Versace for H+M by shopaholicsoph featuring a quilted jacket

Ok so not blogged for a while, been busy with work and not really shopped much as far too skint. But since like Feb/March time when I heard Donatella Versace was collaborating with H+M I have been excited and looking forward to the 17th November.....it is now less than a month away....excited much!!! Now I am wishing the collection touched down on a payday but unfortunatly I am gonna have to save some money out of the small portion of wages I get to at least purchase not one but 2 of the gold bracelets with circle detail...I need these, one for each arm, they are amazing!!!! H+M you have outdone yourself, I am far more excited than any of the previous collections....yes including Stella McCartney. Ordinarily I would be eBaying my life right now so I could afford the leather jacket or maybe the studded leather dress but I am eargerly waiting for eBay to remove it's ban so I can list items.....I am bored of being skint £6.85 can buy you nothing!!!! Well a Vogue and a drink but I NEED fashion, I have literally no clothes suitable for winter and would kill for my winter wardrobe to consist of, well mainly Versace for H+M as lets face it, it's the closest I will get to Versace for a while!! Anyway I need to book this date off work and raise some funds over the next few weeks so I can smack up the Versace, I'll race you to the jewellery section! Peace, love & Donatella inspired tans Sophs xoxo

Glasgow bound...

So my long weekend has just begun, I am on route to Glasgow, I had to change at Manchester Picadilly, then Preston and will get to Glasgow for 8pm, providing there are no delays! So for those of you wondering why I am going to Glasgow, well it is because I have a spot on The Weakest Link, for those of you who know me you will find this pure comedy gold, no doubt I will get voted off first round if not definetly after a couple of rounds!!!

After limitless restrictions on what you can take to wear - no black, no red, no heels (basically nothing in my wardrobe), I overcame the hardest styling mission of my life and decided on 4 outfits which they will pick from tomorrow, my suitcase contains, my colour pop wedges, a pink sequin top and denim shorts, a bright blue dress, a coral top which would have looked a-maze-ing with the purple skirt that I planned wearing it with, however that is sadly ruined, something I am very upset about today!! I have also packed my wet look leggings and my japenese print oversized blouse....but they pick your outfit, I do not remember a time when someone has ever picked an outfit for me to wear, this is something I am slightly dreading! At least they are choosing from my choices!!

However, if for some reason I get my questions right and people keep me in, I would love to win the prize money, I could do so much more with a couple of grand than many on the show I reckon, I'd pay off, then cancel, yes cancel my credit card - I do not want it any more! I'd go to Ibiza for the closing parties, I definetly deserve a holiday this year, well a sun holiday, it's been too long -2007 to be exact! I need to get myself on a sunlounger next to a pool for 7-10 days!!!!!

This weekend I am away filming I am missing a mah-jor fundraising day at Topshop, raising money for the Jemma & Jacob fund, now if you don't work at Topshop you won't know the tragic story, but Jemma, a gorgeous 21 year old girl sadly died a few months ago of cervical cancer, she was pregnant and gave birth to a beautiful baby boy Jacob who we are raising money for at work...well if I somehow manage to survive the wrath of Anne and win The Weakest Link I will donate a percentage of my prize fund to this amazing cause, as Jemma was a gorgeous girl who was a truely amazing person and touched a lot of lives.

Live everyday to the max you never know when it's your turn to go.
Sophs
xoxo

I WON

I actually did it, I came second place in June's River Island most stylish, I won £150 of vouchers that I am currently enjoying spending. Thank you if you were one of the people who voted!

I guess you are wondering what I have spent my vouchers on, well who knew spending £150 is so difficult, I'm being savvy and wise, I bought a gorgeous silk feel longline white oversized blazer, from £50 to £20 in the sale...however I have now returned it as everytime I tried it on I felt like an 80s throwback or like I was wearing a labcoat....not the look I was going for.

I have however had some a-mazing buys, a gorgeous pair of sparkly sequin hotpants and THE and I mean THE mother of all feather earrings, turquoise, gorgeous and o so long! I just hope they bring them out in another colour -maybe an orangy/brown or purple.





With the rest of the vouchers I still have £80 I am thinking of getting a winter coat, I know it's only July and people think it's crazy to buy a coat in the height of summer, but trust me I have missed out on some amazing coats in the past for this reason and i won't be doing it this year! However who knows where I will find the perfect one...watch this space.

Peace, love & luck
Sophs
xoxo

Style Insider / Your Style / JUNE'S MOST STYLISH.

Style Insider / Your Style / JUNE'S MOST STYLISH.

PLEASE VOTE FOR ME, JUST LIKE MY PICTURE ON FACEBOOK SO I CAN WIN SOME VOUCHERS FOR RIVERS!!

Thank you
Sophs

Geisha Girl Glam

Geisha Girl Glam by shopaholic_soph featuring zipper leggings

I bought this gorgeous oversized floral Topshop shirt on payday and I can't get enough of it, rocking Geisha Girl Glamour with wetlook leggings and flatforms, and this gorgeous vintage looking gold bag which I will use on too many nights out despite it being quite heavy to carry as it is pure metal but it sets the outfit off almost as much as a Chanel would. I wouldn't look out of place in Tokyo in this outfit and it would look perfect with my hair scraped into a large bun on the top of my head.

Peace, love and style
Sophs
xoxo

I want my own vintage shop....

I'm having the best day off work, working in Lottiebel's Boutique in The Forum Shops Sheffield, obviously it's not as busy as Topshop, but the customers are all chatty and friendly and have time to talk, it's amazing watching their eyes light up at vintage items and hand-made jewellery, they love her Scrabble tile rings and their eyes light up when they see them, I can choose the music, from Blondie, to Jamie T, to Diana Ross and The Supremes I'm loving the mix up I have created to set the vintage atmosphere. Let's hope the rain stops and the people of Sheffield will come out on force to browse the gorgeous items.....it's definetly now my dream to own a boutique one day.

Peace, Love and Vintage Delights
xoxo Sophs

Wishing I was in Ibiza...

Due to my trip to New York last year I am unfortunatly without a summer holiday this year, which really upsets me, all I want is for my pale skin to become bronzed and sunkissed whilst I lay on the beach and at night I want to sip cocktails with my girls, I have just entered a competition on the River Island website to go to Ibiza in 12 days time, with 3 of my best friends and a £1000 holiday wardrobe, did I mention there is free entry to Ibiza clubs too and spending money, this would be a dream come true if I won -the best bit about it is while you are there you get to write a holiday diary which will feature in Grazia!!!! This prize is a-maze-ing beyond belief!!!

I uploaded a picture of myself rocking my fetival fierce, Ibiza-chic holiday style....for the look I am wearing my gorgeous Topshop wedges, with possibly one of the most amazing fringed items on the high-street from Rivers, a gorgeous metal tin bag from River Island, these gorgeous gold sequin shorts that belong to my lovely flatmate that I wished I owned!! My faithful River Island feather earrings and numerous chains and bangles...I love this look, it's summer at it's best!

Right now my fingers and toes are crossed I'd love to win so much, cross your fingers for me too please!!!

Peace, love & summer
Sophs
xoxo