"It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle."
Ernest Hemingway
email me if google hasn't got the answer..Road cycling lessons to street wear.
Wind-proof, shower-proof, breathable, stretch, light-weight, packable, reflective panels, zipped pockets, articulated sleeves & shoulder line for cycling is also very much wearable off the bike.
One would think that Helmut Lang (the original) is moonlighting at Rapha as the fit, details & colour blocks is very much his DNA. Or is he also a cyclist.
There are many correlations between road cycling & tailoring that many would not see. - FIT, FUNCTION & FORM.
Maybe that’s why Helmut Lang retired so early as he hated the fashun industry politics..
Details | City Rain jacket, Wind shirt, base layer, jeans - Rapha | Sneakers - CdG PLAY CHUCKS
Chucks Friday
Details | Sweater - Loro Piana “baby cashmere” | Shirt - chiodo | Pantaloons - PaulSmith+Rapha | Sneakers - CdG PLAY CHUCKS
ReD & I are taking Bice on a picnic.
*Oh help me, if there is no BBQ meat in the basket..
(Taken with Instagram at The Bunker)
Somewhere in the Sydney Opera House.. Wake me up later..
Details | Hoofs - LeatherSoul Saint Crispins for GW | Socks - Comme des Garçon | Pantaloons - P Johnson Loro Piana cashmere flannel for GW
(Taken with instagram)
Mornings are getting crisp.. #cdg #pjohnson #sydneycafe (Taken with Instagram at The Bunker)
STARING COMPETITION - training to beat my 8YO Nephew..
Details | Sweater - COMME des GARÇON | Jeans - “old man” dungarees ACL x Tellason | Sneakers - indigo stained Common Pros
How HARD? Sans SLING HARD! (too think it was only 12 days ago that I snapped my elbow in 2 & cast was taken off 4 days ago..)
Details | Shades - vintage Randolph Engineering aviators | Shacket - chiodo re-worked army surplus shirt | Pantaloons - RRL | Sneakers - CdG PLAY chucks | Car - Abarth 500c Essesse aka “Bice”
Saturday sport day with Nephew..
*Silver lining for not being able to do my usual ride due to a BrokenWing..
(Taken with Instagram at Neild Avenue)
Friday French Blue Day
Details | Coat - Beams x Dantone cotton drill P-Coat | Shirt - chiodo | Jeans - Rapha | Sneakers - CdG PLAY chucks | Sling green apple patch - my NIECE!
Doing the “Mille Miglia” urban way..
* My head got cold today with the sudden drop in temperature..
Details | Shades - vintage Randolph Engineering “aviators” |Beanie - C.P Company “Classic Goggle Beanie” | Jacket - Rapha “Bomber” | T - Rapha v-neck fine wool | Pantaloons - Muji (2 sizes up) | Sneakers - CdG PLAy chucks
Slow roasted lamb, pumpkin, spinach & chick pea salad + Rouleur = RUNCH
(Taken with Instagram at The Bunker)
Green Apple - patch curtesy of my Niece (more patches to come).
Details | Patch T - vintage Helmut Lang 1996 (yes, when the man was actually designing & not 2 ghosts) | Pantaloons - MUJI (sized up x 2) | Sneakers - CdG PLAY chucks | Lanyard - old Bottega Veneta (2006) | Shades - Tom Ford “Cary” | Frames - thrifted vintage from Shanghai | Watch - Casio G-Shock | Wheels - Abarth 500c Essesse
* vintage HL for Liam #GAWS as I know he would appreciate
PLAYing with selvage & invisible tie
Details | Shirt - chiodo | Sweater - Loro Piana Baby Cashmere | “OldMan” Jeans - ACL x Tellason | Sneakers - CdG PLAY Chucks