Good Italian design (with a dash of Italian sexism)

I was walking home this evening, full of the joys of a clement summer's evening when I happened upon this rather nice saddle sitting atop a tastefully specced fixie (I should point out now that i am not really a fan of fixed wheel riding on anything other than a track but I can appreciate their pared down aesthetic when done well). It's got a sort of crocodile skin effect but not in the least bit flashy. Anyway, I had never heard of the make, ISCA Selle and did after a little search it seems that they are a bit of a fixie thing. A direct search send you to the website of Gipiemme who have one of those sites that's got an English link but tells you absolutely nothing (nice pictures in the 'About Us' section). However, I did find this wonderfully sexy(ist) picture from an old advert which was probably art directed by Berlusconi himself.



PS - I'm changing how I lay out the pages of the blog as the left indent thing is starting to annoy me. This may evolve as my knowledge of blogging grows

GIPIEMME

MILANO FIXED (an Italian fix for fixie types)