Go Netherlands!

Ah, it's nice to be home, but what a great trip! Over 600 sneakers photographed, over 50 female sneaker fiend shoots, over 30 interviews, over 20 tram rides, over 10 sneaker boutiques, and 1 fabulous World BBoy Classic! Not to mention numerous new friends, broodjes, near accidents with bicycles and inside jokes with my fab travel companions--Jen Jen and Loni! Here are a few photos from my journey, with more below (and coming) from the real photographers...

Aruna Vermeulen, world-renowned bgirl and Director of Hip Hop Huis, at home with her considerable collection (250+)!

And her badass Keith Haring style bgirl porch!

Loni (left) and Jen Jen were ON IT the whole time! Those girls can shoot...

Typically home of symphony and "high art", this time The Doelen was home to the Sneaker Market and a hip hop State of Mind!

Speaking of a sweet sneaker market, it was cool to make it to No Boys Allowed, the female sneaker store in The Hague.

Here's me and Cim, the owner. Thanks for the sweatshirt!!

Not sneakers, but I did like this pair of Puma rollerskates

Sneaker graffiti in Amsterdam

Most people rode bikes, but this car was even smaller!

Sneaker Bandita's sick Air Max collection that she put on show at the FSF booth

Sneaker Sandy and a little piece of her 200+ collection. Yup, Girls Got Kicks!

Loni and Jen Jen team up for Kim's photoshoot!

Julius, our favorite tour guide (on left) with Jen Jen. Loni and 2 badass bboys and emcees from Korea!

A peek of our photobooth

Aruna (front) and the Space Pirates (from left: Beau, Priscilla and Kimi)

We had a fabulous time! Special thanks to Aruna and Hip Hop Huis for making it all possible, Conchitta and Mariska for all the attention to detail, Kim and Sandy for putting up with us (and putting us up!), Julius for visiting us everywhere and all the female sneaker fiends who joined our photoshoot and interview booth!

Hallo Rotterdam!

For the last few weeks, I've been counting down the days on my calendar like a little kid waiting for Christmas. Finally, I arrived in Amsterdam this morning! Thankfully I was able to catch some sleep on the 7 hour flight from Toronto. After a solid loitering sesh at Schiphol Airport (Sidebar: did anyone else see that Schiphol was a TT on Twitter today??) while Lori and JenJen finished up a shoot, I was greeted by fresh kicks and even fresher smiles when the two met me at Arrivals 3. FSF on that international tip! Bawse. Much love to Tyrone, and the BBoy crew, straight off a plane from Korea, for letting us catch a lift with them to Rotterdam.

After a stop at our hotel and a meet and greet with the International Hip Hop Festival organizers, we headed over to Hip Hop Huis. Now, with homie Tyrone on the decks, you already KNOW there was some breakin going down!

Let's just say that we were witnesses of some maaaaad skills tonight. It's 9pm Toronto time and 3am Rotterdam time so that means it's bedtime. I'll leave you with these shots for now. Tomorrow's about to be live! More photos coming soon!

FSF photoshoot details...

FSF is teaming up with Toronto-based hip hop photographer Loni Schick to produce our Girls Got Kicks photo booth for the Street Science International Hip Hop Festival on July 16-18. We'll also be featuring sneakers and photos by Miami's Jen Jen Villamia. We're looking forward to meeting all the European FSFers we've been talking to online for years... Come out and rep for the ladies!

FSF Street Science Block Party & Sneaker Exchange Market
July 18th 2010
15:00-20:00
De Doelen
Rotterdam
Free entrance!

For more info on the Girls Got Kicks book project click here.

FSF photoshoot in the Netherlands!

FSF is coming to the Netherlands to be a part of the amazing annual Street Science event put on by Hip Hop Huis, along with the Worldl BBoy Classic. It's gonna be off the hook!

For more info on the big event, check streetscience.nl and hiphophuis.nl

If you're interested in being a part of the photoshoot, we'll have more info coming your way soon!
Or contact us at photoshoot@femalesneakerfiend.com.