Carlton Reid quotes Karl Lagerfeld:

“When I was a child in Germany my parents gave me six bicycles – six bicycles, because I was a very spoilt child, hein? – and none of the other children had any because it was after the war, you know? But I wouldn’t share, no, no, no. But I would instead come to school every day on a different bicycle and the other children would be very jealous.”

Now as head of Chanel, he built himself the Sunday bicycle (on the left):

And in case his girlfriend’s bike has no chainguard, he has designed bejewelled bicycle clips. See them in this video.

Meanwhile, another fashion house, Louis Vuitton is offering its employees free subscription to Velib. And read here the experience of an American in Paris on a Velib bike.

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