These babies deliver to retailers in August.
See the Rimini in silver on the other side, plus the Asti, a faux-fur lined canvas shoe
"The We B*Girlz Festival is a multimedia Festival by women for women celebrating the 4 elements of Hip Hop and more. We B*Girlz wants to present a strong role model for adolescent girls. We B*Girlz Productionz wants to show that women mastered skills in all aspects of Hip Hop and have earned a place in Hip Hop history. We will celebrate their creativity with a one month festival in August 2008 in Berlin."
"Our intention is to provide a platform for girls and young women from different nations and cultural backgrounds to make contacts, exchange ideas, and support each other. We want to teach them new skills, strengthen their confidence and show them the accomplishments of women in all aspects of Hip Hop culture. Within 4 weeks in August 2008, the We B*Girlz Festival will provide the girls with tools to be creative in the different aspects of Hip Hop culture, and will also teach them how to document their own culture through workshops in video editing, photography, and web design etc. "
"During the 4 weeks in August, we will not only have lots of workshops, but also exhibitions, concerts, club nights, a filmfestival etc. We will produce a compilation with female artists, a magazine and a DVD. The event series will close with a big festival with battles, shows and a concert on the last weekend in August. We hope to see y’all in Berlin! Peace out! We B*Girl"
This past week Reebok hosted an intimate Presentation of their Summer 08 looks to Stylists and Trendsetters at the Penthouses of the Soho grand in NYC,that’s a view from fome the south penthouse.HighSnobette snapped a few pics aof the styles that caught our eye…
Maybe it’s the eighties kid in me but Gold on sneakers just works for me..thankfully Styles like the NPC and the Ventilator have made their way to the women’s Collections.
For whatever reason, our fearless leader, David, was fishing around The Finish Line today and came up with a couple of snappy items. Earlier in the day he sent me the purple, hi Nike All Courts, and not long after that he sent the link to these super cute pink Nike Dunks.
^^For those days when you wanna flaunt your inner girly-girl!
Lois: One more post then it’s time to get my nails done!
It’s not a big part of my everyday descriptive vocabularly anymore, but dammit if looking at this shoe doesn’t make me think of the word fresh, not to mention summer time, block parties and basketball!
^^As cute as this shoe is, it’s hard to believe that The Finish Line has it on sale for just $69.99. Sometimes the masses just don’t understand.
