Was there a point in your life when you realized you were no longer in control? Aimlessly working without the drive to achieve something great?

I, Cornelius Quiring, reached that point last year when a client insisted on blatantly ripping off another site whilst we fussed over shades of red accents. Not only was there no pride in what I was creating, I had let my contribution devolve to being a grunt.

I actively questioned myself and realized I want to create great things, without compromise. I want to pour that passion into a project combining my love for fashion & design with the spirit of motorcycle culture.

The Lilyboys shirts are the first result. They are an ultra soft bamboo and cotton blend manufactured by a Canadian company investing in their employees. The graphics aren’t self serving to Lilyboys either. I won’t slap the logo on a shirt and sell it. Rather, I want the art to be visually appealing and speak to the qualities embodied by motorcycle culture.

Ode to Jobs

Steve Jobs riding a 1966 BMW R60/2

Two years before the original Macintosh computer was introduced, the genius behind Apple Computers rode a motorcycle. Steve Jobs was photographed for a national Geographic Magazine feature on Silicone Valley riding a 1966 BMW R60/2. He was twenty-seven years old, sporting long hair, fancy tan leather boots, sans black turtleneck, and sans helmet. The article was published in the October 1982 issue of the magazine, which focuses on the cultural changes the machines then still called microcomputers would bring on the world in general and Silicon Valley in particular.

Steve Jobs was an innovator in almost everything he did. He was very keenly aware of what was cool. I hope he’s riding around in heaven with his infamous grin, with no meetings to attend, no pressure to innovate, just pure joy. Rest in peace Steve Jobs, the Lilyboys salute you.

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