Advent II: (grungy?) Christmas

jacket: edc// jumper,shorts,bag, bracelets: vintage// shoes, hair-band: ebay// ring: six// earrings: new look

16 Tage bis Weihnachten. – und ich stecke jetzt mitten in den Weihnachtsvorbereitungen, Geschenke Kaufen (/finden!), Heimfahrt planen und dazwischen nochmal hier jede Sekunde Weihnachts-England nutzen. Und wie ihr seht, auch Outfitmäßig geht es einen Schritt näher an Weihnachten heran.

Ok, so ganz typisch Weihnachtlich ist das mal wieder nicht, aber mir gefällt diese kleine Portion Ironie irgendwie auch. Die Ledershorts kennen wir ja bereits – ich weiß. Aber ohne sie würde hier halt auch irgendwie was fehlen. Das einzig, wirklich weihnachtliche an dem Outfit ist ja ohnehin der Pulli. Wieder mal seconhand. Ich hoffe man kann das halbwegs erkennen, aber darauf ist so dieses typische Schneeflockenmuster. Anstatt, wie meistens, Weiß ist hier Silber mit eingearbeitet, was das ganze irgendwie festlicher macht. Vielleicht trage ich auch noch eine Silberkette dazu, mal sehen. Auf das Haarband werd ich aber wohl eher verzichten, auch wenn ich ja schon irgendwie finde, dass es ganz gut ins Gesamtbild passen würde (Ok vllt. nicht für Weihnachten). Naja. Meine Freunde würden mich damit dann wahrscheinlich sofort wieder in den nächsten Flieger nach England setzen.

Ansonsten gibt es dazu glaube ich nicht so viel zu sagen. Ich habe einfach mal versucht, Weihnachtskleidung mal etwas anders zu interpretieren… Hab das Ganze aber auch so ähnlich im November schon mal getragen, nebenbei bemerkt. Einfach nur weil ich grad bock drauf hatte.

Habt eine schöne Weihnachtszeit!

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16 days left till Christmas! – And now I’m in the middle of my Christmas preparations, buying (/finding!) presents, planning my trip home and let no grass grow under my feet in Christmas-England. And as you can see, I’m getting one step closer towards Christmas with my Outfit as well.

Ok, again it’s not really typical Christmassy but I quite like this little portion of irony, too. We’ve already seen the leather shorts – I know but without them there would be something missing. The only thing that is really Christmassy about it is the jumper anyway. Second-hand, again. I hope you can see this somehow, but there is this typical ice crystal motive on it. Instead of, as usual, with, there is some silver on it, which makes it more festive somehow, I think. Maybe I’ll also wear a silver necklace with it, we’ll see. However, I think I will do it without the hair-band, even if it think it fits to the overall picture (ok maybe not at Christmas). Well. I guess my friends would put me back in the next plane, if I’d wear it.

And apart from that, there is not much left to say, I guess. I just tried to make another interpretation about Christmas clothing… I wore the same in November already, by the way. Just because I was in the mood.

Enjoy the Christmastime!

x

Franzi

Advent I: velvet meets leather

jumper, shorts, bag, bracelets: vintage// blouse: primark// shoes: Zalando// rings: H&M, ebay// earrings: six

Ich glaube, ich habe mich noch nie so sehr vom Weihnachtshype mitreißen lassen, wie dieses Jahr. Schon gar nicht, bevor es überhaupt Dezember ist und Schnee gibt. Dieses Jahr ist das ganze irgendwie anders. Ich genieße es, selbst im Supermarkt pausenlos mit Weihnachtsliedern beschallt zu werden, die Werbespots im TV finde ich irgendwie süß und ich kann es kaum erwarten, Plätzchen zu backen, Weihnachtseinkäufe zu erledigen, aber vor allem natürlich eins: geliebte Menschen wieder zu sehen. Noch 23 Tage. Meine Outfit-Pläne stehen aber bereits jetzt schon! 3 Weihnachtsoutfits sind schon fast komplett geplant – das hier ist eins davon.
Für mich hat dieser dunkelgrüne Samtstoff irgendwie immer was Weihnachtliches und Schuhe und Pulli haben dann zufällig auch noch exakt dieselbe Farbe -wie geil ist das bitte?. Das Leder ist dann so der Kontrast zu dem „weichen“ Samtstoff und macht das Ganze, wie ich finde, weniger langweilig. Hier trage ich übrigens größtenteils secondhand. Die Ledershorts (oh man ich liebe die so sehr!!) sind ausm Charity-Shop, der Pulli aus nem 2nd Handgeschäft und die Tasche (-ja fake, aber trotzdem ne schöne Ledertasche!) vom Flohmarkt.
Ich glaube, das Outfit werde ich so, oder so ähnlich dann an Heiligabend tragen, denn ich finde, mit dem Samt + Gold wirkt es auch recht festlich. …und außerdem trotzdem irgendwie „ausgefallen“ genug, um von meiner Familie (Großeltern&co) dafür belächelt zu werden… aaach, wie ich das vermisst habe ;-)
Stellt euch bei den Bildern übrigens Schnee und Weihnachtsbeleuchtung anstatt grünes Gras und Herbstlaub vor, dann wirkt das ganze schon weihnachtlicher. 

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I think, I never built up so much enthusiasm for Christmas than this year. Especially not, before December and before it starts snowing. This year, the whole thing is different somehow. I even enjoy it to hear Christmas songs in supermarkets, adverts on TV are kind of cute and I can’t wait to bake Christmas biscuits, do my Christmas shopping but above all, of course: seeing my loved ones again. 23 days to go. However, my outfit plans are done already! 3 Christmas outfits are almost completely planned – this is one of them:
Dark green velvet has got always something Christmassy for me and incidentally, the shoes and the jumper are exactly the same colour – how cool is that?. The leather is some kind of contrast to the “soft” velvet and makes the whole thing, in my opinion, less boring. Here; I’m wearing mostly second-hand, by the way. The leather shorts (damn, I love them so much!!) are from a charity shop, the jumper’s from a second-hand shop and the bag (-jep, a fake, but a nice leather bag anyway!) from the flea market.
I think, I’m going to wear this outfit like this or slightly different on Christmas Eve because, I think, with the velvet and gold it seems pretty celebratory. …and it’s still “fancy” enough, to make my family (grandparents&co) smile at me… aaaw, how much I missed it… ;-)
Imagine snow and Christmas decorations in the pictures instead of green grass and autumn foliage, then the whole looks a little more Christmassy.

x
Franzi

...wild and free

Scarf, bag, shoes: vintage// shirt: TK Maxx// shorts: Primark// cardigan (!embarrassing!): nkd// parka: New Yorker// rings: H&M 

Auch wenn es ein bisschen spät scheint möchte ich euch dennoch eins meiner lieblings-Herbstoutfits zeigen :-) …solange es hier (noch?) nicht geschneit hat, bin ich ohnehin der Überzeugung, dass es nach wie vor Spätherbst ist.
Ich verabscheue ja prinzipiell sinnlose Printshirts, aber diejenigen, die ich für „intelligent“ genug befunden habe feier ich dafür einfach umso mehr. Und dieses Shirt von TK Maxx finde ich einfach nur mega. 1. Es sagt nicht einfach nur „wild and free“ sondern über dem „wild“ ist halt einfach dieser coole Leopard! 2. Das Design an sich, mit dem Barcode und der Schriftart find ich irgendwie besonders. 3. Jedes Mal wenn ich es anhabe, habe ich pausenlos „young, wild&free“ von Wiz Khalifa als Ohrwurm. 4. Das Motto ist einfach gut. Punkt.
Ansonsten finde ich es irgendwie erstaunlich, dass ich bei dem Outfit einfach mal wild Silber, Gold, Grau, Braun, Khaki und Schwarz zusammen werfen kann und es trotzdem gut zusammen passt. …oder vielleicht finde auch nur ich das so.
Ich hoffe, ich kann in Zukunft mehr solche Dinge posten, es macht einfach so viel Spaß :-) …New Ins werde ich dafür aber (offensichtlich^^) reduzieren. Irgendwie fand ich einmal pro Woche dann doch etwas viel. Vor Allem, weil man so shopaholic wirkt. Ich habe aber schon ein paar neue Ideen, bin mal gespannt…  
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Even if it’s a little late, I’d like to show you my favourite autumn-Outfit :-) … as long as it’s not snowing (yet?), I believe that it’s still late autumn anyway.
I always detest senseless print shirts, I celebrate the ones I deem as “intelligent” enough even more. And I think this shirt by TK Maxx’s just awesome. 1. It doesn’t only say “wild and free” but the “wild” is also covered by this cool leopard. 2. The design in general, with this barcode and the font is some kind of special. 3. Every time I wear it, I can’t help myself, having “young, wild& free” by Wiz Khalifa in my mind. 4. The slogan’s just good.
Apart from that, I think it’s astonishing somehow, that I can just throw silver, gold, grey, brown, khaki and black together randomly and it still fits together somehow. …or maybe I’m the only one who thinks so.
I hope, I can post some more of this stuff in the future, it’s just so much fun :-) … I will (obviously^^) reduce the New Ins instead. Once a week seemed a bit too much for me, though. Especially cause one seems so shopaholic. I also got a few new ideas, I’m excited… 

x
Franzi

New In: harvest.

Hi there!
…one week later… I actually realised that posting things, I bought during the week, feels a little awkward. I guess it makes me look a bit like a shopaholic^^ but to be fair, looking at apparel, I “only” bought a pair of shoes this week. (…but if I only buy one thing every week it would be quite a lot as well, wouldn’t it? :-/)
anyway. Here’s what I got this week :-)

shoes: ebay

 I love these shoes! Unfortunatel no original Underground creepers but the cheap ebay version :-/ However as they do not fit to that many outfits, I think it guess ok to save a little money (especially if you are as poor I am :P), but of course you can see the difference^^. These shoes are actually the only leo-print thing I got (so far) and they fit perfectly to a shirt I bought a longer time ago. Can’t wait to show you!

(Jacket: "per una")

The absolutely best thing for a new in: presents! :D Got this beautiful jacket from my host mum! She didn’t want it anymore and luckily it suits me perfectly. Thank you so much again! ;-) I especially like these old-silver buttons and the jackets material seems to have a very good quality. Unfortunately I think this jacket is not warm enough for the winter but anyway, it’s my favourite new harvest and spring jacket!

Coloration: Schwarzkopf Livecolor XXL

 Well, it’s true, I’m not a natural redhead. I confess. That means every 4-6 weeks the same again: dying my hair. Usually I used to buy “intense red” colouration, mainly by Garnier. This is the second time I bought “real red” by Schwarzkopf now and I’m pretty happy about it. Of course my hair is not as shiny as the one at the cover but it looks a little brighter now and it is not more or less damaged after dying than with the Garnier or Syos products. :-)

And that was already it for this week!
I actually wanted to take outfit pictures with some of the stuff I bought today but can you believe it, now my remote control doesn’t work anymore! It’s like someone would want me to stop from going on with photography! So anoying -.- Hopefully it’s only the battery and I can fix it soon…

X
Franzi

Ps: click here to win something at Caty’s blog!

New In

…wow, you’ve been living in the UK for three months now, and that’s the first thing you are posting? Really?! … yep :D
I will definitely post some kind of a big summary one day, but I’ve been looking for something, I can post regularly, at the beginning of every week maybe. And what could that be? New-ins of course! England is my shopping paradise, but I think I will keep some of this enthusiasm for the following posts. Anyway. Last weeks’ shopping has been a bit more than other weeks maybe, but I think that makes it a good occasion to start this new category in my blog. “No problem, Franzi, we’ll pick you up by car when you’re going to go back to Germany…”, my dad said, when I showed him my latest shopping via skype. “…could you…eeeem… bring the trailer with you…?” – he laughed.
Oh and by the way: I guess from now on I will write mainly in English, as a lot of my new friends don’t speak German (or pretend not to!! :P). If I have enough time and patience, I might post bilingual.
Ok, but now finally, more about my beautiful new stuff :-)

Jumper: vintage// Rings: H&M

Both jumper are from a second hand shop. What I like about the one on top is, that it’s not just a normal Christmas jumper, I think the silver pattern makes it special somehow. The other one is made out of this beautiful velvet material that I love so much. Incidentally, my favourite shoes are made out of exactly the same material and have the same colour! Unfortunately, what you can’t see, the front side is sequined and I’m not sure if I like it. I’ll probably try to remove them…
All the rings are from H&M. And, probably the only good thing about college at the moment, 20% Student discount! My friends might wonder why I bought the double ring (at the right) again. I already bought the same ring back in Germany. Unfortunately I lost it a couple of weeks ago in London.  Thanks to H&Ms  bulk goods I got my favourite ring back! :-) 

Trousers: Monki (via Asos)

My favourite new trousers! They’re high waist + corduroy (the first corduroy trousers I liked ever! My mum tried to make me wear some for ages ;D) and… tadaaa, thx to college, 10% discount, too!

Shorts: vintage// Shoes: New Look// Accessory: Topshop, New Look

I bought these beautiful leather shorts in a charity shop (I loooove the charity shops over here so much!). They’re originally from Asos, even the label was still on it. 4,5 Pounds – any questions?!
Lulus comment to the shoes: (bugged) “aaa sure. Hipster-Franzi bought creepers… Actually, earlier, only prostitutes have been wearing them, did u know?!...” – Well. First of all, I’m NOT a hipster. Do NEVER call me hipster. Secondly, Wikipedia couldn’t acknowledge that (?) but I’m happy for them to wear comfortable shoes as well ;-) !
To the accessory, what can I say – I’m addicted to it. 

Bag: vintage// Bracelets: vintage

All these beautiful things are from the car boot sale. Real-leather but fake-Chanel hand bag. Well the seller wanted to tell me that it’s real one (guess he wouldn’t have sold it to me for 1,50 pound then ;-)) but I’m not that much about fake brands anymore anyway. It’s still very good quality.
Accessory? – I’m addicted. But, to be fair, I don’t own that much bracelets…

Rings: New Look, H&M// Earrings: Topshop// Bracelets: vintage// Headpiece: Topshop

To whomever this might even read: I hope it didn’t bore you too much. But I mainly do this for myself anyway...
x
Franzi