This week I’ve been on what I’ve named the M.A.F.I.A. ‘UhhhhMAYzing US Tour’ DJng throughout Atlanta, NYC and LA. As I write this I’m chowing on Salsista Salsa Chips and sculling Coke Zero like it’s liquid crack! Anything to keep me awake through this sleepless adventure.
So I could tell you that in ATL I partied hard with the BAAAWSE himself Rick Ross and Kanye alumni GLC, or rave that I spent shitloads of cash in Betsey Johnson for my amazing outrageous aunty who put me up in NY and my fashion designer BFF Sloane, or even that I spotted Famke Janssen (Wackness, Xmen) while I dined with the aunt at Market Table on Carmine in the village. But the real highlight of my trip was getting to meet the ladies in streetwear that I’ve admired and respected ever since they took over the game.
Round one goes to my boo of boos Claw Money. You’ve heard me gass bag about her copious times up here on The Vine – I’ve always made sure to keep you up to date with her killer collections, but meeting this legend in the flesh was right up there with getting my name shaved into my undercut!
Traipsing around town with Lori Lobenstine from Female Sneaker Fiend, we headed to Claw’s office on East 23rd street (and let me just say, I don’t DO public transport, but because NY cabs are harder to pick up than a butter basted baseball, I succumbed to the pov ass subway!) to eventually arrive in the smallest elevator I’ve ever imagined. Literally if I moved I would have been wedged.
Opening up to a hallway decked in fresh ass graff (FYI Claw Money will forever be cemented in history as the FIRST lady to graff in NYC!) I was greeted by the lady herself, wrapped in panda denim to boot! I was instantaneously in love! Let’s just say this…Claw holds it down like no one else, with multi-task skills to make you cream. Everything she touches turns to flash! She’s built this empire from a single painted Claw and taken it to the corporate world with collabs from (to name a mere few) Mountain Dew, Nike, My Little Pony, and now Vans. We were lucky enough to score a sneak peek at the two new shoes that will drop early July, but unfort, no photos could be taken, so you’ll just have to take it from me, when I say…these shits is FIYAH!
I left the office armed with two huge Claw bags full of proddy and a grin so big you could melt cheese off of it. I feel so fortunate to have finally met the money honey I’ve been having a steamy internet affair with, haaha, and let’s just say, she’s hotter in real life, cyber bloggers! Stay tuned for more tales of my meet n greets, this has been one phenomenal adventure!