I’ve always respected UNION’s approach to retail. The buy is eccentric as hell and reflects that they stay true to their youthful and edgy identity. Their descriptions are also some of the best and most entertaining to read and give an emotional reaction to the clothes that is usually missed out on. For example.. I clicked on these GANRYU sandals and was met with this:
“Yo. Remember those Teva Sandals your High school crush Sara Teitelbaum used to wear with her hiking socks?…oh yeah…that was me and unless your Canadian and reading this…you probably didn’t go to school with any girls that wore Teva’s with socks…but let me tell you…they looked mad fresh! Well Ganryu must be channeling my wet dreams from when I was 15 for this collaboration with Teva. Fresh to Death!”
I fuck with that so much; you can’t read that and not have a smile on your face after. I find most online stores put up a super professional straight-to-the-point tone to their presentation and I think the fact UNION is so lax about that sort of thing speaks a lot about the company and how they want to be perceived. It’s also cool to know that there is another human being sitting behind a screen writing those blurbs and having a damn good time doing it.
Anyways, I peeked their sale and noticed some crazy sweet outerwear pieces. Stuff like this usually makes it to the sale season since it’s just too fucking hard to wear on the regular and most people don’t have that kind of money to play with anyways. Me included. Here’s my picks with a little blurb from UNION to set the tone. Some of them are actually pretty modest and tame while others go all in.
RAF SIMONS Contrast Stitch Big Coat
The last piece that we are releasing for this season and we saved the best for last. Remember, Raf’s design inspiration for this season was college kids who either wear the parents or grand parents old clothes or thrift to find dated looks to then bring them back to life in a fresh new way. This coat is the epitome of that in our opinion.
4 color woven over coat with leather button details. This thing looks like we raided Mr. Furley’s closet. And I ain’t mad at it…
Sale price – $1048 USD
PHENOMENON Tartan Scarf Hybrid Bomber
Phenomenon is always pushing the envelope and trying new things, that’s why we love them. This piece here is a your atypical MA-1 Bomber jacket but with a couple fun twists. On this one, a scarf has ben sewn into the back of the design…just for shit’s and giggles we guess…we just thought it was cool. As a bonus, the jacket is also reversible.
Sale price – $866 USD
THOM BROWNE Harrington Jacket (Nylon Poplin Tech)
The way only T Brezzy knows how. This is his take on the classic Barracuda style jacket but super cropped. Light Weight. Perfect for the summer…perfect for layering..
Get it in!
Sale Price – $520 USD
NEIGHBORHOOD Stockman Jacket
The perennial, best selling jean jacket from Neighborhood. This time made from Raw Indigo with a corduroy collar.
Sale Price – $240 USD
GANRYU Hybrid Nylon Motorcycle Jacket
The Hybrid Nylon Motorcycle Jacket is not your usual, traditional leather constructed moto jacket. It features a polyester twill body and a contrast nylon taffeta fabric at the sleeves, collar, and back panel. Details are finished off with snap button waist pocket, zip chest pockets, front zip closure, and elastic wrist cuffs.
Sale Price – $262 USD
OAMC Bonded Wool Overcoat
The Bonded Wool Overcoat is a 3-button overcoat with a rounded dome shape and anatomically shaped sleeves, Italian 3-layer bonded wool with 3D mesh half lining at body, cupro lining at sleeves, double hand pockets at front, grosgrain side seam detailing, and horn buttons. A portion of the profits of the grey Leopard version will be donated to the Snow Leopard Conservancy.
Sale Price – $963 USD
JUNYA WATANABE Linen Multi Pkt Hooded Jacket
Take an avant-guard Japanese designer, have him take reference inspiration from Africa and there you have it…
JUNYA GOES TO AFRICA! This season Junya’s collection was inspired by African style and culture.
A hunting jacket silhouette in a beautiful dry linen with African fabric lining.
Sale Price – $517 USD
NEIGHBORHOOD Shrunken Jacket
Aight. Neighborhood did a similar thing last season but it looked so nice, they ran it twice. If you missed the first run, we got your back.
The Shrunken head zip Harrington style jacket in a light weight cotton spring weight with screen printed graphic.
Sale Price – $281 USD
Lots of other cool shit at UNION, on sale and not. I feel like buying a super sick coat now..
– Jason
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