Hamish Bowles fitted for Lumatwill bike attire

Hamish Bowles, editor at large of Vogue Magazine, visited Oakland last weekend for a story about a few days in the life of Novella Carpenter, Oakland urban farmer and author of Farm City, Penguin Press. He stayed at Ghost Town, Novella's west Oakland urban farm, and went on a bicycle tour of Oakland, stopping to fish and forage and, of course, get fitted for bike knickers! He order a made-to-measure Lumatwill vest and knickers. This is the before pic. We'll see if we can't get an after photo from Hamish. Look for his story in an upcoming issue of Vogue.

Read about B. Spoke Tailor and other Bay Area Bike Fashion designers in the SF Chronicle

Read online if you missed the print version of the paper yesterday! Thanks, Eric Gustafson, for the coverage.

B Spoke Tailor website is live!

Visit the new B. Spoke Tailor website. Wool bike knickers are at long last available for purchase online. Visit now!

SF Gate interview with Jodie Van Horn

B Spoke Tailor featured in the Oakland Museum's Airport exhibit

 

Lorena Beightler

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In here custom B. Spoke Tailor suit, outfitted for the Sacramento tweed ride on Sunday. Wool plaid flannel jacket and kick-pleated skirt. All made for riding. Thanks Lorena.

Sacramento Tweed Ride Custom Fitting this Sunday, Feb 21

Please join us for a Sacramento exclusive custom tweeds fitting at Hot Italian Restaurant. This fitting is in anticipation of the March 28th ride, and for the first customers we have a limited number of custom garments we can promise to be delivered by the day of the ride. So come early.

We also offer off-th-rack wool knickers, recycled tweed top tube covers and fingerless gloves, recycled merino wool arm warmers, hats and mens briefs, tartan vests and skirts and more.

Yes, Bridget!

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Settle down! Oakland, I know. We like it. Hella. Hecka. See Bridget live this Friday at the Actual Cafe. Part of the Oakland Art Murmur. Performance cheerleading. Oops. Sewing. Arm warmers personalized by spectators. Not to be missed. Wool.

SF Bike Expo Fashion Show

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Adam Shapiro in english tartan wool knickers. Riding an Xtracycle Radish.

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B. Spoke Tailor tweeds. Tartan on Bridget, Lumatwill Dashing Tweed on Eddie. Thanks for the pics, Dustin!

Shawn Hattfield's western knickers

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These were a piece in Shawn's bespoke wedding suit. He is also wearing B. Spoke Tailor vest, western shirt and jacket.

Bike Expo Fashion Show

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Bridget Frederick, a designer and the manager of recycled products at B. Spoke Tailor, and Eddie Johnson, model at the SF Bike Expo/Momentum Magazine Fashion show last Saturday at the Cow Palace. The suit is a Dashing Tweeds Lumatwill. The skirt, vest and hat are English tartans. Bespoke suits are available by appointment only. Contact nan@bspoketailor.com. And of course, our famous recycled sweater arm warmers. Available at the Sunday morning Temescal farmers market in North Oakland or at Mission Bicycle Company in SF.

Photo by Richard Masoner

Velo Wonderland

The holidays are upon us! Join B. Spoke Tailor and many other local artists engaged in bike-related art and culture for this party that is a collaboration with the East Bay Bicycle Coalition.

Upcoming Events: Bespoke Cycles and B. Spoke Tailor knicker fitting

Bespoke Cycles and B. Spoke Tailor, collaborate to offer a unique opportunity to be fitted for custom riding knickers. Join us this Sunday from 6-8 pm in Noe Valley SF (corner of 24th and Castro). We offer knickers for both men and women in wool gabardine, superfine suiting and flannel. These knickers are well loved-street tested, perfect for riding in this climate, for work, for day and night-life. All sales are final and the products are guaranteed to satisfy. Prices begin at $175. December delivery.

Upcoming events: SF Bike Expo and BikeStyle fashion show

Momentum Magazine, in collaboration with Gwendolyn Lee Productions, will be a presenting an inspiring display of bike fashions by designers from around the Bay and beyond. Please join B. Spoke Tailor and others from all segments of bike culture to celebrate the bike and rider as seen on today's city streets. The show is part of the SF Bike Expo at the Cow Palace in SF this coming Saturday night, November 21. We will be selling our fine bike attire, including the fantastic and quite functional riding raincoat pictured here, as well as one for men. Recycled merino wool arm warmers, wool bike knickers (get yours Saturday made-to-measure), wool riding jackets, shirts and more.

Bat Costumes by S. Spoke Tailor this time next year.

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Paul Musso sent us this link. Nan Eastep made a bat costume for him 2 years ago for a cyclocross race. This year she made Phil of rideSFO and the SF Bike Expo wings and a mask. In 2010 we plan to devote a couple of weeks to bike costuming, so stayed tuned. Happy season of the dead!

Arm Warmers and Under-the-Helmet hats

B. Spoke Tailor arm warmers and under-the helmet hats are recycled from high quality wool sweaters. They are available now at the Temescal Farmers Market in North Oakland and at Mission Bicycle Company on Valencia in the Mission, SF.

Recycled sweater hats and arm warmers are $50.

This pic was taken outside of the Awaken Cafe on 14th @Broadway in downtown Oakland.

Interbike Fashion Show

Check out the interview with Nan and the B. Spoke Tailor Tweed Suit at the Interbike Fashion Show!

Click here for movie link

Eddie Johnson

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Wool Bike Knicker fitting in Portland, this coming Sunday. The host is cycling enthusiast Chris Streight.

When: Sunday Sept 13th, 7:30-9:00 pm

Location: 6710 SW Mayo Street. The Red house on the corner of SW 68th and Mayo Streets.

Phone: 503-318-4277

The wool knickers are made-to-measure and available in flannel, gabardine and pinstripe superfine suiting. We also have a limited quantity of double-faced checks and glen plaids.

The knickers are $175 + shipping (FOB Oakland, CA). Nov delivery.