Chic cycle or chic bikes refers to cycling in fashionable daily wear. Fashion concepts are developed in popular culture to include bicycles and bicycle and apparel accessories. The Cycle Chic phrase was created in 2007 by Mikael Colville-Andersen, who started the Copenhagen Cycle Chic blog in the same year.
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History
Cycle Chic is a modern expression to describe something that has existed since the invention of bicycles in the 1880s - ordinary citizens on bicycles. Cycling is a fashion from the late 1880s and through the 1940s.
At the end of the 19th century, the height of the chic cycle was playing polo on a bicycle, using a long-handled tennis racquet and rubber ball. Women's clothing (such as corsets and skirts) is not practical for cycling and very rational wear is required. The divided skirts, pofs, and underpants are tried as women who try to solve problems without provoking hostility, ridicule or violence. Recently, in the 1980s, bike messengers became a common sight on the streets of big cities, and the mix of fashion street boys and cycling gear was seen as an alternative fashion statement.
In 1995, Vibe magazine, owned by Quincy Jones, lists brands that have been "infiltrated" cycling like Dolce & amp; Gabbana, DKNY and FILA with chic cycles . However, this outfit is slightly different from the perception of contemporary phrases, as it focuses more on the crowd of bicycle messengers.
Around the time when Mikael Colville-Andersen coined the Chic Cycle term, bicycles have largely disappeared from public awareness as a transportation option, at least in many cities in North America, though that is not the case in Northern Europe. The first photo was taken by Mikael Colville-Andersen in 2006, leading to the Copenhagen Copenhagen Chic blog and the global trend has been referred to as "The Photo That Launched an Million Bicycles". The bicycle boom is currently in transport and the mode is rooted in this one photo. IBM Smarter Planet has documented the birth and growth of the Cycle Chic trend using sophisticated analytics software - from its origins in Copenhagen to 2012.
Today's cycle cycle is linked to American phrase cycling utilities, people cycling to get around, not just for sports or at sporting events. It is mainly concerned with wearing everyday clothes with an emphasis on stylish outfits. The chic cycle is particularly prominent in cities with many bike users like Amsterdam and Copenhagen but the number of Cycle Chic blogs around the world shows that interest is global.
Official and unofficial blogs encourage cyclists to dress up, as a way of enhancing cycling profiles and encouraging others to feel they can ride without helmets and special clothing related to cycling sports. Articles in the media promote fashionable cycling by publishing celebrity photos like Agyness Deyn riding a bicycle.
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Bicycles and accessories
The ancient bicycles dating from the 1950s and 1960s are particularly well-deserved, with mud guards, chain protectors, carriers, baskets and lamps all contribute to their usefulness. The bottom line is that it can be cycled casually without any special protection, with shopping or pets, even with passengers riding on the shelves (though it's illegal in some countries). The models mentioned in various early 21st century media include vintage Schwinns, Raleigh three speed, Velorbis, and new vintage models created by Pashleys and Brooklyn Bicycle Co., all the bikes that combine classic classic features. This type of Scandinavian cargo bike, capable of carrying large loads or some small children, is becoming more popular in other countries affected by the trend.
Taking the early chic cycle trends, various fashion houses like Chanel and Gucci designed their own bikes.
Bicycle helmets are mainly not on the official Copenhagen Copenhagen website, not because Danish people do not wear helmets (though most do not) but as policy issues associated with the Cycle ChicÃ,® trademark. This policy is promoted on the basis that the evidence does not support much of the idea that helmets improve safety, and that they prevent people from cycling.
Website
The term cycle chic is associated with many related blogs depicting people, especially women, cycling in stylish everyday clothes. There are more than 100 Cycle Chic blogs and most of them are related to the community formed around the original blog, Copenhagen Cycle Chic, dubbed "Sartorialist on two wheels" and selected as wrong one of ten best fashion blogs by The Guardian. Copenhagen Copenhagen Design Co. in Copenhagen, holds the Copenhagen Cycle Chic and Copenhagenize.com blog and the territorial trademarks of Cycle Chic in the United States and Brazil and encourages use "for the idealistic purpose of non-commercial bicycle advocacy," as described in the women's bike blogs manifesto around the world including links to many official affiliated Cycle Chic blogs, as well as to others who also include cycling and fashion.
See also
- Bicycle city
- Cycling utilities
- Tweed Run
- Bicycle culture
References
Further reading
- "Cyclists go Glam To Night: For Bike-to-Work Generation, Move to Fashionable High Fashion Clothing", New York Times , 23 October 2014
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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