Saturday Shopping...Mom and Daughther

Caught up with this super stylish Mom and her lovely daughter outside of our neighborhood supermarket.

I loved Mom's capri length leggings worn with these well fitting calf boots.
Soft gray dress, scarf, the slouchy sweater and the best satchel style bag completed the look. Her wicker basket easily dismounted from her bicycle and then off she went to shop.

SF Tweed Ride Update -- A Letter Reprinted in its Entirety ..

Hi Shelly,

Thanks for promoting the Tweed Ride! It stands to be a brilliant outing.

I thought your readers might like to know that I've added a new Tweed Ride update entitled A Tweed Primer.

It mentions some tweed-style tips and advice for quality establishments for tweed, but most importantly it gives more motivation to join our tweedy adventure:

SF Tweed Ride Contests and prizes!

• Most Dapper Chap
  
• Most Snappy Lass
  
• Most Stylish Vintage Steed
  
• Most Inspired Interpretation of Tweediness
  
• Best Mustache — open to both lads and inventive lasses
  

With smashing prizes donated by

Velo-Orange, Manifesto Bicycle, The Freewheel Bike Shop, Refried Cycles, and Prof. NifNaks Fine Moustachios!

Sincerely Yours,

Colin Arbuthnot Winer Fahrion

CatCubed.com
twitter.com/catcubed

p.s. we will be meeting up with East Bay Tweed at 7:00pm at 16th St. Mission BART (earliest BART that allows bikes arrives at 16th St. Mission at 6:45pm)

Stormy Weather at Last

Stormy weather to the rescue today...

and I couldn't be happier about it. I dread the drought, too many sunny days this year in California. So maybe my little feverish rain dance has helped. At least I'd like to think so.

this look of mine is now on LookBook.nu

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amended; I will be regularly posting looks here and correspondingly on Lookbook which will give you an item by item break down of what each item is, where it was purchased and how much was paid for it. I do a lot of thrifting, so you'll be amazed at how stylish you can look without spending a lot. I also will gladly include couture if any couture houses would like to send me stylish bicycle attire...uhh... ha-ha. That's a joke everyone. Anyway it will be mix of high and low.
This is (amoung other bike advocacy topics) a bicycle style/chic blog... so DEF time for an infusion of a lot more chic to inspire, inspire and did I say INSPIRE. I plan on having fun with this!

SanFrancisco's Melissa and Josephine the Bicycle

photocredit/source:birds.eye.view

Meet Melissa via birds.eye.view. I must say, I just loved the whimsical beauty of this photo. What also struck me was this funny little prose about 'Josephine'...Melissa's beloved bicycle;

"She’s a heavy old bike with three measely little gears. All the fixie riders in my neighborhood turn their nose up at her with her little cruiser build, but she’s one of my favorite things in the whole world, and it’s about time I take her out for a little fresh air."

Melissa gave me this little back story on how 'Jospehine' came to be in her life. Her husband found the bicycle at a flea market... Two girls were seriously eyeing the bike and just waiting for the moment to pounce. Afraid to take his hands off for even a second, 'Josephine' came home. A birthday present for Melissa!

More fun yet is this video of Melissa and Josephine out for a ride:

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note if the video is not showing up for any reason, follow this link to "Riding my Bike Josephine"

Frocks On Bikes ! - New Zealand

photocredit/source:megarillo/GoodMagazine

"Do you rock the frock? Do you participate in frock o'clock? Are you forever sashed with your combination lock? Have you abundant chain lube on stock? ….

Introducing Frocks on Bikes – a frockalicious way to avoid the climate changing. Lets frock the planet!"

Wonderfully fun ladies bicycling group I discovered via member megarillo's Flickr photostream. Go visit their website, it's where I found these upcoming events. I hope more of these type social bicycle riding groups pop elsewhere in the world...

Wellington:
Fri 20th Feb- FROCKS ON BIKES @ Cuba Carnival
“Some Like it Hot” – Street Ride ALL WELCOME: Fri 20th Feb, meet 6:30 @ Queens Wharf.

Auckland:
18 Feb - Go by Bike Breakfast
Flock in your frock to the Go By Bike Breakfast, Te Whero Island, Viaduct Harbour..

SF Tweed Ride …Tweedy Inspirations - Clothing Sources

I like this photo from last fall, the Oct. issue of Marie Claire. Hoping to give you a little fashion inspiration especially if you're wanting to join a Tweed Run, like the San Francisco Thursday Tweed Ride on Feb. 12th.
So I've revealed some of my favorites San Francisco designers... listed below. More than likely the time required to have something whipped up specifically for the SF Tweed Ride is not possible...but you never know.

Al's Attire. The place to go to get a custom coat, handmade and one-of-a-kind. Wonderful selection of premium woolens, tweeds included. You can spend a good hour pouring over fabric swatches.

Theresa LaQuey Couture. Theresa is a pattern designer for Simplicity’s retro line. She custom sketches and creates designs for her clients with a keen eye for quality reproduction garments. She is a well known fixture in San Francisco/Bay Area and within Art Deco historical societies nationwide. She wears a lot of tweed.

For an emphatically less traditional look, check out: Five and Diamond, a collective of designers. Surely you'll find what embodies the spirit of SF and Burning Man style via Valencia Street. Find some sailor style knickers or a Steam Punk Pin Stripe Suit look.

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Note: If you have to consider your budget, yes question the rationality of the $ spent on some of these wonderful designer's clothing -- say perhaps you can’t (you know) afford it … however in other words the prices are normal for exquisitely made finery. Bespoke.

Otherwise thrifting is always a good option. I’ve been extremely lucky in that way!

Bicycles…Still in Vogue

photocredit/source: Steven Meisel/Vogue Magazine

These are such pretty spring looks (Marc Jacobs) featured in this month’s Vogue Magazine… and on the newsstand now.

You can't help but notice the sweet vintage Schwinn bicycle.

Vogue has consistently featured bicycles in their editorial layout through out the years.

Somewhere there is a piece that chronicled all the various fashion editorial spreads in which bicycles have graced the pages of Vogue.

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hey, did you hear that in San Francisco Mayor Newsome wants to pilot a bike share program like in Paris!