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she's got game; A secret address for sneakily chic sneakers.
Byline: Sally Singer
Ever tried to buy a cool sneaker? Chances are that you will be foiled, as I have, by the remoteness of the store (really cool sneakers are ordinarily found in places where no really cool people actually live); by the pandemonium that results from 100-plus teenagers-teenage boys-shopping and shoving; and by the sudden realization that you have only a vague idea of what the really cool sneaker is and that no one in the shop is going to enlighten you. (Besides, what would you ask the clerks? "What's really cool?")
This is why we need Kendo, a shoebox of a shoe store on a quiet block of Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. Kendo sells only the hippest selection of sneakers for women: Nike Laser Rifts, Okapi Deluxes from Adidas, Puma Miharas (designed by the anime artist Mihara ...
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