Fashion is one big adventure
Hello world, Here’s another ‘Look of the Day’ done a couple of weeks back in Ireland while visiting home and Mum. You’ll laugh at me when I tell you I’ve been wanting to do at least one shoot in a graveyard for donkey’s years and I’ve always been put off …
Hello world, Something really rather strange and exciting happened a few days ago. I went and bought a pair of high tops with built in heel from River Island. To explain why this is so strange, let me explain to you my relationship with sports shoes. To be honest, there …
Hello world, Firstly I’m going to apologise for the quality of these photos. My boyfriend came down with a pretty nasty bug the day we shot these and he almost fainted on the street while shooting them in the freezing cold. Hence why some of these photos are a little …
Hello world,
Christmas is over, the best of sale has already been sold and we’ve left the New Year behind. Even the days are starting to look brighter, so it’s a bit apt that it’s time to start looking towards springtime. Thankfully the majority of the shops are looking towards the spring/summer season too and were able to give me these gems.
Now the sportswear trend is quite simple; Calvin Klein epitomised Americana sportswear and Victoria Beckham has become synonymous with her own version if the trend, emphasising on bold colours ad clean lines.
This season the sportswear is more active as it takes its inspiration from the field, with Isabel Marant working the baseball shirt to a whole new level while Alexander Wang taking on the college football wear.
These sporty signatures are some of my favourite pieces on the high street.
black and white geometric print dress – River Island; Neon coloured satchel – River Island; Teal block pencil skirt – Topshop; Peach sports top – Miss Selfridge; Metallic racer back – Topshop; Colour block dress – Motel; Neon yellow crop top – New Look; Yellow mini structured skirt – H&M; Blue sporty platform wedges – Topshop; Cream mini skirt – H&M; White sporty tee – Miss Selfridge; Neon green dress – H&M
What do you think of the updated take on this trend?
Until then,
Franzi
xoxo
Hello world,
This is a bit of an oddball of a shoot. It was done back in the west of Ireland while visiting my mum and the idea came upon me while scouring through all the old sheds and outhouses that probably hadn’t been touched for years before Mum moved in.
Anyone who knows a little about the Irish knows it’s not that odd to find old religious paintings in the shed, but the amount found here surprised even me. The previous owners looked like they had developed a bit of a collection.
What really struck me when I saw them was how traditionally Irish the entire setting was and how beautiful in it’s own way it was too; the ivy creeping into the shed through the old broken windows, the dresser and half-decayed paintings and the wild Connemara wilderness right outside our door.
So maybe this theme is a little overt, but it’s kinda soothing too and I got a chance to show off my polka dot skirt from my recent find here. The only thing is that the lighting couldn’t show off the brightness of the skirt, bit you win some you lose some.
Let me know what you think.
Images by Karina
Skirt: H&M Trend
Blouse: River Island
Gloves: Kaufhof Galleria, Berlin
Pearls: Vintage from my great-grandmother
Shoes: New Look
Until then,
Franzi
xoxo
Hello world,
It’s been a few months now since I moved to London and as it happens, as a newbie to in city, it takes a while until you find all the cool places not mentioned in the guide books. I’m generally not the kind of person go out and explore much, so I’m really grateful for my blog for pushing me out there to discover London all under the guise of finding new shoot locations.
That’s how I stumbled upon Battersea Park as seen in these pictures. I initially just wanted to shoot the Peace Pagoda along the Thames, but I discovered that the park is way prettier this time of year.
When I first saw all the leaves on the ground I knew I had to shoot something there in red and it had to be dramatic.
So these are the images for today’s ‘Look of the Day’. I know the title is from a very cheesy song by an Irishman most Irish people never want to acknowledge as their own, but it seemed the best way to describe this look.
The dress is a lovely number from River Island. I love how River Island seem to come into their own around Christmas time and the party season. The brand isn’t for everyone and I wouldn’t shop with them for basics (with the exception of jeans) but they do have a knack for creating statement pieces. Last year was this shredded red maxi dress that I returned and regretted ever since and this year it’s this understated and sexy maxi dress with long sleeves.
It’s funny as I get older my style has definitely toned down a lot and I find that the days of wearing mini skirts and high heels are gone, only to be replaced with a new kind of sexiness, that is more body-con and peekaboo sexy rather than the in-your-face kind of my teens.
And the jacket is another statement piece from River Island for the Christmas season from the year before last. See what I mean about their Christmas show-stoppers?
As you can probably tell from this photo, it was ridiculously cold when we shot this and I must have been crazy that it would be alright at eight am on a freezing November morning. By the end I was so numb my boyfriend was worried I’d get hypothermia and I was bundled up for the rest of the day trying to shake off that horrible chill.
I’m sorry for rambling on so long on this outfit post but I wanted to share with you the last two photos as I wasn’t the only person doing a shoot in Battersea Park that morning. One Direction, a teeny bopper UK boyband were filming their new music video and I stopped by to have a gawk, purely for research purposes! 🙂 I was rather jealous of the full crew they had to help out, if nothing else as I wouldn’t be a fan of their music. The funny thing was there wasn’t a fan in sight.
(Photos by Roger)
Dress: River Island
Jacket: River Island (old)
Boots: Zara
Bangle: Forever 21
Stack rings: Penneys/Primark
Until then,
Franzi
xoxo
Hello world,
These are the last photos for ‘The Jewel of the Swampland’ shoot I done a couple of months ago. Since they’re only one or two images, it wasn’t enough to put them as a blog post on their own.
I hope to have some new outfit posts for Wednesday and they are going to be way nicer! I’m a little blasé about these images, so maybe you might like them.
Sequin pants: River Island (old)
Cardigan: River Island (old)
Lace camisole: River Island
Sequin bib: Thrifted
Heels: New Look
Headband: Dorothy Perkins
Ring: Penneys/Primark
Sequin dress: DIY
Trench: Zara
Headband: Sonia Rykiel for H&M
Dress: Zara (old)
Leather gloves: Topshop
Bangles: Forever 21
Shoes: from San Francisco
Until then,
Franzi
xoxo
Hello world,
This is the second part of the shoot I done a couple of months ago. This one I’m quite fond of as the pictures are a lot more natural than I usually manage to pull off.
It was hilarious to shoot on the small pier because the family of swans really wouldn’t leave me alone all day. They were so inquisitive, even though I was quite nervous of them as their young were there and swans can be quite dangerous. Not to mention I had a friend who had their arm broken by a threatened swan.
Ultimately it was quite apt that they stuck around for the shoot and that’s why I named it black swan. They are beautiful creatures.
Let me know what you think of it.
Feather skirt: River Island (old)
Top: H&M
Belt: River Island (old)
Ballerinas: DIY
Brooch: Thrifted
Until then,
Franzi
xoxo
Hello world,
Ever since my very first day in London, when I accidentally discovered the old section of Baker Street tube station, I have been in love with this slice of Edwardian London. Every time I walk through the archways with the clock above, I think of London a hundred years ago and I knew I had to do a ‘Look of the Day’ shoot here.
Since it feels so vintage, I thought, what better than to channel the forties trend we’re seeing on the high street now, only with bold colours. Annoyingly the day that we done this shoot, they had shut that section of the station, so we could only do the atrium part. Still, it could have been a whole lot worse.
It’s funny looking back on those photos, as I was just getting sick that day and my boyfriend was threatening me with calling off the shoot all day unless I take it easy. Thank God I don’t look as sick as I felt. Ah the wonders of make-up!
Let me know what you think, and as always the information for what I was wearing is below.
Skirt: Penneys/Primark
Blouse: Penneys/Primark
Cashmere cardigan: Vintage from Beyond Retro
Fur stole: Topshop
Loafer heels: River Island
Clutch: Penneys/Primark
Until then,
Franzi
xoxo
Hello world, Even though I’ve been living in London for over four months now and it really shouldn’t still surprise me, but then there are times when walking down the street that I find something that makes me fall in love with this city even more. If I wrote a …