- A lot or random people just yelling at me to be like,
hey Nina, your shorts look cool.
Hey Nina, you look like a unicorn.
Hey Nina, you look like space.
I'm just like, thank you.
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So recently I got a bike,
I call him Schwinnston.
(bell rings)
One of the biggest challenges I've had
in starting to commute to work by bike
is figuring out what to wear.
I tend to like to wear dresses and skirts more often.
I wanted to see if I could find something
that was both practical and fashionable,
and I settled on bike shorts.
Bike shorts are really having a moment right now.
You see them on all kinds of people.
Celebrities, models, influencers.
Everybody is wearing bike shorts right now
except for me, until now.
I just don't wear shorts.
I'm not a shorts girl.
Whatever lines or curves you got going on
under those bike shorts like, you're gonna see
and that definitely scares me.
I bought a whole bunch of bike shorts.
I have like colors, textures, patterns
that I would wear in other clothes,
and I'm putting it in the shorts
because I want to give myself the best chance
to find something that I actually like.
Hopefully, with this huge range I'm able to. (laughs)
Here I am in my first bike short outfit.
So because I've never styled bike shorts before or worn them
I bought a matching shirt
because I was like a co-ord will look chic
but on me, it somehow just looks like pajamas. (laughing)
Now it looks like I'm wearing French pajamas.
I will say though, this whole getup is really comfortable.
- I really love it. - Yeah.
- I love this look.
- I want some now.
- In between like minimalist and a little bold.
- This pattern I think maybe 'cause it's white
looks a little pajama-y.
- Yeah, this totally inspires me.
I'm gonna literally go try some.
- They're like the cool, hipster yoga pants.
- Thank you.
- I really do feel like a little hip, French boy.
Bonjour. (laughs)
It's the end of the work day,
so me and Schwinnston are gonna go home
and then I am gonna go to my boyfriend's show at a dive bar.
I love this white bike short outfit.
It survived two bike rides and a rock concert.
Truthfully I'm about to fall asleep in it.
It's so comfortable.
I felt like I couldn't really pull off shorts,
but I'm wrong, previous me is wrong.
First of all let me say that I'm aware that these shorts
are pretty long, so I'm gonna just like hike 'em.
Hike 'em up.
I put this jean jacket on over it.
I'm realizing now that maybe it's like a lot of elements.
I may be trying too hard, but I'm trying. (laughing)
- Whoa.
- I think it's very cute.
- I like it a lot. - Yeah.
- It looks like comfortable but chic.
- I would've never think to pair bike shorts
with this like more edgy attire.
- You definitely dress it up very well.
- It makes me wanna like go try and be trendy
(laughs) with bike shorts now
because they're so comfortable.
- I think you could just leave the jacket
and just be like, I'm sporty.
- Yeah and also like if you had a high pony.
- Yeah.
- And then the top like, (mumbles).
And then you got this going on, girl you did that.
- Athleisure glam. - Glam, yeah. (laughs)
- Glam-leisure. (laughing)
- I have my boyfriend's birthday dinner tonight.
I don't think I can do this without the jacket.
It's his birthday,
I'm not trying to take the attention away from him.
I was a little bit worried that I would feel super insecure
'cause like, there's no hiding anything in bike shorts.
Like if you have a gut, your gut is out.
If you have a butt, your butt is out.
It's very hard to feel insecure when you are so comfortable.
It was easy to adapt this particular pair to my style
'cause they're shiny and chic, which is what I like.
I look cool as shit.
I've got these cool fishnet bike shorts.
Obviously I had to wear something
over these fishnet bike shorts,
otherwise they'd probably like escort me out of work.
I saw them online and they were styled like this
under black denim shorts, so I'm doing it that way.
I feel like one of those Instagram models
that's invited to sit side stage at a rock show.
- Are these connected?
- No, they're two different pairs.
- Oh, so this is underwear? (record scratches)
- It's not underwear.
It goes to the bottom. (laughs)
They're bike shorts.
- I like them.
They're like kinky, but are they purposeful?
- In the sense of making me stylish.
- I like how people who don't like short shorts
could like put these in the bottom
and it makes it a little lengthier.
- Do you think it's too much extraness for me?
- No, I think you look adorbs.
- Is it all sheer all the way through?
- Yeah it's fishnet.
- So you double that as like a bedroom outfit.
- Okay. (laughing)
- When you first walked up I was like, ooh this is cute.
- I love a nice S&M bike short.
- Looking back on it, I wish I had paired
these fishnet bike shorts with a skirt or something.
Now that these denim shorts are like eating my vagina,
it's really hard for me to like it.
I'm sitting here right now with my shorts undone.
I think I styled them the right way in terms of fashion,
but not practicality.
I loved the pictures I took of myself today.
I think I looked really good while still,
but in my real life I move around,
and I don't think I styled them super great for mobility.
I wish I had the confidence to wear
these fishnet bike shorts on their own.
Unfortunately, I'm not that bitch.
I wish I was that bitch, but I'm not.
Yesterday the bike shorts were kind of hidden,
today they're out in full swing.
Today I am about maximum comfort,
so I'm only wearing a sports bra.
Once I get to work I plan on wearing this little shirt
over it, just so it's not completely inappropriate.
I normally don't wear super bright colors like this,
or really expose this whole section of my body.
I think just being purely physically comfortable
is making it harder to lean into my insecurities,
which is a good thing.
So I fell off my bike on the way in to work today.
Hopefully those little black spots
don't take away too much from the overall look.
- You're not not rocking them.
- Thank you. (laughing)
- You are rocking them.
- Yeah I saw that from across the room
and I was like, damn she hot.
- I don't know about the top now.
- You think I should just go sports bra? (laughs)
- Yeah.
- They're like your summer yoga leggings.
- Look at that booty.
Like it really-- - It's out. (laughs)
- It accentuates your curves.
Like they're biker shorts,
but I didn't get that vibe at all from them.
- Really? - So I was like very impressed
with the way you styled it.
- I got some kind of mixed reviews on these bike shorts,
but overall I think I liked how I styled them.
Not everybody is gonna like what I wear, and that's okay.
The biggest problem that I had with these guys
was that I kind of had to tug them down constantly
to make sure that they didn't show too much camel toe.
I think that happens with all bike shorts,
so it's kind of unavoidable.
What matters is that I felt both comfortable and glam today.
I felt like I put on a costume
of a cool version of myself today
and I just, I rocked it.
Today's bike shorts are shiny.
Ooh.
This whole week I feel like I've been trying really hard
and today I just wanted to go simple.
So long tee over bike shorts.
I'm kind of matching the shininess of the bike shorts
with the faux diamond choker.
This particular pair of bike shorts isn't made
out of quite as breathable material as the other ones.
I'm a little worried that I'm gonna be like drenched
in sweat by the time I get to work,
but you know sacrifices for fashion.
- I love those shorts.
- I really do love those.
- They remind me of the unicorns.
They're so shiny.
- I really like the fact that you put a necklace with it.
It all sort of just ties together really well.
- I think that you pulled it off.
- The t-shirt is the best option to go with this,
especially that one.
- You did a good job though
'cause they do look really hard to style.
I just want them now.
I can take them off you. (laughs)
- Because these shorts are kind of rubbery,
they like make some weird noises
when I sit on other rubbery things
like my bike seat or my office chair.
I look cool but I sound weird.
I guess that's the brand.
Today I finally was like, don't try too hard Nina.
The shorts are already trying very hard.
You let them do the work because I kind of relaxed into it,
I ended up with the cool outfit
that I think I would wear again.
I think they really add just kind of a bright flash
of interest to my very black, very muted wardrobe,
and they're comfortable as (bleep).
I truly felt like myself today and not like I was cosplaying
as like a trendy Instagram model.
I did it, I pulled off these shorts.
I may be done with bike shorts for this experiment,
but I'm not done with them in my life.
I love them way more than I thought I was going to.
Not every style was a total hit,
but I think it was important for me
to go through that process to figure out what works for me
and what's uncomfortable to ride in,
and what looks cool and now I can look stylin'
when I ride on Schwinnston.
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