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CycleStylish

Melbourne Tweed Ride II: Paris to Provence

December 5, 2011 CycleStylish
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My photos from Melbourne Tweed Ride 2011! One of the organisers or Melbourne Tweed Ride, Lara McPherson with the ladies! Hannah of hannmaid and Marianne (as previously featured on BusiChic) of Esme and the Laneway. Kealey Nutt of eleven and twelve and the brains behind thelma magazine. Joyce Watts of CycleStyle “Every time I see [...]

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Melbourne Tweed Ride I – Behind the Scenes

December 5, 2011 CycleStylish
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Some of you may know that I like to photograph BusiChics who ride their bikes in style. So I was pretty excited when one of my collaborators in crime, Lara McPherson got involved with the Melbourne Tweed Ride. This is a movement that encourages cyclist to don their Sunday best and bring style and elegance [...]

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Cycle Work Attire; the Outlier!

October 27, 2011 BusinessChicTV
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Today’s BusiChic provides workwear inspiration for Creatives, Smart Casuals and at a stretch even those in Contemporary Business Wear dresscodes who cycle to work! Duncan wears shirt and pants from Outlier and can also be bought via our friends at CycleStyle! Shoes from Melbourne’s own Rocco. Check out the enclosed episode of BusinessChicTV for more! [...]

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A cycle ensemble for modern city gents

August 8, 2011 Contemporary business wear
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It’s a new week of BusiChic where I’m going to set the pace nice and slowly with a spot of cycle style! Cycling into town myself recently, I spied Matthew’s business chic ensemble that is stylish both in the workplace and out on his bike. Matthew works in a creative environment although his ensemble could [...]

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Love the Rain with Wet and Wendy!

July 18, 2011 Contemporary business wear
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Today I’d like to introduce you to a new label, Wet and Wendy. This niftily-named label creates weatherwear and accessories that are as cute and clever as its pun-tastic name because its noble aim is “to change the way you feel about the weather ~ LOVE THE RAIN!” Need wet weather gear that is smart [...]

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Cycling to work

May 26, 2011 Contemporary business wear
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This post has been updated based on comments received The term ‘cycle chic’ was coined by Mikael Colville-Andersen the creator of Copenhagen Cycle Chic and refers to the lifestyle cyclists who wear their regular clothes and hop on a bike to get around. Unfortunately Australians can’t “cycle chic” as the definition strictly stipulates that helmets [...]

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BusiChic outfit post: LMFF Day One

March 16, 2011 2011
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Dear BusiChicizens, on day one of L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival (LMFF) 2011, I had helmet hair. That’s right and actually not only that; I got to meet some very inspiring women in the industry who kindly allowed me to get photos with them. The moral of this post I think is to make time to look [...]

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Ti amo

February 1, 2011 Creative
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Today’s featuree has a name but I do not know it. She was cycling (with a helmet on) when I ran down the road after her, asking to take her picture. These images of her Creative ensemble were snapped as I stood in the middle of the road, nervously keeping the other eye out for advancing [...]

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He sells bicycles & tulips

December 23, 2010 Creative
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Ahhh the flexibility of being self-employed! The tagline for northside wheelers says that they are a purveyor of fine cycling wares. When I dropped by however, I was chuffed to see that they were also selling a charming presentation of tulips. Wonderful! I also like that being self-employed, today’s featuree has all options of workwear [...]

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Where To Ride maps

December 14, 2010 Black Dress Project
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.. an idea for a practical stocking stuffer, should you need it. Incidental exercise is what works for me which is why I try to get around town on my bike. That said, the very first time I ever cycled on the road, I got hit by a car door. It did not belong to a [...]

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