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Fashion Friday :: Cycle Chic

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{Editor's Note: We will not be publishing on Easter Monday.}

Fashion Friday posts are published regularly by fashion and lifestyle blogger Heather.

I'm heading to Amsterdam next month and recently a friend jokingly asked if I'd go to the red light district. I confess I hadn't even thought about it. When I think of Amsterdam, I imagine stylish cyclists on Dutch upright bikes with tulips in their baskets riding alongside picturesque canals. I suspect the same thing of Copenhagen, and I refuse to think any differently until I'm proved wrong. Part of this confidence comes from my faithful addiction to street style blogs and their sub genre, cycle chic blogs, birthed in Copenhagen in 2007.

There's something magical about cycling in a bike-friendly city, smiling at passersby, having moments of fleeting flirtation at stoplights with fellow cyclists, all while getting in some light cardio. Of course bike commuting is only magical until that moment when it begins to downpour, you're splashed by passing cars, yelled at by impatient cyclists and you knock down a whole row of bikes while locking up your own. That's when you go inside for a Heineken. Speaking of Dutch beer, I'll have to drink some and I'll have to go to the red light district. It would be disrespectful not to...right?!

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amsterdam cycle chic

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milan copenhagen cycle chic

amsterdam milan cycle chic

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amsterdam cycle chic

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[street style photos via thesartorialist.com, garancedoré.fr, amsterdamcyclechic.com, thelocals.dk and jakandjil.com]

Fashion Friday :: Global Style

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Fashion Friday posts are published on the last Friday of every month and written by fashion blogger Heather.

There's a reason "tacky tourist" is a popular Halloween costume - throw a coin on your next vacation and you'll probably hit one. It's fun to make fun of tourists in their Merrells and money belts, but tourists can also provide inspiration, or rather anti-inspiration. Similar to how I like to "live like the locals" when I visit a new city, I also like to dress like them. And these days, if you want to know how the stylish locals of the world present themselves, you have to consult street style websites. Whether you're looking for the sartorial flavour of your next destination, or you're just looking for inspiration, let's "peep" at the international style featured on Street Peeper {one of our globetrotting editor's favourite sites}.

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[Photos by Street Peeper, collages by Heather]