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Cycle Shorts: Cycling Costumes
18/05/2012
With our Style The Cyclist Pinterest competition opening today, we thought we’d look at costumes for your Cycle Shorts entry and ask you what will the cyclists in your short film be wearing? Will they be wearing lycra? Or perhaps something a little more chic? Or maybe a bit of tweed? ...
Style the Cyclist: Sam Galsworthy
17/05/2012
Hooray, today is the day we launch Style the Cyclist. Are you ready with your Pinterest account? Have you been thinking about who you’ll style? This morning we’re introducing you to our second personality to be styled, Sam Galsworthy. Sam, along with his friend Fairfax Hall, started the boutique Gin distillery Sipsmith. They...
Cycle Shorts: How The Bicycle Thieves Changed Ken Loach’s Life
17/05/2012
One of UK’s greatest filmmakers, Ken Loach, will be in competition at this year’s Festival de Cannes with his latest film The Angel’s Share. Ken Loach’s career as a director started in 1964 and he has accomplished 48 credits to his name since then. But did you know that the film which changed his...
Style the Cyclist: Carolina Bucci
16/05/2012
Today we have the pleasure of introducing you to the first of our two personalities to be styled in our Style the Cyclist competition. Carolina Bucci is a jewellery designer who creates some absolutely lust worthy pieces. Originally from Florence, Carolina studied jewellery design in New York and now resides in London. Her work...
Cycle Shorts: Short Film Corner at the Festival de Cannes 2012
16/05/2012
The Cannes Film Festival kicks off today until 27th May and we’re so excited to see which films will be hailed by the critics and which films will win Cannes’ prestigious prizes. But Cannes isn’t just about the big films, it is also about the short films. It is a place where talent is...
Style the Cyclist: the prizes
15/05/2012
Good morning on this miserable day! Hands up who has had enough of this weather?!?! For a bit of escapism this morning we’ve been imagining what we’d spend our prize money on if we won Style the Cyclist. Our two lucky winners will each receive a £150 Harrods voucher. All you have to do...
Cycle Shorts: How To Make Your Own Helmet Camera Mount
15/05/2012
Yesterday we uploaded a video that showed you how to build an inexpensive bicycle camera mount in case you were looking to shoot some on the road footage for your Cycle Shorts entry. And today we are thinking about capturing the cyclist’s bird’s eye view with a helmet mount. Here is a video that shows...
Style the Cyclist: Inspiration from the past part two
14/05/2012
How was your weekend folks? We found the amount of sunshine a pleasant surprise! What a pity it’s back to normal today… rain again Only a few days left to get yourself onto Pinterest now. Have you got your account ready? Let us know, we’d love to see what you’ve been pinning. For...
