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I have been very much enjoying robertbrook’s daily newsletter – in case you’re not on trend tinyletter<\/a> is the new blogging<\/a>. Talking of being on trend however, Robert’s newsletter today pointed to a wonderful blog called\u00a0V\u00e9lo-City-Girl<\/a>, which is described as<\/p>\n East London Girl on a Pashley<\/a>, blogging about cycling & fashion. And anything that happens in between on two wheels.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So this is a crisply written blog, with great photos, all about looking fashionable while riding around East London. How cool is that?\u00a0Its one thing to fashion blog<\/a> about cycle clothing brands like Vulpine, wearing the looks you’re reviewing<\/a>.<\/p>\n But Lady V\u00e9lo is all about cross-cutting. So for example, while H&M’s new collection has generated thousands of column inches in the press and just as many Tumblr tags<\/a>, how many of those reviewers looked at Marni in terms of how its\u00a0accessories\u00a0would look while riding a bike<\/a>?<\/p>\n \u00a0Those chunky bracelets, big statement necklaces, ribbons, wood, beads & acrylic magic… it was all there. The preview confirmed the capsule collection was gorgeous; and at a more affordable price, I had to have some of it. As I’ve been planning out my Spring Cycling wardrobe already\u00a0(which consists of me spying random items I love and mixing them up with what I already have)<\/em>, throwing in some of the bobby-dazzlers from Marni would be perfect… the fact I could already see them going well with the black of the Pashley and catching the glimmer of the sun as I cycled through the city was indication enough of how much these were a “WANT”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n A story of small objects of desire, and enforced scarcity (the H&M website basically crashed under demand for the Marni) perhaps – but more than that a story about looking good on a bike in lovely Spring Weather. Like I say – what the web was made for. Blogging is now a staple, rather than a fad, and it will be around for a long time to come.<\/p>\n And of course it turns out that cycle fashion blogging is a rich subculture, as illustrated by\u00a0Lady V\u00e9lo’s favourite blogs – such as\u00a0Copenhagen Cycle Chic<\/a>. and London Cycle Chic<\/a>.<\/p>\n In all the excitement about Pinterest, or whatever new service is getting the most breathless coverage, its easy to forget how refreshing blogging was in the first place: voices from the grassroots, unmediated by PR, a place to celebrate and curate, without needing anyone’s permission.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have been very much enjoying robertbrook’s daily newsletter – in case you’re not on trend tinyletter is the new blogging. Talking of being on trend however, Robert’s newsletter today pointed to a wonderful blog called\u00a0V\u00e9lo-City-Girl, which is described as East London Girl on a Pashley, blogging about cycling & fashion. And anything that happens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9wfjh-XC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}