Matthew Sperzel Photography Street Style in Chicago

     While I was shopping with a friend Saturday morning, a friendly photographer named Matthew Sperzel asked to take my picture. I excitedly accepted the offer, and was happy that my look caught his eye. He said he was a street style photographer with Getty Images, so I knew this guy meant business. My sunglasses and my white Doc Martens were what he initially saw, and it was interesting to hear what he had to say about my look because he gave me his point of view as a person who just saw me as a passerby on the street. But I caught his attention. After the experience I was delighted and flattered by the polite gesture. I was really suppressed to see one of the pictures on his website, MatthewSperzel.photography, where he posts street style from all different types of mayor cities like New York, Tokyo, Miami, and Chicago, where he caught me. He also focuses on runway images, commercial photography, and lifestyle images, all of which I found amazing. Matthew Sperezel has a great eye for lighting and color, and from what I've seen, can't possibly take a bad picture. 

Photo Credits: Matthew Sperzel Photography/Getty Images

Fashion Needs

      Currently, I am really into the idea of mixing distressed, unraveling, and deconstructed pieces of clothes mixed with classics and immaculate made things in exquisite fabrics. Unevenly cut t-shirts, unhemmed sweatshirts and unraveling sweaters mixed with soft velvet and suede companions creates an interesting mix, in my opinion. Stores like Zara, H&M, and Topman and online stores like ASOS are places I've been digging into to look for quality pieces that are interesting and not like anything anyone else has.

 Zara Man Black Sliced Seam Sweatshirt

$49.90

 Zara Man Blue Velvet Blazer

$149.00

H&M Divided Fine Knit Distressed Sweater 

$34.99

 H&M Hole T-Shirt

$24.99

 H&M Printed T-Shirt With Uneven Hem

$17.99

 H&M Divided Knit Cardigan

$49.99

 ASOS Leather Chelsea Boots

$71.66

ASOS Skinny Red Velvet Blazer

$143.32

ASOS Skinny Jeans With Biker Styling

$68.08

ASOS Extreme Super Skinny Jeans in Red Acid Wash

$53.75

ASOS Super Skinny Jeans with Extreme Rips

$62.70

 Forever 21 Men Shearling Moto Jacket

$59.90

 Zara Man Paint Splatter T-Shirt

$29.90

Zara Man Painted T-Shirt

$29.90

Birthday HAUL

     November 2nd, 2014 was probably my best birthday yet. A trip to downtown Chicago in a souped-up BMW for a massive shopping spree and lunch at the Grand Lux Café with my dad and his roommate made the day incomparable. We shopped at two H&Ms: the first on 840 N Michigan Ave and the second on 150 W. Roosevelt St., and Zara on 700 North Michigan Ave. It was a fantastic time, shopping and finding things in the city. I want to post all, or at least most, of the things I received or bought myself this year for my birthday.
    I'll start with my purchases from the day in Chicago:

Zara Long Sleeve T-Shirt

I like this shirt because I have never seen anything exactly like it. Its a standard black knitted t-shirt, except the collar folds over into this massive fringed scarf that you can drape over yourself in many different ways. This shirt is from Zara's Dark Collection.

Zara Washed Skinny Jeans with Rips

After I picked up the black scarfed shirt, I saw these jeans. I have quite a lot a pairs already, but they were all the same style. I decided to try these: shredded, and washed. I think they will look good tucked into a pair of Dr. Martens.

Also, while in Chicago, I found a few things at two different H&Ms. And they are:

H&M Collarless Shirt
Chic, simple, yet edgy because of it's collarless and button hiding construction and black fabric. When I saw this on the rack, I knew it would be a piece that should've already been in my collection.

H&M Melange Cardigan

A zippered, asymmetrical  cardigan in black. The one shown is slightly different from the one I bought because its made of a  melange yarn fabric rather than a simple soft black cotton fabric like mine is. Also, mine has a hood, rather than a finished collar.

H&M Washed Sweatshirt

I found this interesting sweatshirt/long sleeved t-shirt. I like the faded black and grey motif. The ends of the sleeves match the bottom. Sadly, I don't have a link for this one because it is no longer available online.

H&M Paint-Splatter T-Shirt

This shirt has a cool graphic of black paint splatters all over the white t-shirt. Also includes a contrasting black pocket. I couldn't find a professional picture of this shirt online and you can't buy it from H&M's website either. 

  I also received a fantastic package of clothes from Forever 21 from my aunt on November 7th. 

Forever 21 MEN Plaid Two-Button Blazer (Green/Black)

Forever 21 MEN Plaid Dress Pants

Forever 21 MEN Cut-Off Pullover (Both Black and White)

And I payed for a new H&M coat with the cash family members gave to me.

H&M Wool-Blend Coat

In addition to clothes, I additionally received two new pairs of shoes. My first pair were (finally!) Dr Martens 1914 from my mom. My second pair were Steve Madden Cap-Toe boots from my dad.

Dr Martens 1914

Steve Madden Tryon Cap-Toe Boots

Fashion Needs

     I must say that my personal style is flowing and transforming into a more gothic and dark look. However, I don't mean that I will be wearing heavy makeup any time soon or listening to gothic music. I do have an obsession with the color black and love leather gloves and unconventional looks. I also love quality, fitted looks that don't need to be cheap but also don't need to break the bank. For this, I always look at Forever 21 and Zara for good clothes and accessories that fit my style mold. I've recently discovered a new place, called VirginBlak.com that sells fantastic goth and punk looks that make me swoon. In fact, I might do a separate blog post in the future exclusively about the brand, as the stuff I love from there is too extensive to include with this post.

Zara Dark Coat

$119.00

Zara Goth Leather Gloves

$39.90

Zara Black Leather Studded Gloves

$59.90

Zara Oversized Trench Coat 

$229.00

Forever 21 Cut-Off Pullover

$17.90