Emily @ MUV

"I actually think about what I would do if someone like the The Sartorialist approached me for a fashion blog, and I always think: 'I would hope to be carrying my hand-made soda tab bag and not my dorky backpack' Naturally I was wearing my dorky backpack today, oh well." 

It was a pleasure running into Emily today and we happen to love her 'dorky' backpack with her androgynous-chic look! This is what she's wearing:

Shoes- Her "shit-kicking-boots", as she refers to them, are infamous. The zippers have been broken since 2009 and we love the fashion statement this creates. Emily thinks they're originally from Argentina, but with all the writing worn off it's hard to be sure. A friend of Emily's got them for free from a babysitting connection a couple of years ago but they were too small for her. She's been wearing them non-stop since. 

Pants- Thrifted. $15 from Salvos.

Shirt- Hiend, a Korean menswear brand available at Ali Express.

Sunglasses: Vintage 1960s peacenik frames. Emily picked these up at the Buffalo Exchange in the U.S. Rounded sunglasses have come full circle (excuse the pun) and are making a comeback this summer. A refreshing departure from the various 70's style sunglasses shielding hipster eyes for the past decade or so!

Headphones- Eskuché, a Spain based headphone manufacturer. We love the throwback look!

A short interview with Emily:

1) What are you listening to right now on your ipod? Suffocation by White Ring (Guy Dallas Remix). Merely judging by the title, it could seem like some kind of dank Witch-House music but it's actually a gleeful remix with a lot of bleepy, almost 8-bit sounding high end and a fast BPM.

2) Do you have a style icon? If I had to choose a style icon, I might say Spike from Cowboy Bebop. (Spike on the right:)

3) How would you describe your style? Emily would tag her current style as Haute-Student-Poverty. (Ha! We love it!) Button-ups with ties are a sharp look for rocking up to my internship and hold tension with my broken boots, blingy headphones, and messy sea-water hair. I love teasing the idea that fashion needs to be gender-specific, and embodying an androgynous look. Ironically, about 70% of my current wardrobe is men's wear and I've got a boyfriend who wears mostly women's clothes. (We might just have to track him down too!)