True Blue

{Yumi Kim jacket available here, Ella Moss top on sale here, 7 for all Mankind jeans available here, Christian Louboutin heels, Chanel handbag, Céline sunnies, Lola James Jewelry bracelets available here, Bijules nail ring, Essie polish in Naughty Nautical, MAC lipstick in Ruby Woo} 

 

Weirdo alert: While I love vintage clothing, I’m totally creeped out by buying clothes worn by other humans. Buying someone else’s cast-offs gives me a maj case of the heebee jeebees. Blame my OCD and all that, but I can’t help but feel as though when I score something from a thrift store, I’m also inadvertently buying imaginary scabies, bed bugs and hepatitis.

Tragic and silly, I know. I blame my husband.

But here’s the thing: I can always score the vintage look (sans ficticious lice!) with pieces by designer Yumi Kim. Way before the vintage look was fashionable, Yumi took her mother’s old shirts and revamped them by cutting and adding trimming to each piece. In 2004 Kim created her eponymous line, a brand inspired by vintage prints and silhouettes…with a touch of funk and urban femininity — minus those ringworm-laced phantom feelings.

Photos by Ginger Harris