Momentum USA Nov/Dec 2011
the finale FINALE Every City Sabrina C Stylists own outfit Bella Ciao bike FINALE Looking for Sabrina C Chris Maybe she is through the bicycle FINALE Looking for Sabrina C Chris Will Ryan Steve Where did she go flashback Memoirs of a Momentum City Style Fashion Model WRITER SUSI WUNSCH PORTLAND Voodoo Run Susi Nona Varnado dutch bike dress Basil Denver Dundee basket Felt Café 8 Deluxe bike citystyle at interbike 2011 susi wunsch Some background My last gig as a model was as a teenager when I walked the runway of a Midwestern department store called Bressmers in a yellow and white checked A line dress and pumps with clear lucite heels So cool To this day I wish my mom had let me keep the shoes The year was 1970 Fast forward to Interbike 2011 and the City Style fashion show As a contributor to Momentum creator of velojoy com a New York City based website focused on cycling lifestyle and with my shelf life as a model frankly nearing its expiration date I volunteered for catwalk duty Viewed through the flattering gauze of memory I had owned that department store runway as a 13 year old surely I had strutted with the poise and nonchalance of todays Karlie Kloss With City Style I would learn that the reality had likely been quite different But just as in other stressful moments of my life a bicycle would save the day In preparation for the show I looked back at the photos from last years Interbike Men and women in exuberantly styled cycling specific clothing and accessories posed with city bicycles It looked pretty easy but for this oversight The photographs were static in fact this modeling job requires the fashion equivalent of walking and chewing gum at the same time Its both modeling clothes and managing a bicycle as a prop on the runway then riding around an oval track among the spectators I raced blindly through my stage debut during the first run through with Momentum style editor Molly Millar and the cast a vibrant ensemble of bicycleloving women and men from all over North America Stretch it out for at least 20 seconds onstage advised Momentum publisher Mia Kohout who also served as commentator for the show Put down the kickstand Walk around the bike pose in front give photographers a chance to get a shot Twenty seconds seemed like an eternity The bike went in one direction my hands and hips in another I felt as gangly as an octopus who had lost control of her tentacles And then the day of the show I mounted my bicycle Lights DJ and a large audience Kickstand Pose left Hand on bike saddle Flirty I hoped heel kick Small wave Roll down the runway And even for that short ride around the oval track I achieved a familiar comfort and grace NOV DEC 11 MOMENTUMP LANET COM 23D
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