Category: fashion

Bill Cunningham rides a bicycle… in a hurricane

I completely missed this news during the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy: Street fashion photographer Bill Cunningham was seen riding his bike and snapping photos of New Yorkers the day after Sandy made landfall in New Jersey on October 29.

Bill Cunningham NYC Hurricane Sandy

The 83 year old photographer for the New York Times famously rides a bicycle all around the city while wearing his trademark blue smock. You can see the hurricane edition of his photos in this slideshow.

Instagram image of Cunningham from Penny De Los Santo.

Santa Cruz Beach Babe

That’s what they called this ensemble at the Pedal Savvy bicycle fashion show 2012.


Pedal Savvy 2012

Kristin wears a Sombrio shirt and shorts and a cap from Terry Bicycles. A Fydelity stereo bag plays tunes as Kristin rides that sweet blue Civia bicycle.

I’ll try to have video of the Pedal Savvy show processed within a couple of days, or you can watch the show for yourself at the San Francisco Bike Expo on Sunday, November 11 2012 at the Cow Palace. Doors open at 10 AM.

The short history of Cycle Chic

Way back in 2007 I made note of a brand new blog on “Cycle Chic.” Back then, most of you knew me as “Fritz” while Mikael Colville-Anderson went by the nom de plume “Zakkalicious.” He called his blog Cycleliciousness, changed it (briefly) to “Copenhagen Girls On Bikes” before settling on Copenhagenize.

I wrote back then that it “shows what real transportational cycling looks like,” but to be perfectly honest I think I probably liked the legs and shoes. (more…)