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> "The first ads for the Vespa featured a woman," said Sarra. "You could call it a kind of feminist design." Well, a big feature of the Vespa design is that, un
by lazyant 3mo ago
> "The first ads for the Vespa featured a woman," said Sarra. "You could call it a kind of feminist design."
Well, a big feature of the Vespa design is that, unlike other motorcycles, women (or Scottish men) can ride them with skirts. Surely that helped with their initial popularity.
- naishoya 3mo ago'Kilt! Whas happ'n tae'e last wee rocket as call't a skirt' https://www.amazon.com/Kilt-Happened-Person-Called-Skirt/dp/B07HCZ6R9V https://www.amazon.com/Kilt-Happened-Person-Called-Skirt/dp/... But you're not wrong. I haven't rode and actual Vespa, but have been on a Yamaha Vino YJ50 in my full montie gallus kilt, frae bunnet tae brogues.