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From skirt to black short velvet dress. WHAT IS HAPPENING?‒Vans x Jesse Jo at karmaloop.

it's a skirt

There was a time when I used to love skirts. Very, very short skirts. I remember my mothers common parting words being something like: "Young lady, you are not leaving the house in these clothes!!" Her favourite expression for my veryshortskirts used to be "belts". Naturally, I never listened to her and always left the house, dressed in only a few tatters covering my innocent body. A few years ago the moment arrived, when I realised that I had a serious tooshortskirtproblem and that I now was too old to blame it on puberty. To be honest, I just looked at party snapshots of myself and they were literally screaming >>>SLUT<<< at me. Since then I didn't dare to wear skirts in a very long time at all. I wasn't even interested in it anymore and somehow the feminity, relating to my style of dressing, got lost. For the last few weeks my eagerness to experiment seems to be back on track and as a result I dared to do this: Buy a skirt with bandana pattern and wear it.


To be honest, wearing bandanas as tops or skirts isn't really a new thing to me and I am welcoming the trend. Bandana-wear can look super super tacky, which is also a thing I love about it. I was ranging between the skirt and these super dope shorts. Since I own a lot of shorts and not one single skirt, I boldly went for the skirt.  The midi skirt, also really pretty to look at, was a bit too daring for my boytaste.

june in berlin

life is rough (american apparel sweater; vintage shorts; dinsko shoes)

Apathie

shirt dress; vintage cut-off
boots; scorett

boyish

familiar concept, new shapes. well, actually old shapes (everything vintage), but new for me. i'm also on instagram now: thefrancismurphy - and kind of using twatter again. at least am trying... let's see how long this lasts, so take it while it's hot. personal btw: got an university place HURRA

to be a child is what i am supposed to be

forever playing - forever not caring

thoughts on blogging

there are two reasons for my absence: #1 i have been working my ass off, trying to get a nice portfolio for my university applications together. absurdly, i actually got invited to participate in the aptitude test at the university where i least expected it. i was shocked, to say the least. but since there hasn't been anything decided yet and there are two more to master, i've already put my focus back on creating.
#2 the internet and especially this small, fucked up rubric of fashion blogging have been boring me to death. i refuse to detect another post that is about what someone has just recently bought / someone needs to buy / what's inside someone's fucking bag / contests that force people into liking someone's facebook page / glossybox / ... you get the idea. when did people start to think it's cool to be someone else's advertising panel?

RUNAWAYFROMHOME THINKS IT'S SHIT TO WANT TO BUY SOMETHING ONE DOESN'T NEED.

it is possible to be interested in fashion, without being a dickhead but it's hard and you have to work on yourself and your consumer behaviour everyday. occasionally, i get sucked in too but i'll keep on digging myself out again.

because of all this annoyance, caused by these very unimportant blogs, i was close to shut down runawayfromhome. luckily i realized, i'm not a douchebag (i tend to forget this one) and my blog isn't about buying and consuming. it's about inspiration and awesomness, and therefore i allowed myself to stay.

if anyone knows any recommendable blogs, please let me know. i'm going to sort out my reading list and i doubt, there will be left more than 5-10 blogs.

The Hat

Hat Hurley; Sweater Topshop; Coat Cheap Monday; Shorts H&M; Shoes Topshop; Bag Vintage;

Let me tell you something, you probably didn't know: I love hats, I love them bad. No matter if on a men's or women's head. A hat on a head automatically creates a really chic - but edgy - mood and that's what I love about it. This is by far not the first attempt of actually (that means for more than 5 minutes) wearing a hat. I own quite a few but somehow I never really became friends with the idea of carrying such a huge and uncontrollable something on my head. It just didn't feel right and I have to admit, it still feels pretty weird nowadays. The worst part about trying out something new are the staring people. If you don't feel confident, they will smell your fear and stare you into the ground.

Anyway. What do you think? Looking right or wrong?

Saturday Night Situation

It's saturday night and I'm at home trying to get over with some nasty uni stuff. As if this wasn't enough I spent my day running around town like a crazy person, collecting stuff for the shoot tomorrow. OF COURSE I didn't get everything I wanted, so I have to get up extra early tomorrow and take care of this problem, before attending a job interview, before shooting.

I don't even know what happened. This doesn't really sound like myself but right now I'm thrilled and I'll be rolling with that.

The Optimist

vintage jacket, cos sweater, levi's shorts, scorett boots

Not really having a life at the moment. Uni-life is crazy but I'm still enjoying it. Parallel I'm working on a few projects for my portfolio.
Therefore I'm enjoying a chilled weekend even more: cooking with friends, café opening, work. The end, bye.

NMB111018

vintage shirt, sweater & bag - random old sloppy trousers - scorett boots

I've recently added some new favourites to my link list below. What are your current frontrunners? I'm bored and seeking for candy.
I also noticed a flush of new readers. Drop a comment and say hi, so I can check out your blogs.

Sunday Chill

Thanks to Milena for these nice shots. A crazy weekend rounded off with a sunny fleamarket sunday. Ran straight into beautiful Vio.

Being: Done with it

Wearing a self cropped Wu-Tang shirt I found somewhere on the internet, COS jeans, vintage leather backpack and Reebok sneakers.
I am really enjoying the fact of the existance of the new COS online store to be honest. As soon as a Weekday online store opens, I'll probably never leave the house again for shopping.

NIRVANA: I miss you

I am wearing a vintage Benetton chemise, my new fabulous COS jeans and Scorett boots.
I look sad but acutally I'm just drunk and listening to Nirvana. I've heard there will be 14 unpublished songs with the '20 Years Nirvana' album or something. Read it on a poster. Anyone knows more?

girl from ipanema goes walking

asos sunglasses; vintage shirt; weekday dress; riding boots

tomorrow we will be escaping into the sun, el destino: granada. can't wait to float in the sea and to get roasted by the sun. also looking forward to all the good food and tequila, can't lie. just having a good time. sometimes, having no plan can be the best plan. see you in a week honey bunnies.

WHITE COATS DO NOT WORK FOR ME

will have to cut this really weird looking, lower part off. this lenght is just not for me. sadly. thought it would look kind of great on me. apart from that it's a rad shirt and i love it. but to be honest, i could have bought a regular t-shirt then. whatever, shit happens.

+ i really don't want to talk about the weather again, so i just pass this beanie situation without a comment.

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and to not forget about the sexyness behind the cam:

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in love with my new vintage leather hat and the levi's cut offs. .. . . .
WER'RE MOVING ON WEDNESDAY! can't even explain how glad i am to move into my own sweet home and finally start to settle down. not gonna miss these fucked up red walls.

sorry, peter.