For many of us, it's all about the shoes. This is no different for MAFIA, Melbourne's original
sneaker Queen. Now onboard the
sneakerfreaker.com juggernaut to provide its female voice, the self-proclaimed
sneaker junkie is leading the way for girls everywhere lighting up sneakers. This coupled with her established place in Melbourne's party scene, running
her own night $crilla and DJing for more than a decade, makes MAFIA our winner
of the ultimate lifestyle choices award.
MAFIA you've kind of
got a massive sneaker collection. What's
going on?
Yeah it's about 200 deep at the moment. When I was 22 I started making my own money
through DJing so I had the disposable cash so I was just hitting up any sneaker
I wanted. And then it just kind of
blossomed and went out of control.
No shit. Do you think it's strange being female and so
into sneakers?
No. Girls are so
known for loving shoes and it's a shoe.
Like it's a sneaker yeah, but it's a fashion thing too. That was the interesting thing about doing
the exhibition because I was the only girl, and I got a lot of attention from
the media who were so intrigued why a girl would want to be into it all. They thought it was a real male dominated
thing. But it doesn't have to be.
Was that the Classics
to Customs exhibition at NGV that just finished?
Yeah. I submitted 11
pairs for the exhibition in total. Everyone
was worried cos they weren't going to have them for a year, but I was like fuck
it.
Cool. And what about the music angle to sneaker
culture - is it hip hop that you play or are your tastes broader?
I play friendly-on-the-ear music. I hit my 30s and was like I'm not going
to bother being cool anymore and play underground hip hop because no one dances
to it. So I started playing all the crap
shit that I loved from the 90s and it goes off. I'm all about getting the girls dancing
because once you get the girls dancing its over.
So is girls dancing what
goes down at $crilla Revolver Thursdays?
Absolutely. Party
jams all night..
Written by danraica, on Tuesday, 14 August 2007 17:21
They had a story about this (with MAFIA) on RALPH TV the other night. I definitely enjoyed your version better :P |
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