https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/incorporating-style-into-my-passion Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:09:19 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/incorporating-style-into-my-passion#post-1635608 Sat, 26 Mar 2016 17:30:24 +0000 approprio 1635608@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b></b>Good to see so much love for bikes and libraries! Can't say I'm surprised there's not the same affection for antibiotics and sanitation, but hey, where would we be without them? :D<br /><b><br />Style Fan, skylurker</b>&nbsp;yeah, it's a danger to life and limb in far too many places. Such a shame! I doubt I'd have the nerve to do this in London, which has the same problems as Paris, although I know plenty who do.</p> <p><b>Sally </b>your<b>&nbsp;</b>scones and tea bike would probably be right at home in Amsterdam. Classic Dutch granny bikes often have a very vintage feel to them, although typically they get ridden into the ground before they acquire that status.</p> <p><b>Runcarla&nbsp;</b>hehe yes of course I do! I'm not suicidal! But on regular trips around town, bike traffic takes legal priority over cars and doesn't move very fast anyway. You never see them on anyone over the age of ten. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/incorporating-style-into-my-passion#post-1635467 Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:03:27 +0000 Carla 1635467@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Do say you wear a helmet when riding? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/incorporating-style-into-my-passion#post-1635453 Sat, 26 Mar 2016 08:41:51 +0000 Sally 1635453@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love both bikes and libraries.&nbsp; I live near a bike track&nbsp; and I have a vintage style bike...some guy called it a scones and tea bike.....&nbsp; It would be impossible for me to commute by bike at the moment&nbsp;but I'd love to one day.&nbsp; I love the&nbsp;bike&nbsp;gear in the pictures.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>We're thinking of moving sometime&nbsp;so I can commute to work by train...it if means&nbsp;walking around town&nbsp;a lot, I&nbsp;hope to incorporate the&nbsp;walking into my clothes style...wear boots for example.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/incorporating-style-into-my-passion#post-1635447 Sat, 26 Mar 2016 08:29:37 +0000 skylurker 1635447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>there are some people riding bikes in Paris, and they're suicidal, in my chicken opinion.<br /> I do love the freedom of walking everywhere, public transportation can be convenient but feels so much more constraining. Besides being crumbling old and disgustingly dirty.</p> <p>Kudos to you for starting sports cycling, and thanks for the ride in this totally unknown to me universe of sports cycling gear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/incorporating-style-into-my-passion#post-1635329 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 23:08:30 +0000 rabbit 1635329@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There is some quite awesome bike gear now, and fashionable and retro clothes that are secretly gear made by little local companies. &nbsp;The variety of handmade panniers and bike bags alone....</p> <p>&nbsp;I live in a bike city too, I'll have to ask Mr. Rabbit (it's his passion) about some good brands. &nbsp;And yes, he spends far, far more on bike clothes and shoes than I do on fashion in a year, the price tags are high, but he wears those things into the ground. &nbsp;:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/incorporating-style-into-my-passion#post-1635296 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 21:31:42 +0000 Style Fan 1635296@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are fortunate to live in a bike culture.&nbsp; I refuse to ride a bike on the road.&nbsp; It is scary.&nbsp; There are very few bike lanes and motorists hate bikes.&nbsp; DH rides his bike around for exercise but I have long given up riding.&nbsp; <br />I love the Raleigh 3 speed.&nbsp; I had one of those years ago.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/incorporating-style-into-my-passion#post-1635281 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 20:52:31 +0000 approprio 1635281@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>rachylou, Diane G</b>: yeah, once you get into a sport, you have to hunt down all the cool accoutrements. It's kind of addictive.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>rebekahphoto:&nbsp;</b>I hear you. I don't understand why it's so hard to find a decent waterproof. Doesn't it rain in fashion land? There are some great Danish brands though.</p> <p><b>JAileen:&nbsp;</b>that's a beautiful story. I'm now picturing a beautiful, sunny, cloistered campus with students cruising around on old fashioned bikes. So pleased you still have the Raleigh!</p> <p><b>chouette22:&nbsp;</b>we have some good libraries here too. I do hope Google doesn't kill them all. And yes, we should cherish our bike culture.&nbsp;</p> <p>Just been planning a little spin around the polders for tomorrow morning. Weather forecast is good. Off to wax my legs right now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/incorporating-style-into-my-passion#post-1635257 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 20:10:25 +0000 Anonymous 1635257@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I never knew there was so much cool stuff for bike riding! The poncho cape is fab! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/incorporating-style-into-my-passion#post-1635251 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 20:04:03 +0000 chouette22 1635251@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fun, inspiring post - very much enjoyed it! You are absolutely right with your deep appreciation for European bike culture, don't ever take it for granted. Living in the US after growing up in Europe, it's one of the things I miss tremendously.&nbsp;</p> <div>I am another HUGE library fan, and to make up for the missing bike culture, they are top-notch here. Whatever I need be it regular, audio, or e-books, including the absolute newest ones, DVDs, online streaming films, music, they either already have or will order it from another library if they can, and if not, they'll purchase it for me. I am constantly blown away by the service.</div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/incorporating-style-into-my-passion#post-1635222 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 19:03:46 +0000 JAileen 1635222@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I never wore special clothes for bike riding. I rode my bike to high school, and also to class in college, and I went to a crazy bicycle oriented college. The campus was very large, and closed to cars. I probably would have been more comfortable in these clothes you've posted, especially when it was raining. I never figured out a good rain outfit.</p> <p>I still have the bike I bought back then - a Raleigh 3 speed. It's my favorite bike. You could switch gears while stopped. We stopped at all stop signs because the police were on bikes, too, and they gave out tickets if you didn't! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/incorporating-style-into-my-passion#post-1635219 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 18:47:06 +0000 rebekahphoto 1635219@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love those stylish waterproof coats/poncho! </p> <p>After years of getting wet on the commute to work, I finally broke down and bought some gortex/waterproof jackets a few years ago. The jackets available now are a "bit" more stylish these days, but still leave quite a bit to be desired in the style dept </p> <p>I did enjoy seeing all the waterproof options overseas visiting my danish family! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/incorporating-style-into-my-passion#post-1635210 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 18:29:34 +0000 rachylou 1635210@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh boy. Hold tight! Too much cool stuff! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/incorporating-style-into-my-passion#post-1635206 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 18:22:09 +0000 approprio 1635206@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We've been talking lately about how our passions come through in our style, and it got me thinking.</p> <p>I'm pretty passionate about bicycles. If you ask me, the bike is up there with libraries, antibiotics and sanitation as just about the best thing the human race has come up with. It keeps you fit, it's non-polluting and it's fun. Of all the things I love about living in the Netherlands, and there are many, bike culture is right there at the top of my list. My Dutch friends sometimes take for granted the freedom we have to ride around on two wheels, but I will never loose my sense of wonder and gratitude for the traffic infrastructure that privileges this modest form of transport. There's no better way to get around in my opinion. </p> <p>Like everyone else around here, my trusty steed is a heavy weight single speed <i>omafiets</i> or granny bike and I use it every day to get around town. I don't need to dress specifically for this (although I draw the line at pencil skirts and wide legged pants) so bike style isn't much of a thing in my every day life. I am, however, the proud owner of a <a rel="nofollow" href="https://bybrown.nl/collections/raindress">very stylish bike friendly waterproof</a> (props again to my good friend Mel for designing the thing).</p> <p>This spring, I'm kitting myself out to start sports cycling again. I took the plunge on the bike this month and I've been putting together a little capsule to match. And being me, I have to do it in style.&nbsp;</p> <p>Back in my mountain biking days, bike gear was all about garish lycra, so I was relieved to discover that things have changed since then. There's still a lot of shiny spandex about, but there's also a growing trend for a more low key old school classic style. Think plain striped merino jerseys, peaked caps and crochet gloves.</p> <p>Leading the field are British brand <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.rapha.cc/">Rapha</a>, who are making some truly fabulous gear. The design is superb and the quality exquisite. They carry a price tag to match, but I was so impressed with their bib shorts (bike ladies will know what I'm talking about when I say it's all about the chamois) that I splurged on a discounted bundle to get the matching jersey.&nbsp;Luckily, I made some savings on the rest of the kit, completing the look with a plain black windproof from Primal and pair of very cute crochet mitts.&nbsp;</p> <p>There's some seriously good cycling fashion out there these days and I'm sorely tempted to slip a few pieces into my day to day wardrobe. Particularly the classic cycling jerseys at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.juracycleclothing.co.uk/">Jura</a>, which look far too good to break a sweat in. </p> <p>Control yourself girl. Resist, resist.</p> <p><b><i>UPDATE!</i></b>&nbsp;and what a glorious morning that was!&nbsp;</p> <p>Just christened the whole kit and caboodle on a 60k turn around the polders. Too warm for leggings, so on a whim I reached for a pair of striped thigh highs, which to my astonishment worked really well (warm, wicking, breathable) and added a whole load of roller derby attitude. I am going to have to buy more of these before American Apparel go out of business.</p> <p>And of course, the most vital equipment of all. Protect your brains, kids. Wear a helmet!</p>