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Angie, how do you identify yourself? Do you call yourself a sneaker fiend, or sneaker freak, or what?
I'm like a sneaker crack head! Like I need it in me. I cannot NOT have new sneakers. I can't. Every pay check, I have to buy at least 1 pair of sneakers. If I don't my week won't go by right.

And how many sneakers do you have now?
Wow. A lot. Half my whole room is covered with sneakers. I'd say probably about 100 and something. 110, 120...
Damn! How often do you buy sneakers?
Honestly, I won't stop buying sneakers until the money count is like 10 dollars short. I get paid every two weeks, every two weeks I might buy like 5 pairs of sneakers.

So your collection is growing fast! Are you going to stop buying sneakers when you can't, like, sleep in your room?
Of course not! I'll find a place to put it.... I love walking into my room and looking up at the [sneaker boxes], stacked up taller than me! I have no more space in my room left! When I took the pictures for your website, I had to disconnect my whole bed, my dad was helping me, I had to disconnect everything, moved everything to the side.

On being a solo female sneaker fiend:
I really don't have too many female sneaker fiends; most of them are all males. But they think it's cool. Cuz around my way, there's not too many girls that collect sneakers, I'm pretty much one of only a few. And I'm like one of the guys.

Well, there's like probably one girl, who I think I have competition with. She's got pretty good sneakers....We'll walk in the street, and I'll look at her sneakers, and she'll look at mine, and we'll both be wondering, 'Where in the HELL did she get those sneakers from?' I don't have nothing against her, I just don't like that she has all those sneakers! Most of the pairs that she has, I don't have. Most of the sneakers that I have, she doesn't have. That's how it works.

How can you tell a sneaker fiend?
Most people walk around with dirty sneakers. I hate dirty sneakers. And you see creases. No, that's not a sneaker fiend. Sneaker fiends, they walk funny. I walk funny! You have to put your heel down, and then you put your toe down, just right. Most sneaker fiends don't wear dark jeans, because they'll make your shoelaces black.

Do you have a favorite pair of all time?
The patent leather gray 11s [Jordans]. I will sell all my sneakers for that one pair. I haven't found them yet. When they came out, I really didn't think too many people was gonna buy them, and then it happened that everybody wanted them, so...my loss. I actually know a girl who has them, and I offered to give her 3 pairs of sneakers and 200 dollars, and she said no.


[Note to readers: she's a size 4 if you got some!]

What would you say you particularly obsess about about sneakers?
I love walking down the street and having somebody crack their neck. I love looking in the corner of my eye, and seeing somebody turn around like, 'oh my god, did you see those?' And I love having people ask me, 'Where did you get those? I haven't seen those around in such a long time! How much did you pay for those?'.... I like having people...leaving them in awe.

Anything else you want to say?
Come on! Where's all the sneaker girls? We need more in this world! I hate not having girls rock sneakers; it's not just for guys. We should have girls out here. Many many more!

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