Chicago's annual Bike Winter Fashion Show will take place this Friday, as part of the closing party of the Bike Winter Art Show.
I will be participating in the fashion show for vintage shop Lucite Box, owned by bicycling-and-brunching lady Holly. Last week, the group got together for a dress rehearsal, complete with hair and makeup magic by Christopher Conner. Then we had a photoshoot by bicycle style photographer Martha Williams of Bike Fancy fame. She is the best!
I'm in love with the Pashley Prince...
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Bright red seems like the best color for city cycling, getting drivers' attention while still looking stylish off the bike. Chic, classic, and bold.
For this reason, I've been searching for the perfect red coat for two years, especially since seeing this post on Copenhagen Cycle Chic. Yesterday, the miraculous happened: I finally found "my" red coat. I was walking through Anthropologie during my lunch break, which I often do to torture myself because I usually can't afford their beautiful clothes, when I spott...
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Jamie, the stylish NYC photographer behind one of my favorite photo blogs, From Me To You, recently got a new bike.
This is the Barcelona model of a Citizen Folding Bike. I am not familiar with the brand, but the $399 sale price is right. Check out those cream balloon tires and wicker basket! What a beauty! Both of them. 
Folding bikes are an excellent choice for city-dwellers who have to carry their bikes into their apartments every night. As Jamie notes, this one fits in her tiny apartment.
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I am enjoying watching Martha's Bike Fancy archives grow, with a new photo every day of the week showcasing Chicago's "people looking good on bikes." Chicago women are awesome and have an overall aesthetic that is very different from Copenhagen Cycle Chic.
My favorite aspect of Bike Fancy is that all of the photos are posed portraits with a bit of information about the rider, sometimes a mini interview. Hearing from the women themselves and knowing that they agreed to pose for the pictures adds another dimen...
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Hey, hey - it's Guy Week at one of my very favorite internet places, Bike Fancy!
Pro photographer and stylish cyclist Martha is turning her lens on the men of Chicago. Although the majority of Chicago's cyclists are men, I'm not used to seeing them without their backpacks and rain pants, track standing and running red lights. (I poke fun because I love!)
So this is a treat.
For those not interested in pictures of guys per se, there's also an offer off of locally manufactured menswear co...
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My Hyggelig, one of my favorite blogs that is celebrating its 4th birthday today, has been publishing a series on creative female bike bloggers in the month of January, and yesterday featured an interview with me. I suggest that you head over there and check out the other features on Kara of Knitting Lemonade, LC of Naturally Cycling: Manchester, and Meli of Bikes and the City, a truly inspirational group!
Commuting update: Yesterday I biked to work wearing a pinstripe pants suit with a white puffy down ve...
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This is a quick note about the photography I'll be using to illustrate my posts.
When I started this blog, I used a point-and-shoot digicam and about a year later I bought a DSLR as I grew more interested in photography. Last spring I began shooting with vintage film cameras and posting film photos here often. In October, I sold my DSLR to buy an awesome old camera and nearly all of the photos I've posted here since have been film photos. I'm now taking an intermediate film photography course, where...
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Yesterday a few inches of snow fell in Chicago. My friend Elizabeth and I headed out to enjoy the winter wonderland and take some pictures (I used my new 50-year-old camera). Although we're both year-round cyclists, we didn't feel comfortable riding with the falling snow, so we hopped a bus to Lincoln Park and then walked around for an hour. A cozy underground pub and some Guinness warmed us up when we'd had enough.
Afterward, we went separate ways and I headed downtown to drop o...
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Attention everyone: you must check out the new blog Bike Fancy. Pro photographer Martha Williams is documenting stylish cyclists in Chicago and sharing them with the world, including a selection of her own cycle chic looks.
A resource showcasing Chicago Cycle Chic has been a missing link in our bike community and I'm super excited that Bike Fancy is here to pick up this slack. I look forward to watching the gallery grow!
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Today I met Martha, a professional photographer working on a project documenting stylish Chicago bicyclists. She photographed me and Oma, and then I turned the tables on her for a few shots. After all, she has been a chic bike commuter herself for many years and rides an awesome vintage pink Schwinn.
Here is more information from Martha about her project and a call out to Chicago cyclists.
I am working on a small project photographing stylish cyclists, and I want to photograph you with your bike (o...
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