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Via Con Me

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Vespa from Andreas Contarino on Vimeo.

This is Scooterola. I saw this video on Go.Vespa’s Facebook page and I wanted to share it back to FB through this site but that’s impossible, it seems. It’ll have to suffice to mention here that Go.Vespa collect excellent Vespa material and if you have an interest in this sort of thing, you should like their page here. 

What a charming little video from Andreas Contarino with really good production values -and a great sound track, ‘Via Con Me’ by the incomparable Paolo Conte. My Italian is non-existant but Google Translate tells me it means , ‘Away with me’. It’s a new version to me, too. Enjoy.

You’ve Been Framed!

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Cathy, with her new original art “Che Bella” poster -thank you for the photograph. Bellissima!

The poster is supplied unframed, though it’s designed to fit exactly into an IKEA frame to make it convenient and affordable for anyone. More information at the link below.

Available to order  directly from the Scooterola store.

Lambrettista à Paris

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Paris City of Love retro stylish poster by Kevin McSherry at Scooterola.

Paris City of Love retro stylish poster by Kevin McSherry at Scooterola.

Thirty years ago, I fell in love with and subsequently married a Frenchwoman from Paris. She has put up with my daft enthusiasms (Darling; I want to make my life about art!) and screwy business ventures for all that time. She has staying power, I can tell you that much.
 The above art dwells in fantasy-land, where all we men look like the young Alain Delon and women look as if they just undulated off the catwalk. This is where advertisers get you; They sell you what you already want. Of course, I’m a fifty-something grey-haired galoot and look like a cross between William Haig and the Michelin Man but we can dream…and Michelin is French, n’est-ce pas?
It goes without saying that my darling wife is just as beautiful, stylish and youthful as the day I met her carrying her poodle outside Les Galeries Lafayette when I pulled up on my Lambretta to adjust my pocket square and shades.
Poster in various sizes from the Scooterola online magasin.

Che Bella: Fancy a Roman Holiday?

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She really was a beauty, wasn’t she? It’s very pleasant to imagine riding around the streets of Italy’s capital on one of these, with Audrey Hepburn on the pillion seat. They sold us a dream of ‘la Dolce Vita’ and I certainly bought it. Two style icons for the price of one…

This is the 0 Series Vespa from 1953 as featured in the  film, ‘Roman Holiday’.

Or, as an open edition print (a variety of sizes, unframed) from Scooterola’s store.

Here’s the famous Vespa ride clip from the classic film:

http://scooterola.com/hello-all-you-connoisseurs-and/

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Hello all you connoisseurs and aficionados of great Italian scooter design. All you mods and Northern Soulsters, zoot suit-wearing, 60s-loving, appreciators of the finer things in life. Welcome to the club: Club Scooterissimo. If you’re looking for cool, retro Italian scooter art, click here to go straight through to the Scooterissimo online store.

Prints, T-Shirts, mugs, tote bags, wall clocks -everything decorated with your favourite scooter images. See below: