Sexy and spikey by shopaholicsoph featuring lace tops

Well it is that time of year again when the clothes and accessories are at their best!!! I LOVE autumn winter fashion and this year is no different! I love sequins, sequins and more sequins, I jadore faux fur I love the glamour and how fabulous it makes you feel, not to mention how toasty it is, I love leather....this year I am going to branch out and maybe go for a leather trouser, I mean I have jackets, leggings, skirts and shorts but leather trousers are what I am feeling, I love how all the clothes right now have gone that one step further and the strapping is pure bondage...it is beyond fierce!!! My gothic inner child is coming out in the form of a hand full of skull and knuckle duster rings not to mention all the jewellery made up of spikes....my love for studds has trippled this year, I want everything covered in studds and spikes, I'm contemplating buying bags of studds off ebay and getting creative as everything seems to be silver and gold is my preference!! I'll upload pix of anything I do get round to studding! All black is obviously my favourite choice for layering up all this fierce jewellery to make it stand out, and I will be teaming it with the perfect bright pink lippy...this is when I can track down the shade I am lusting after...MAC Candy Yum Yum, however it was limited edition circa 2007 and I am gutted to have missed out I need this lip colour so badly right now!!! If anybody knows where I can purchase one....please get in touch...until then I will have to make do with a Nars shade similar I will be purchasing after payday!! I also love how in winter heels become higher and therefore fiercer but I need to stop buying shoes and purchase some clothes.....or maybe more jewellery. Peace, love & all things studded Sophs xoxo

I say brrrrrrrrrrrrrr it's cold in here....

We all now it's cold, we are nearly in November, yet everyone is moaning it's freezing -crank up the heating and crack out the winter clothes!!!! It is essential this year that I purchase a new winter coat, as my warmest one a leopard faux fur number from Topshop circa 2009 is once again back with avengence and every other person is wearing it....I love this coat and am not ready to part with it, number one because it is very toasty, the warmest coat I own, and number 2 although it has been overkilled this year I still love leopard print....however my leopard needs to go into hibernation and a new faux fur coat needs to be purchased....although I have yet to find a coat I love this year, this Topshop one comes close, I love the fur and I like the fit but I feel it is stepping out of my comfort zone of black, they do do a black version but the fur is no where near as nice...what I do know is I need to find a warm coat quickly because I have been far too cold in my leather jacket and mongolian scarf combo these past few days.....however being cold does have the added benefit of burning extra calories!!

Peace, love and extra layering Sophs xoxo

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

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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