Introducing RYB Denim!

Rips in the inner thighs. Seams that rub you the wrong way. Saggy bum. These are all the problems ladies can face while embracing both cycling and wearing jeans. RYB Denim out of Toronto has the solution to your women's bike fashion dilemma! (But they need your help.) Go to their IndieGoGo page to contribute and pre-order your Made in Canada history! If you live in Toronto, go by their Launch Party tonight at Gallant Bikes at 678 Bloor Street West.



Our own Big Red, half of Pigeon and Thread, was the technical/design super star behind them! WoOt WoOt!! Show love. Wear nice jeans. Bike all the time, all the ways.

Contribute to THE MAKE DEN's FundRazr!

It's no secret our Fierce Bambi, AKA Irene Stickney, has an amazing job working with at-risk youth at the Make Den teaching valuable sewing skills. Along with sewing skills, these awesome kids are mentored, coached and given an amazing community to grow in and develop a firm foundation of awesomeness they then take forward with them into adult hood. If you've ever wanted to help- now is the time!

The Make Den just launched it's fundraiser! They need 75K to grow the program and take it to new heights! Contribute now and feel awesome!

From studio to runway- Fierce Bambi makes fashion magic happen!

The Make Den is a small sewing studio in the west end of Toronto. We are a social enterprise which has been providing sewing classes for at-risk youth since 2010. Our students participate in an 8 week sewing class, where they learn the basics of threading up a sewing machine, sewing straight seams and then making a simple tote bag and a make-up pouch.

The results of our sewing classes are then donated to Covenant House, a youth shelter in Toronto. We have given away handbags, make-up cases and even prom dresses to deserving youth living in care.

Our students come to us from all over the GTA - some of them are living in group homes or youth shelters, some of them have been through the court system and some of them have been victims of bullying in their schools.

The Make Den provides employable skills as well as advanced fashion design instruction. Our goal is to raise money to provide our most talented students with intensive summer programming, post-secondary application support and the materials to bring their dreams to life.

Our goal is to provide positive role models as well as access to opportunities, resources, skills and materials to at-risk youth in the GTA. Here is a powerful testimonial from one of our students who was bullied from the time he was 8 years old, and still faces discrimination because of his sexuality at school today. ( You can also see some of his remarkable styling work online here as well.) 

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So if you haven't heard yet, it's time once again to rally together to take care of our own. Bike peeps, we got to stick together.

"Beloved Cyclist "Chuey" Munkanta Beaten Unconscious and Arrested By Police"

There is IndieGoGo fundraiser to help Chuey with his legal and medical bills. My girl Melissa (talented, talented, bike-polo playing, fixed riding, designer at IndieGoGo) is part of a team that is putting on. Pitch in if you can, sadly at the rate democracy is going you don't know when this could be you or one of your best friends.

xo

#LeadwithLove

EVERYTHING ROOF IS ALMOST THERE!

So I never post anything twice, (I akin it to the cardinal sin of putting two songs by the same band on a mix tape - an even bigger faux pas if they're back to back). But today I will make an exception, as this is such a ridiculously amazing initiave worth supporting! And as Meg put it, she "wants to throw parties on this rooftop" and I second that.

The Everything Roof has only three days left to reach it's goal, and they are so ridiculously close!! Everyone loves the eleventh hour. So if you've ever thought of supporting something, support this! It's like buying a couple beers... or a big burrito or something. Except with this you help enforce awesome, AND you can get some cool stuff in return - like neat art prints, or delicious organic coffee, or local produce boxes! If nothing else, this is a wonderful multi-purpose space worth learning more about, and trying to implement in your own city!