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Bike in a Skirt: Shiny Cycle Chic I frequently bike in a skirt. For this look, I wanted to wear something shiny and eye-catching. Inspiration was kicked off by this amazing black leather boot with a copper colored cuff. I keep it on my Pinterest, naturally. It starts off with the copper bottoms. I turned my classic black Born Mary Janes, like these, into a...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbsTS8gIAxU Weekend Soundtrack - Pickwick Is My New Favorite Band I've kept Pickwick's soulful rock-n-roll on repeat this past week. When I found this video of their bravura performance inside a bike shop, I had to share. As BikeHandsome said recently of frontman Galen Disston, "I want his voice to melt over me like warm honey" or something. Anyway, the guy's got pipes. If you're...

Brooks Dashing Bicycle Show: I'm The Meat in A New Bike's Sandwich Back in December, I partied with Glen & Andrew of A New Bike at the Brooks Dashing Bicycle Show. Somehow I only just found this picture of the three of us on the Momentum Magazine site. It brought back a lot of fun memories and a few questions. What is in that...

Emerald Green: Yesterday's Swing Coat in Today's Color Emerald Green was selected by Pantone as the color of 2013. What does that mean anyway? It seems downright silly to pick a color for an entire year. The reason for all the fuss is a material reality. Textile factories need at least a year to produce fabric in a new color, even in this age of...

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Street Style - Bicycle Romance Turns out that South Park is an excellent spot to scope San Francisco street style. After the Bike Snob NYC shoot was over. Elisa and I happened to spot a bouquet of tulips sticking out of the backpack of a young cyclist. "They're for my girlfriend," he explained helpfully after we grilled him about what he was doing with...