
image vie Les Ateliers Ruby
Last night at the Fischerspooner show in Hollywood--excellent, by the way--the dancers popped on some polka-dot headwear for a song or two. I would have felt a bit sorry for them, considering that they'd spent the previous 30 minutes sweating, jerking and twirling to frenetic electropop, but instead I was just jealous. Those helmets were adorable.
Lo and behold, this morning I was flipping through a magazine and spotted that very helmet, which appears to be made by Les Ateliers Ruby. The helmet-maker, Jerome Grew, says his headgear is equally inspired by Steve McQueen, science fiction and French luxury. (At least that middle inspiration he shares with FS.)
What I love the most about Grew is that he also designs and sells silk scarves. Because as we all know, the look and feel of a gorgeous scarf fluttering around your neck in the speeding-by breeze is 90 percent of the reason to ride a scooter anyway.