UNE HEURES EMBODIES THE ARDENT GREATS OF CINEMA
IN, NEAR AND AROUND THE 1960s
SINCE JANUARY 2017,
UNE HEURES HAS APPROACHED KNITWEAR AS AN ARCHIVE.
EACH SILHOUETTE AND COLOUR, AN ARCHIVAL BUILD ON ONE ANOTHER.
EACH DEPENDS ON THE PREVIOUS TO FULLY EMBODY THE CINEMATIC COLOURS
IN FILM DURING THE 1960s — 1970s
ALL OF OUR KNITS ARE HERE TO STAY, AS WE GRADUALLY ADD ON TO OUR COLLECTION.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING A GREAT SHIFT IN THE APPAREL INDUSTRY’S FOCUS,
REVIVING APPRECIATION FOR QUALITY, SIMPLICITY AND SKILLED HANDS.
UNE HEURES WAS FOUNDED IN CALIFORNIA BY 18-YEAR APPAREL INDUSTRY
DESIGNER AND HEAD PATTERN MAKER, CHRISSY LEAVELL
A NEW JERSEY / NEW YORK NATIVE WITH PREVIOUS CAREERS ALONGSIDE MARC JACOBS,
ZAC POSEN, RALPH LAUREN, JEREMY SCOTT AND BAND OF OUTSIDERS.
WITH AN ONGOING ADMIRATION FOR INTRICATE CONSTRUCTION
AND THE DESIRE TO PRODUCE LESS, BUT FINELY MADE,
WE WELCOME UNE HEURES.
OUR PROCESS
WITH OUR LIKE-MINDED FACTORIES, OUR TOTAL YEARLY WASTE IS 0—3%
WE ENSURE DURABILITY AND LONGEVITY FOR OUR KNITWEAR,
WHILE FOCUSING ON THE DAMAGE THE APPAREL INDUSTRY CAUSES TO THE EARTH.
OUR 100% SILK YARNS ARE SPUN BY ONE FACTORY IN NORTHERN ITALY,
OPERATING SINCE 1963 AND COMPLETELY ELIMINATING CO2 EMISSIONS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE,
(SAVING 35,000 TREES A YEAR!) THEY STAND AS PART OF ZDHC
(ZERO DISCHARGE OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS), USE 90% RECYCLED WATER
AND ARE FIGHTERS AGAINST ANIMAL CRUELTY FOR FIBER PRODUCTION.
OUR KNITWEAR IS THEN PRODUCED AND HAND-LINKED BY ONE FAMILY-OWNED FACTORY,
LOYALLY AND LOCALLY IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
OUR Packaging
OUR FINAL STEP AS A 100% NATURAL MATERIAL BRAND
ALL KNITWEAR IS PACKAGED IN SUGARCANE-BASED BAGS,
100% BIODEGRADABLE / 100% COMPOSTABLE
OUR SIMPLE STRUCTURE OF SILK YARN, COTTON LABELS, SUGARCANE PACKAGING
AND RECYCLED PAPER ENVELOPES FOR SHIPPING
ARE ALL NATURALLY AND GENTLY SHARED FROM OUR EARTH.
THE SILK WORM
UNE HEURES HAS BASED AN ENTIRE EXISTENCE AROUND THE SILK WORM,
WHO RELIES ON THE LEAVES OF MULBERRY TREES
TO PRODUCE THEIR NATURAL AND DURABLE FIBER, SILK.
WE’VE ALREADY FOUND OURSELVES IN NATURE’S CYCLE.
THE SHIMMERING APPEARANCE OF SILK IS THE EFFECT OF THE TRIANGULAR
PRISM-LIKE STRUCTURE OF THE SILK FIBER, ALLOWING OUR SILK KNITWEAR TO
REFRACT INCOMING LIGHT AT DIFFERENT ANGLES.
SILK HAS NATURAL PROPERTIES THAT ADAPT TO THE BODY’S TEMPERATURE,
RETAINING WARMTH IN COOLER CLIMATES
AND EMITTING HEAT IN WARMER CLIMATES.
TO PRODUCE 1LB OF SILK, 115LB OF MULBERRY LEAVES
MUST BE EATEN BY 1500 SILK WORMS.
IT TAKES THE WORK OF 750 SILK WORMS TO SPIN ENOUGH SILK
FOR ONLY ONE OF OUR WOMENS LONG SLEEVE KNITS
AND 1500 SILK WORMS FOR ONE OF OUR MENS LONG SLEEVE KNITS.
DALÍ AND HIS SHEEP
A SHEEP’S HORNS WILL CONTINUE TO GROW
AND NATURALLY CURL IN UNEXPECTED DIRECTIONS.
THEY CAN BECOME DANGEROUS TO THEIR EYES AND SNOUT,
WHILE COMPLETELY OBSTRUCTING THEM FROM EATING.
OUR COMBS’ TEETH ARE HANDMADE FROM SHEEP HORN —
TRIMMED (WITHOUT THEM FEELING A THING) TO KEEP SHEEP SAFE,
AND REPURPOSED AS A FUNCTIONING OBJECT.
