Wheeling On…Cycling Chic Spring 09
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009This photo from Outlier was floating around the blogosphere this fall. The focus of the posts were the snazzy yet sporty wool pants, but I was taken in by the cap. I thought I’d found a navy one that approximated the look, but I appear much more like a Dodgers outfielder in it than I do a cycler.
My failed search for a cycler’s cap wasn’t all that hard to recover from, initially. The workwear trend was keeping me and my headwear busy enough as it was. But the launch of the Treasury is prompting me to examine from a new perspective the way we dress and why we’re dressing that way. I won’t get too esoteric just yet. For now I’ll simply state that, for myself, it sounds bright and breezy to take a detour from this backward-glancing workwear trend, and aim my Spring wardrobe toward the wide-open future.
Escaping, for a spell, the earth-tones and raw-cotton earnestness of workwear that’s starting to feel humorless, honestly – I’m eyeing a new look that’s perkier in its color palette, its references, its mood. By incorporating the swift lightness of the cycling aesthetic, and its use of slick, shiny, man-made materials, I’m gonna be racing toward a sunny, shiny new look for my Spring 09 wardrobe. A proper cycler’s cap will be crucial, as well as a gaze set toward the future, for a while, instead of on the past.
Bag: Raf Simons for Eastpak. Windbreaker: Patrick Evrell at Barneys. Bicycle: Fuji.
Knickers: Unholy Matrimony at Blackbird. Cap: Walzcaps.com. Blazer: Comme des Garcons x Brooks Brothers. Key Ring: Jack Spade. Shoes: APC.
