12 November 2009

via the 1890's - via the NYTimes

This Thursday's NYTimes Styles Section was adorned with beautiful tintype plates of men in antiquarian (circa the 1890's) apparel from Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueens, Burberry, Ralph Lauren, and Paul Stuart among others. The article makes mention of London's Tweed Run last January which helped sparked a trend of orderly and stylish gatherings on utilitarian bicycles...
This flamboyance is part of a curious new movement called Tweed Rides, informal gatherings of spiffily dressed ladies and gents cycling leisurely through town and disdaining finish lines. Tweed Rides began in London earlier this year and have spread this fall to Boston, San Francisco and Chicago. As the directions for this weekend’s Tweed Ride in Washington, D.C., put it: “Leave the fleece, Lycra and outer shell at home. This ride is for the dandy.”

Where are the women? Somehow the NYTimes, yet again, has focused on the the dandy culture - with no mention of the quaintrelle? Why would anyone want to exclude bloomers from the comeback.

Just found came across this one from the Tweed Run...

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