Well-heeled Sneakerphiles walk on to the Net
Posted by iTVX Staff on 18th July 2006
Endless fuss is made over a woman’s right to shoes, thanks largely to such good-soled gals as Imelda Marcos and Carrie Bradshaw. What you don’t hear about are their male counterparts, an equally obsessive bunch whose collective footwear fetish has spawned the Net’s first social networking site exclusively for sneakerphiles.
On sneakerplay.com, men outnumber women by eight to one, creating an online fratmosphere thick with testosterone, egos and shoe rubber. Like sneaker peacocks, members from around the world flaunt their footwear in photo galleries and boast an inventory of friends on their personal profiles.
Passions run high as these sneakerheads engage in cyber battles with each other while the community votes on whose “kicks” are superior. And though the banter is all in fun, it’s likely these guys would eat Ms. Bradshaw and her wobbly Manolos for breakfast.
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