Mmmm....
Ok, Ok... This Fall it's "ALL ABOUT outerwear"! And
Mackage has really reved me up to the idea! I am so obsessed with their jackets! HOWEVER my obsession has gotten to a point where I feel I must speak out more specifically on my opinions of Biker, Bomber and Lifestyle versus Fashion.
First of all, the issue of Motorbikes.
Here is a photo of me running away from a friend's Honda.
(And, yes, my head is shaved.)
My current feelings about philistines with fixer-uppers and their dreams of throwing women on the back have been tried and remain true.
(Shout-out to my friend "beer", and C.H. whose bike I never did get a look at.) In my experience, any indulgence of the bike-in-back routine - will only result in my own detriment.
Commissioned illustration, 2009
The Vespa man, on the other hand, is much different. The Vespa itself seems to me to be an egalitarian machine. Stylish women and men alike, BOTH look attractive on them and can remain in control. Poised.
Newlyweds Ira and AndreaNow, granted, some lovers just seem meant to fly past at 90 mph; chrome, leather, rubber; all wheeling toward some kind of bright sexy chaos, but I think you gotta earn the trust to get to that point. Trust in your co-pilot, as it were.
To sum-up: Although I am inexplicably drawn to the leather seams and stitches that are popping up all around these ol' city streets, I am in no rush to hop on a bike, jump out of a plane, try out any extreme sports, or sacrifice my body -OR- heart to recklessness.
