{"id":27,"date":"2015-11-29T20:07:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T20:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/29\/sporty-cycle-fashions\/"},"modified":"2015-11-29T20:07:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T20:07:00","slug":"sporty-cycle-fashions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/sporty-cycle-fashions.html","title":{"rendered":"Sporty Cycle Fashions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cyclist\u2019s Fashions<\/div>\n
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I recently read an article by Karen LeBat writing for The Berg Fashion Library entitled \u201cBicycle Clothing\u201d.  This caught my eye since my husband is an avid cyclist.  Here in Santa Fe cycling is very popular as the weather is generally conducive to the sport throughout the year.<\/div>\n
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LeBat wrote of early cycling (mid 1800\u2019s) clothing problems for women and Victorian notions of femininity and modesty issues.  <\/div>\n
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I actually found a print by Rudolph Ackermann (1819) of women astride English bicycles with drop seats allowing female riders to wear their long skirts.  Ackermann was a London print maker and businessman who established The Print and Picture Emporium at 101 Strand, London.  Coincidentally, Ackermann also dabbled  as an inventor and patented mechanisms for carriages.  He also obtained patents for various bicycle components, although it is not clear that he actually invented these components or merely bought the patent rights.<\/div>\n
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Ackermann’s print advertising “Ladies Hobbyhorses” now exhibiting at 40 Brewer Streeet
Published May, 12, 1819 at  R. Achermanns, 101 Strand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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By the late 1800\u2019s women\u2019s fashions introduced knickerbockers also known as \u201cbloomers\u201d named after Amelia Jenks Bloomer an American reformer.  \u201cBloomers\u201d were loose, boxy trousers, gathered at the ankle or knee and worn by women and girls for participation in athletics.  <\/div>\n
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Men\u2019s cycling clothing consisted of vests with insignias of their racing clubs worn over long shirts.  Special shoes and headgear soon appeared.<\/div>\n
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According to LeBat, in the early 1920\u2019s, only the professional cyclists wore specialized clothing and the average cyclist wore popular casual clothing.  Today there is a large textile industry dedicated to sports clothing, utilizing the most advanced fibers and garment designs. Cyclists, both men and women, now wear body-fitting shorts and shirts in vibrant colors to increase their visibility.  Also necessary are gloves to facilitate grip and glasses to protect from the wind and sun.  But one of the most important accessories is the helmet, aerodynamically shaped.  Many states require bikers to wear helmets, and I cringe whenever I see riders without them,<\/div>\n
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Cyclist\u2019s Fashions I recently read an article by Karen LeBat writing for The Berg Fashion Library entitled \u201cBicycle Clothing\u201d.  This caught my eye since my husband is an avid cyclist.  Here in Santa Fe cycling is very popular as the weather is generally conducive to the sport throughout the year. LeBat wrote of early cycling…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}