LOOKBOOK AW19 ALPS There's an ambiance to the Alps in early winter. Last call on the high cols delivers empty roads and light to ride for.

HUTS & HINTERLANDS Standing still to soak it in. The Alpes-Maritimes are constantly moving but we don't always have to.  

Lookbook AW19 Norway Dark skies meet crisp air meet bright lights meet all roads. Meet the AW19 Collection.

MADE IN THE MED Peonies are perennial flowers that, according to those with horticultural know-how, come back every year to take your breath away. The Atelier Collection returns for Fall / Winter 2019 with a similar intention and Olive is the first new entry, wearing its Peonies on its sleeves. Autumn, aka Fall, is a favorite for many with good reason. Soft light, fresh dry air and a kaleidoscope of nature's best colours. As Stalney Horowitz said, 'Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.' The Atelier collection is its own mosaic of design and creativity in the form of cycling specific items that go beyond, around, and sometimes take a curve ball from the laid out paths to production. Freedom in design is matched by details that make performance, allowing the creation of a jersey that both stands out and stands up to a wide range of on the road conditions. The mid-weight velvet fabric makes it ideal for summer's fall into autumn. Featuring a ribbed mesh construction and unique styling, Olive is a limited edition, long sleeve jersey. MENSWOMENS

Fall In Olive An Atelier jersey for changing climes, Olive brings free-thinking design and aesthetics to the season of the soul when riding is free and nature makes magic.

WIND CUTTERS Gilets for days when mother nature can't make up her mind or is about to put on a new season. Go with the wind, not against it. 

FLOAT ON Mesh wonders for dog days, a selection of featherweights that let the air flow so that the road can continue to go. Lighten the load to handle the heat. 

THE CITY OF LIGHT A moveable feast from Montmartre to la Concorde. Limited edition lightweight in Parisian bleu, blanc and rouge. Badged with Marianne, the face of La France.

FADE TO SUMMER L'Été. Summer. Sunshine, melting tarmac and sharpening tan lines. Favourite kits for hot summer roads. Fleurette is an original piece constructed for La Fournaise, the furnace of the Riviera's high season. For SS19 it comes in different shades of super-light material so you can fade for the sun not in the sun. The all-out limited edition summer style. A spectrum of solar colours blended into Raspberry bibs. Celebrate the sun. Summer is about blue skies and zero worries rides. Fade to blue. Red hot heat bleeds to blue. Fine white dots complete the colours of the tricolour. The colour purple. Faded out, it's a story about the coming of style. For those who find it hard to tear themselves away from monochrome. A grey fade to be combined with classic black bibs. MEN'S FLEURETTES WOMEN'S FLEURETTES

Lookbook SS19 : Fleurette Sunrise x Marinette Raspberry - LTD Edition The solar spectrum faded for La Fournaise - the furnace - of the high summer on lightweight Fleurette. Matched to Raspberry Marinette bib shorts for added pop. In limited numbers for those seeking to pin their colours to the road.

PUT YOUR FEET UP Socks maketh the sartorial cyclist. In a sport which is almost entirely about les jambes, socks are an important - perhaps THE most important - accessory. Colour socks, striped socks, dotted socks. Café du Cycliste has your ankles and up to your calves covered. All at the correct height, whatever the most recent debate might have determined that is. THE SKATE SOCK With the film Mid 90s bringing focus back on the four-wheeled urban freedom machines, this trend has come around again. That's why we'll never stop making them. DOTTED SOCKS A bit of class in design. Noir et blanc for those who like to keep duo colours, with some frizzante on top. Cool like a fresh Perrier. FULL COLOUR SOCKS Revolutions in colour for turning heads as well as pedals. Plain style to be worn high and paired with your chosen tones of cycling threads. MEN SOCKS WOMEN SOCKS

LOOKBOOK SS19 ATELIER Atelier. A limited edition collection of pieces produced without limits. Design let free, craftsmanship uncompromised. Bring more beauty to cycling.

ATELIER COLLECTION Atelier is a collection by Café du Cycliste comprising one-off pieces produced in small quantities. Uniquely styled, the collection mirrors the freedom of the road within the design and development process itself. ATELIER

CASQUETTE KINGS These guys were wearing casquettes with, dare we say it, panache before the concept of luft even entered the new wave of cycling chic. Before the boudin (the sausage helmet) and the modern plastic version, the older generation of Riviera cyclists rolled with cycling caps perfectly placed on their tanned heads. So we turned to the kings of Côte d'Azur cycling to model our SS19 casquette collection : these are the statesmen of Olympique Cyclo Club d'Antibes. Name : Patrick Waroquier Age : 72 Riding since : 1961 Cycling hero : Eddy Merckx Favourite Parcours : The Pavé of the Paris-Roubaix Casquette : Sardine Animal Series Name : Gerard Allo Age : 61 Riding since : 1970 Cycling hero : Claudio Chiappucci Favorite parcours: The Boucle de Sospel. Casquette : Toile de Jouy Bleu Name : Jean-Pierre Zanini Age : 75 Riding Since : 1960 Cycling Hero : Federico Bahamontes Favorite Parcours : Les Trois Cols loop of Col de Champs, Col d'Allos and Col de la Cayolle. Casquette : Col Series Tai Mo Shan Name : Marc Icard Age : 58 Riding Since : 1973 Cycling Hero : Sean Kelly (the others say Marc is Sean Kelly's long lost French brother .... ) Favourite Parcours : The arrière-pays of Antibes Casquette : Col Series Passo Dello Stelvio Name : Daniel Allo Age : 64 Riding Since : 1967 Cycling Hero : Paolo Bettini Favourite Parcours : Col St-Roch Casquette : Classic Noir Name : Pierre Herman Age : 76 Riding since : 1971 Cycling Hero : Alain Bondues (individual pursuit cyclist, silver medalist at the 1980 Moscow olympics) Favourite Parcours : The Kemmelberg Casquette : Octopus Animal Series Name : Jean-Pierre Rosso Age : 77 Riding Since : 1958 Cycling Hero : Jacques Anquetil Favourite Parcours : Col de la Bonette Casquette : Classic Bleu Name : Michel Icard Age : 62 Riding since : 1972 Cycling Hero : Luis Ocaña Favourite Parcours : Le Col de Braus Casquette : Citron Fruit Series

MISE-EN-SCENE Toile de Jouy paints a picture. A selection of scenes chosen for their significance, for their symbolism, for posterity. The Café du Cycliste take on toile is no different. Here is its raison d'être. Maître Jacques & Pou Pou French cycling royalty going shoulder-to-shoulder. An iconic narrative of two careers that went tête-à-tête over many years, packed into one image. The perfect mise-en-scene of Monsieur Chrono and the Eternal Second. The Muur Pavé to the top, the famous flandrien climb where legends and fans meet. Sometimes a decisive climb, other times just part of the one-day whittling down process. A Classics scene. Le Boulanger Alias : Louison Bobet. Born to a baker, raised in Brittany, Bobet was just like the nick-name suggested – hard-working and serving the people. Racing didn’t come easy at first but morning after morning he rose to ‘faire le métier’ and success followed. Casual style off the bike was second to none (well, maybe Maître Jacques). El Diablo Alias : Didi Senft. Feet off the ground, trident in hand, the peloton as an accessory. Didi channels the energy and enthusiasm of an entire mountain side when it’s time to shine each July. As we all know the cycling (and general) world is a better place for those with the correct amount of crazy. Le Grand Mont Ventoux The king of the non-mountains of the middle of Provence. It’s a beacon, a unique beast that just keeps on giving, both when you ride it and when the Tour races it. Views of the peak provoke emotion, whether it’s in reality or on a screen. The Giant is an evergreen icon of our country, our region and our world. Le Biquet Alias : Jean Robic. Literally a mountain goat. Built for climbing, born in the Ardennes by mistake. He had to put lead in his bidons to try and keep the pace on descents and broke his skull at Paris-Roubaix. Thereafter the permanent leather helmet gained him the name ‘tête de cuir’ – leather head. Robic gave his only yellow jersey to the Sainte-Anne-d'Auray basilica – a goat that gives. Le Blaireau Alias : Bernard Hinault. The French godfather of cycling. The last native to win the Grand Boucle. If cycle racing is about out-witting your opponent and backing them into a corner, it’s a good strength to be able to fight your way out of that corner again and again. All hail Le Patron. View the Café du Cycliste Toile de Jouy collection: FOR MENFOR WOMEN

Lookbook SS19 Toile de Jouy Pull back the curtains, peel yourself off the walls. Toile de Jouy, French by re-design.

TOILE DE JOUY : FRENCH BY DESIGN Some might not recognize the name, but view the iconic pattern and you will know it in an instant. Whether it’s from your old aunt’s wallpaper, a five-star Normandy hotel’s boutique suite, or a porcelain plate, the French aesthetic is iconic. The birthplace of the famous fabric pattern Toile de Jouy is Jouy-en-Josas. The small town is located just 7km from Versailles Palace, which presumably explains why the Oberkampf linen factory that first produced the pattern on cotton received royal accreditation. Oberkampf might be familiar to those who have been to Paris – Rue Oberkampf in the 11th arrondisement is named after Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf, the founder of the factory and entrepreneur who developed the cotton printing system. Interesting fact #1: the factory produced more than 30,000 designs, co-operating with famous artists of the time, such as Fragonard and Boucher. The elements were traditionally bucolic rural scenes but didn’t have to be. Writings on the history of the design note that they were often on the cusp of the current social trends and were even used to send political messages. The ability to include a narrative on a pattern is maybe what has made toile de jouy a steadfast design favourite. Interesting fact #2 : did you know Beastie Boys member, Mike Diamond, has designed his own Brooklyn version of toile. Toile de jouy can be used to show dreams, to reflect trends or to subvert reality. The fabric is literally a blank page. Just like the cotton was to Monsieur Oberkampf. We’ll concede he was an German who took French citizenship and rightly so, because his commercialization of the pattern created a gallic classic. Interesting fact #3 : toile de jouy has come to the attention of Café du Cycliste. To be continued.

THE FISH THAT FLEW Somewhere between the sea and the sky, the fresh air and the deep blue. The flying fish badge is placed on pieces built for riding off the beaten track. 

KASBAHS & COLOUR FADES Fleurette traces a faded flash across the unique spectrum of Moroccan lands. View the vibrancy from the southern shores of the mediterranean

Breton Stripes Someone once said about the blues, 'it's not the notes you do play but the ones you don't.' The spaces in between are as important as the lines that make the form. Ask any architect, any graphic designer, any artist. The spaces in between make the difference. The take on the classic marinère, the Breton stripe, is a question of invention and inspiration for the creative. Bringing something new to something established is not to be taken lightly. This year, it's another variation on a theme. Two options, bold or fine. Three colourways in a verstaile mid-weight short sleeve. Choose yours and ride the French line. FRANCINE MEN NAVY STRIPESA new kind of blue on white, in both bold and fine stripes. Classic meets modern. BOLD STRIPESBe bold with your stripes, and channel your inner Frenchie with some bleu, blanc et rouge. RED STRIPESFine design, coloured with rouge (thankfully not the wine. That's optional). FRANCINE WOMEN