Motor cycle riding is not something within my box of tricks, but boy the riders must have a great time. The choppers are in a league of there own, building a custom bike must be truly gratifying. If you think the accessories are really clever, you haven't seen the tailgunner. Recall the movie Predator, the one with a certain governor. The character Blain (Jesse Ventura- also a politician), had the minigun, imagine that attached to you exhaust!

Lock and load. Queensland based Tailgunner Rotary Canon Exhaust can set you up with an performance enhancing exhaust mod which will scare any road user. With a rotating tailgunner on your chopper you'll be able to blow away anyone behind you. If that doesn't make you a sexual tyrannosaurs, they have a money back guarantee.

The Australian Fashion Week got its lovely long legs into action in Sydney this week. As always the majority of the featured apparel is for the female fashion conscious. What really matters is the controversy making headlines, rather than the disposable fancy frocks costing more than a new set of tyres.

Aussie designer Nicholas Morley who threads his needle in Bali stuck it to the whole Corby posse. Paper thin models hit the gangway with 7XL shirts bearing the message: Four Kilo Anti Hero. We have all heard around the traps that the Corby family is known for more than giving there children weird names. If Schapelle is innocent, one of siblings would be next inline for a conviction.

The other side of the story is the Indonesian court didn't seek DNA evidence from Australia to determine the origin of the weed. Secondly the lack of forensic testing on the 4kg's of grass.

Morley was actually wearing the same shirt in a web interview, a few days before the show but it didn't seem to make a splash.

It's surprising that alcohol is not the only product that uses the term black label. American designer Ralph Lauren calls a couple of his ranges by a colour, very rock and roll. To be expected there is a men's Black Label. The winter collections seems to be slapped in the face with a riverdance performance. Not only do the patterns have Irish influences, but the belts are very Celtic. If a bloke is every allowed to accessorise, it starts and ends at the belt. We have been allowed to do it ever since Superman used one to hold up his jocks up. Followed by Batman, who attached an ever increasing amount of cool stuff to it.

One question remains unanswered, has Lauren exploited the chance of offering complementary beverage with each Black Label outfit?

Prada Australia hosted a work shop to understand what men think of fashion. It was helled at the Martin Place Prada store in Sydney, documented by The Australian. Fueled by cocktails, it was attended by high profile business men. Meaning they could afford to spend the cash on a pair of shoes costing more then a months worth of lunches.

One of comment's by the focus group attendees rubbed me up the wrong way. Westfield's retail leasing manager David Ruddick is lucky enough to travel the world as a part of his job. He claims that 80 per cent of his wardrobe he buys in Hong Kong or the US. His poor little wallet doesn't have access to the big labels that he finds elsewhere. If it is retailed in Australia, you either pay a premium or are presented with a limited range, claims Ruddick.

Why do we have to dress like the rest of the world? Fair enough fashion is world wide, but local incarnation's should take preference. Represent our isolation, our knack for adapting to the local climate. This tried old dragon could be running on fumes. With not a single mention of local designers, the buy and support Australian rant is being extinguish by the international fashion houses. There may be still hope yet. If we are prepared to pay three times as much for something that isn't Made in China, then local designers may become more popular.

On the weekend Myer had a family and friends shopping offer. I assumed that it was meant to be exclusive. Instead they were handing out the same flyer I had and calling it a private sale. For men's clothing I think Myer rocks, it one of the few stores where you don't have to fend off an army of sales reps making there presence felt.

I bought a handful of casual/business shirts. Different labels had different discounts, which always makes a sale more confusing than you want it to be. Being an amateur at pretending to understand fashion trends I did notice that the buttons on the shirt are slightly fatter.

Could be that designers are venturing to new extremes of creativity. Or the sweat shop in China ran out of buttons with the thickness of a five cent coin. There is a long term benefit to changes in trends that are noticeable by touch, well at least for me.

As a bloke an item of clothing never gets thrown out. If it is falling apart, it's used as an oil rag first. Picturing myself rotting away in a nursing home at the age of 80. Getting ready for the days activities, I reach for the wardrobe virtually blind as I sat on my goggles the day before. Making the choice by touch I detect fat buttons and decide to dress as if it is 2007. Obviously standing out, drawing the attention of the new seventy five year old resident's who have a taste for older men.

This is flipping awesome. With winter approaching, protection becomes an issue... obviously. Walking down a street simply increases the chances of a knife falling into your new threads, damaging them for the rest of the season. Now that a poor bunch of students have been shot up it sets up a segway for personal protection clothing.

Science fiction sounding company Bladerunner has produced a Kevlar lined hoodie aimed at trouble magnet teens. Being a fan of a good hoodie, this could spawn a sub culture with hip hop fans. Rather than fronting with a significant amount of bling (jewelry), street credibility could be gained by the amount of body armor one carries. The concept actually isn't new, rapper Busta Rhymes has performed at least once wearing a bullet proof vest.

Should Kevlar continue to be embedded into everyday clothing daredevils such as Johnny Knoxville could perform stunts exclusively wearing Bladerunner armor. Endorsements would be huge, Knoxville could even have his own range!

UPDATE 2/9: Paul at the The Chronic is selling the hoodies online!

Actor Thomas Haden Church currently of Spider Man 3 fame has been spotted at the Tokyo launch wearing Blundstones. I wonder if the Angry new face of Blundstone was sent in to convince the Texas raised master of the big screen to strap on some Aussie leather.

Source: Nova 969.

Although a guy may never actually admit to browsing through a clothing related catalog, there is a breed of catalog which may urge the stallion to gently whisper: oh cool.

The attire presented to them will be suitable beyond the city streets. In Layman's terms we refer to it as stuff you wear outside. It's likely we have an natural urge to exist beyond air conditioned boxes. We cannot do this without the right equipment. Pre-historic man was all about the tools. Now the modern bloke needs the right threads from outdoor equipment retailers such as Kathmandu.

Just like the more attractive half of the species we need an excuse to buy gear that we are never going to use. The good news is that someone is having an easter sale (PDF) for another week or so.

Browsing the classic Australian rabbit based product, an Akubra hat, I noticed that they have range for the fashion conscious. The most popular styles include: Country, Western and Fashion. My imagination sends to an Australia stockman having a rare day off and decides to head into town wearing his 'dressy' Akubra.

Though they seem more of the style of an aging Australian. The main difference being a shorter brim and greater sized band. It does raise an interesting question though. Are there animal activists who campaign against the use of rabbit skin in apparel?

This year in Paris PETA attempted to storm a Frenchman's fashion show naked holding signs "I'd rather go naked then wear fur". Personally I'm not a big fan of wearing a dead animal, but I always have a single pair of leather shoes around. Are the PETA ninjas focusing there sights on an ordinary bloke?

Part South Sydney Rabbitohs club owner Russell Crowe has put in call to Giorgio Armani, apparently friend and Italian designer. Gone are the days where cotton jerseys ruled. Over taken by skin tight fancy heat extracting fabric lacquered in sponsorship banners. With the boys all properly catered for with game day clothing, Crowe has begged Armani to throw together a handful of threads for off-field consumption. Something with buttons and stuff.

Armani has put together an outfit (suit) for the cute little bunnies. The new threads give the players something to wear on the short bus trip to the stadium. For what I can take out of it, wearing any article of clothing with your respective club's crest should feel good on.

For some good news, the Rabbitohs have won there first two games of the 2007 NRL season.