LOS ANGELES — At any given time, Union’s Chris Gibbs is juggling a multitude of projects.
On Thursday afternoon, he was busy at a photo shoot, stopping to take an emergency call for that shoot as he’s talking about Friday’s launch of his boutique Union’s collaboration with Adidas Spezial. Then there’s the budding apparel collection he’s funneling plenty of energy into, not to mention several collaborations in the works for ComplexCon.
Gibbs on Friday is set to mark Union’s capsule collaboration with Adidas Spezial, a line at the sportswear firm that takes its cues from the football casual culture and fashion arising out of the U.K. around the late Seventies and early Eighties.
The capsule is technically men’s wear, but with the trend in unisex, could be for women and includes a new take on the Adidas Garwen SPZL shoe in two colorways, a suit jacket and matching pant, T-shirt, sweatshirt and bucket hat.
“I really get psyched on specific product,” said Gibbs, who in 2008 bought the La Brea Avenue boutique long seen as a purveyor of what’s hot and what’s next in men’s fashion and streetwear from founders James Jebbia and Mary Ann Fusco. “The [Garwen SPZL] shoe is what started it all.

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Laura and Kate Mulleavy: It feels like it is in flux. That could be something really positive for its future, because periods of transition can lead to periods of flourish.
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WWD: What are American fashion’s strengths? Its weaknesses?
L.M. and K.M.: Being a part of the industry here has taught us how to clarify and convey the messages we want to send as a brand, and as a result, we have a very clear vision. The feeling of independence and freedom in America also has enabled us to continue expanding the ways we work as creatives, whether it be in filmmaking, writing or other areas of design and business. It has provided us a platform to be bold and to be fearless.
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