Photography by Pierre Maraval (left) and Joe Le Photography (right).
The first ever BikeStyle Tour officially kicks off tonight in Toronto with a slammin’ style ride and ending with a party at the Drake Hotel to dance the night away (helmets not included). Somehow, between putting together a Canadian tour, planning parties at each stop, and wrestling down sponsors, Toronto expat Meaghan Orlinski still managed to find time to answer some of our questions, and all with a smile on her face (which is yet another reason why she is amazing).
Name: Meaghan Orlinski
What I do: Stuff with people and things. I am the Marketing Manager for Momentum Magazine, where I currently am running the BikeStyle Tour, and I edit our BikeStyle section.
Why I love it: When I told people I got this job, their reaction was always how perfect this job was for me.
Why I sometimes don’t love it: I have to answer emails that I don’t want to answer.
If I were to describe my BikeStyle in 1 sentence: I am a Deadly Nightshade.
Describe a perfect day in Toronto: I don’t know if I can share this without giving away my personal favorite secret spot, or implementing myself to the cops. It will always involve as many friends as possible, bikes, cider, parks, sunsets and sweaty dance parties.
Greatest creative inspiration right now: I’ll un-originally quote the famous Chanel line: “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” I’m inspired by collaborating, new ways of consciously creating culture, and re-framing the way we view ourselves and operate in our society and environment.
Websites you should know about: http://deadlymego.blogspot.com/2010/05/fashioning-future-submission.html
The Toronto cycling scene in 3 words: Ride ‘em Streets!!!
Bieber vs. Drake: I think if they collaborated it would actually cause a global phenomena of panties melting. I love all Canadian artists that actually make coin off their music. Don’t hate, create!
Meaghan works and resides in Vancouver, B.C. and is currently on tour with BikeStyle.
Tonight – Gallery Spin: meet at Trinity Bellwoods Gates @ 6:30pm, party at the Drake Hotel at 9pm. For more information on all the fun happening tonight, click here.
