Be still my beating heart...

So because I'm so bad at putting outfits together to photograph (or even bothering to shoot my day-to-day wear) I thought I'd post about a label that I've been keeping an eye on, and which, to my personal sense of style, just keeps getting better and better. 

Founded by Christine Lai and Eric Espinoza (I'm not entirely sure when, but recently at any rate) UNIF clothing produces apparel for men and women that genuinely make me want to weep with joy. Their looks are pure, concentrated punk chic, but with lashings of grunge rather than the luxe embellished look favoured by most other designers, not to mention a dose of California sunshine and the hippy look it produces. I found out about UNIF after stumbling upon Christine's blog and falling truly, madly, deeply in love with her style. Mixing vintage and new items and more importantly juxtaposing sizes and textures (all with the added touch of some sky high 90s style platforms) and I was a gonner. I'm pretty sure most people don't know this, but Kurt Cobain has always been a style icon of mine, and I've always had a secret fascination with punk. (I saw "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" the other day and I can't stop thinking about Rooney Mara's haircut and piercings. It's very unhealthy.) For me the grunge/punk look is not only the most comfortable, but also considerably more interesting and attractive than the modern hipster look - something which relies too heavily on tailoring for someone such as myself who prefers to throw things on and buy a good proportion of her clothes from the men's section in shops. 

Anyway, I thought I'd show you some pics from their last collection (their current one I can only find in video form, but if you want to see it it's on their website http://unifclothing.com/.)

All clothes, UNIF

I hope you like their stuff as much as I do, even if it isn't what you would normally wear. I've yet to buy a piece myself, (mainly because I'm a student and therefore constantly skint) but it isn't unreasonably priced stuff, and if you are interested you can check out what they've got to offer on nastygal or wasteland. 

If your tastes are slightly more subdued (and I would not judge you for it) but you feel like spicing up your wardrobe a little, they have recently branched into shoes, producing these gorgeous little things:

UNIF Hellraisers, available here. 

Enjoy...

Je voudrais...

These are the things I am currently lusting after, in the form of an outfit:
Antonio Berardi shearling coat
NastyGal suede shorts
Uniqlo polo neck
Giuseppe Zanotti over-the-knee boots
Reiss trilby


I never really thought I'd go in for the whole 70's thing. I felt it was overplayed on the catwalks and perhaps a little naff. Oh how my tune has changed... I have thus decided that I shall embrace the heady days of platform shoes, flared jeans (well, maybe not) and disco dancing (as if I didn't do that anyway) now that winter is upon us. The Antonio Berardi coat is just a single manifestation of my current obsession (and yes, it is becoming obsessive) with shearling. It just seems so perfect and fuzzy for those cold winter days. What more could you ask for?
The suede boots are glorious, but as is the nature of so many things that one lusts for, will probably never be mine. Sigh. I shall instead go for the Russell and Bromley copies (a steal reasonable, at half the price!)
I feel the suede shorts speak for themselves- suede is cool (like the band) and high waisted things with pockets on the front are almost universally flattering. I often find myself pondering the sinful wasteland that was so much of my childhood 90's fashion and wondering:
 a.) why my mother didn't think to stop me,
and more importantly, b.) why I did not heed her advice on the high-as-the-sky-waist-thing earlier...

Finally, the hat. Need I discuss the hat? Okay fine- I have mad-lady hair which flies everywhere, and sometimes I feel it needs taming. I forsee a future with that hat. One that involves taming of the highest degree. And it makes me happy.

That's all for tonight delightful folk,

Cheerio!!