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Campaign backers give mayor a leather look

He already has the quintessential gay male accessory – his trim mustache. Now Mayor Ed Lee has gone leather.

During the Pride festivities the city's interim leader could be seen sporting a leather biker's cap. Well, the cartoon version of Lee, that is.

The backers behind the "Run, Ed, Run" campaign, aimed at convincing Lee to seek a full four-year team, unveiled a new poster last weekend that showed the leather attired Lee's cartoon face with a pink background and a rainbow over the left side of his head.

Supporters unveiled the signs at the opening of their campaign headquarters in the Mission Saturday and have been handing them out ever since.

"Aren't they great?" said Planning Commission President Christina Olague , a bisexual Latina who is one of five co-chairs leading the push to get Lee to run.

Olague, the only out person on the steering committee, said she signed on because of how Lee's been running the city. She pointed to his hosting town halls with all 11 supervisors to talk directly with residents and his submitting a budget that was relatively painless compared to years past.

"The way he has handled the job the past year has been refreshing from my standpoint. He is someone who understands the workings of government and making people feel part of the administration," she said. "To me, City Hall has been a fortress the last eight years, and even beyond that. It was nice to go to the D6 budget hearing and have the mayor listening to people's suggestions."

For all the enthusiasm and statewide press attention the push to see Lee declare his candidacy has wrought, there is no guarantee it will bear fruit. The mayor continues to signal he wants to return to his old job as city administrator.

And while his full plate of Pride events – including being the first mayor at the Trans March – added to speculation he is being coy about his electoral intentions, others said he was only doing what the LGBT community expects of its mayor.

"The mayor would have been far more conspicuous with his absence. It would have been a bigger deal if the mayor hadn't shown up," said Matt Dorsey , who stressed he was speaking for himself and not on behalf of the mayoral campaign of his boss, City Attorney Dennis Herrera .

The Woven Seat: A Roundup | Apartment Therapy San Francisco

The iconic red Risom chair above (designed by Jens Risom for Knoll in 1941) was originally made of a birch frame and surplus parachute straps. Nowadays, the woven pieces are heavy-duty cotton, providing just enough give that a cushion isn't needed. Likewise, the teak-and-leather Evon chair from Weylandts will stretch and give over time. The tightly woven cord of Wegner's gorgeous CH25 easy chair gives it a lively textural personality. Patricia Urquiola's outstanding woven specimen, from her Tropicalia line, incorporates thermoplastic polymer threads, leather, or polyester double-plaited cords, depending on the model. The Trennza chair, intended for outdoor use, seems interesting enough to place in a living room. Whether they're perched next to a coffee table or grouped in the dining room, these stunning pieces manage to bring a woven texture to seating in superbly eye-catching ways.

1. Risom Side Chair, from DWR.com

I really like how woven chairs maintain a spartan aesthetic while providing some suspension-derived comfort.

Two questions, though. What about sag and color loss? I'm looking at a friend's vintage Mathsson Eva chair and wonder how it will hold up. And the red Rinsom chair - I can only imagine that with sun exposure, that red cotton will turn pink?

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