These platforms are kind of showing that there are different variations of us and it’s so enjoyable to be able to explore it all.
We’re seeing that showcased through TikTok and through Instagram, and it shows that we’ve been here for a long time. We are seeing the beauty of different cultures and perspectives converging on a shared interest, and it proves that we’re not a monolith. “With the help of social media, we’re seeing different types of women from different backgrounds who have different experiences, who share a love of sneakers. You could have three or four sneakers in your rotation. The third thing was my family and friends, they’re just like, ‘What are you doing? You have so many sneakers. There are so many underrated sneakers out there that have a story that people don’t know about, and so I wanted to bring that to the forefront.
“The second thing was there’s a lot of people who DM me and they’ll be like, ‘How did you get this kind of sneaker?’ It would mainly be focused on the hype sneakers and I wanted to show them that it doesn’t always have to be a hype sneaker that you’re focused on. Whether you’re a newbie or an OG or someone who’s just wondering what the sneaker thing is all about, it’s a great feeling to have some sort of relatability to someone impactful in the sneaker community who looks and sounds like you.” I wanted to show that storytelling is very much alive and that it’s essential to have a multitude of different stories represented. I thought this could be a space where I can show people, ‘Hey, we can empower each other with a story as being a storyteller or a narrator. Whenever I would tune into different shows, I didn’t see us there in abundance. The first thing is I didn’t see a lot of women, Black women specifically, represented in this space in terms of us being storytellers and narrators.
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“There’s three things that influenced me to make the series in the first place. On the inspiration behind “Sneaker Facts With Kiah”: From pairing royal purple Air Jordan 1s with Melody Ehsani’s Vibrate Higher collection to Reeboks with a throwback-style Blue Jays jersey, Welsh continues to prove to followers that you don’t have to say much when your style speaks for you. While her voice is sweet, soothing, and subtle, her fashion choices are loud. Today, social media goers can find Welsh all over their explore pages, thanks to her Sneaker Facts with Kiah series, which gives her audience the opportunities to know the tea about some of their favorite kicks, companies, and manufacturers. Now, it’s extending into me as a person and it’s cool to see the evolution.” It’s reflecting back into what I wear, but it all started on my feet. “But now, what I wear on my feet has kind of extended into my style and I am becoming my own person. “It sounds silly, but I had my reservations,” she said smiling with a hint of giggle in her voice. The content creator admitted to minimizing her style when she was younger because she was worried about what other people would think of her fashion choices. “When I was young, I would wear those loud sneakers, but I guess as I got older, it kind of evolved into my personal style.” “I love really loud sneakers, and so that kind of did the talking for me,” Welsh told ESSENCE. In fact, she claimed to be “super shy” when she was a little girl but allowed her kicks to do both the walking and talking for her when words failed. During our conversation, Welsh revealed that her bashful, timid nature wasn’t anything new.