My most worn pieces- Bottoms

WHAT I WEAR TOO MUCH..

I have a problem and buy way too many clothes... said every girl ever. In the last year I have been a lot more experimental when it comes to what I wear on my bottom half and I even purchased a skirt and wore it (brownie points for me on that one it's a very unlikely thing for soph to do) SO I wanted to share with you the things I have been wearing the hell out of and hopefully show how many different types of 'bottoms' you can get and still stick to your style. 

Also slight disclaimer that this is the fist time I have attempted 'flat lay' and I'm aware it is a working progress. 

THE CLASSIC SKINNY JEAN

For me this is the piece I wear most during the colder seasons and I find it so hard to part with them because they are so easy to style and are just a classic thing to have. My go to skinny jean has to be the Jamie jeans from Topshop and I mostly wear black because they are the most flattering for my fat thighs. I wear these on the casual most of the time but I love to wear them paired with a classy top and shoe for a easy evening look when you want to look nice but not be too much. I have way too many types of this jean in different styles including the pair I wore about two blogs ago and pairs with rips and distressed hems... what can I say a girl can never have enough skinny jeans. 

MOM JEANS 

I'm trying to get the jeans out of the way can you tell? ANYWAY the most comfortable of jeans for me personally are mom jeans and boy do I love them. I searched for years for a pair that fit my waist, bum and thighs and then I realised I had the sizing all wrong and since then I've not been able to take them off. I'm obsessed with 90's fashion and there's something about these jeans that make a mediocre outfit super cool and I'm all about that extra help of bumping my street cred (not that I have any). I've got these faded black pair from (yes you guessed it) Topshop and I also have my beloved rose embroided ones and they are both so easy to style and actually can be really flattering. I highly recommend these. 

COMFY SHORTS

I love anything that is comfortable and I'm not really about spending my day feeling irritated just to look good. So I've been on the hunt for shorts and trousers that make me feel like I'm wearing pj's but also look sort of stylish. Cambridge is full of very 'indie' people (which is not a bad thing) and so vintage shops are a thing and I'm not mad about it and that is where I found these amazing floral high waisted shorts again with a 90's vibe.Not only do I feel free and cosy they also have pockets so really it's a win win. I don't own much pattern but they were too cute not to buy and I've worn them to death already this summer. 

THE DENIM SKIRT

This denim skirt has changed my life. Okay that is a bit drastic but for someone who hates their body and the way skirts can look on them this skirt makes me feel pretty bloody good. I love the distressed front and I feel like that is what flatters my body shape the most and it also does make any outfit look like I've put more effort it when I haven't. Also I don't wear that much blue but I'm trying to get more creative and this is a perfect step for yours truly. 

CULOTTES/TROUSERS

I've saved the best till last and these are my go to for every occasion. Want to go to work feeling like you haven't left your bed? wear culottes. Want to go out and look nice but also in somthing comfy? wear culottes. want to just look more cool than usual? wear culottes. I honestly can't express what a life saver these can be and they are a must have in anyone's wardrobe whether that are pleated or silk to black or white you just need some okay? Anyways I got these couple of years back in Urban Outfitters and I've never looked back. I'm also super obsessed with trousers but seeing as this blog is long enough I'll cut it short and just say that if you want to look a bit more classy you can never go wrong with a pair of trousers. 

There are my fav things to wear on the bottom part of my bod and looking back I actually have a problem and need to stop buying clothes..... Have a fab day.

Soph X

Why it pays to be nice

BEING NICE ISN'T THAT HARD

I'm a strong believer in 'treat people they way you want to be treated' and the way I want to be treated is right BUT you won't be treated like that if you don't show people that you are capable of it as well. Sometimes I get knocked down and although it's not morally okay it actually is okay because at least you know they are only being like that because it is who they are and not a reflection of how you treated them.

  Now I am no saint and I actually have no mother to prove that but that doesn't mean I don't try my hardest with everyone and stick to who I am. Manners cost absolutely nothing and being nice is what gives this world something to smile at when there's very little to be happy about. Even just in the blogger community I've found people tweeting about supporting fellow writers yet they don't reply or follow back people who are constantly interactive (for the right reasons). It makes me sad that in this day and age and with something as powerful as social media we use it to belittle one another and call each other out on things we can't control or even just an opinion we might have. 

  I can't stand and take nice pictures without someone looking at me funny or someone having a little giggle and really if that was me witnessing someone in the zone I'd be like YOU GO GIRL. People are good at different things. I know people who are good at maths and English and then I know people who are amazing actors and singers yet we all still can't accept one another and appreciate that everyone is unique in their own way and that it's beautiful not wrong. Being nice doesn't JUST mean holding a door open for someone or letting a pregnant lady have your seat on the crowded sweaty train it also means supporting one another and believing in someones else's dreams and abilities. 

   

What I'm trying to say is that I think the world shines a whole lot brighter when someone shows love and kindness rather than being demoralising and heartless. In a world full of hate be nice and the world will be nice to you.

Soph x

R.I.P Chester Bennington x

DAY VS NIGHT- Frill white crop tee

GIRLY VS. GRUNGY  

I love me a good crop top and if there is anyone who knows that (other than me obvs) it's my bestie Charlotte and boy did she good with this prezzie. This top is a little bit of me and I'M OBSESSED. I've found that I've already been able to style it in soooo many different ways and one thing I love more than a crop top it's how versatile a piece can be. SO here we go.

DAY

 So a little background on the top in question... It's from pull and bear (A personal fave for crop tops) and it has a square neckline which I'm lusting over at the moment. It has these super cute straps and also has a tiny lace detail around the hem and I really really love it. For the Jeans I've chosen the most painful and uncomfortable things I own (no pain no gain) and they are my lace up Jamie Jeans from Topshop. I wore this outfit to work because although it was all lovely and hot when I finished when I woke up at 5 in the morning and got ready it wasn't the warmest. I wanted to contrast my top with something quite grungy and I think I kind of achieved that. Still trying to find out what I would name my style so for now it can be 'super basic super grungy or super girly mixed together'. Obviously I'm wearing my black and white converse and I'm not sorry about it. 

NIGHT

  

 SO this outfit is a lot more of a Soph outfit and I'm very excited to wear it again and again and again. I feel this top shines bright when matched with a nice denim and seeing as this is a night edition I went for a more 'dressy' up option (for me anyway) with a distressed mini skirt from (you guessed it) Topshop. It was really hot and I spent my evening third wheeling in a pub garden but it was okay because they only flaunted how fab they are together 60% of the time and I'm okay with coming to the conclusion of being alone forever... ANYWAY I wanted something more comfortable than those awfully painful things I call jeans and opted for a nice skirt which was just super easy. Just paired it with my Black bargain bag from H&M and drank cider to my hearts galore (I actually only had one but thats not the point). 

So here's to super easy outfits using one top, one pair of shoes and two very different styles. 

Soph X 

What I Got For My Nineteenth

BDAY HAUL

I've had the bestest birthday ever (which I've said on every social media I own so I'm going to post it on here too) and I was so overwhelmed by the love I've received and seriously overwhelmed at how well people know me in the short space of time I've been in their lives. I'm not one to brag but I am one to show how incredibly grateful I am that people have even thought of me let alone actually take time out of their day to go a buy me something. SO what better way to show how you appreciate the people you love by showing the people who read my blog what they so kindly gifted to me for my 19th birthday.

THE FAM

I don't actually have the present from my parents yet because I need to stop being so lazy and drive my butt down to ikea and get it but I guess that can be for another blog... ANYWAY my aunt and uncle know me probably better than anyone HOWEVER the first present they got me was this terrarium (I think that is what its called) which they thought would be a right old laugh BUT I love it so really the joke is on them mwhahah. They then got me my 'real' present and its my much loved and much used Daisy perfume by marc jacobs but this one is the dream reason and IT SMELLS SOOO GOOD. Thank you!!!!!

THE PALS

My photography skills are lacking here but just before I start crying I want to give the BIGGEST amount of love to my girls. You guys made me feel so very wanted and that never goes unnoticed. I love you I love you I love you. 

  Charlotte my soul mate treated me to not only a very pretty top (which is in the wash but you can trust me on the fact it's super cute) and a organiser (I need it) she also got me one of my most favourite things in the whole world... A CACTUS. I have three small ones but this one has defo got to be the mumma and I'm all about that. Thank you my little dixie. 

  Then the girls also treated me to the prettiest necklace which is literally a little bit of me because not only is it a small dainty short silver necklace but it also has a daisy which is my fav flower (insert crying face because of how well they know me). They also got me the most positive and uplifting book which is full of positive and uplifting quotes and I am all about it. 

  BUT the biggest present of all and probably one that I can never ever top is that they got me tickets TO SEE ZARA LARSSON MY ABSOLUTE QUEEN. I screamed a bit and then got round to hugging everyone and it started the night off just right so thank you thank you thank you girlies for all my lovely and well thought out gifts I lavvvved them. 

So that is my very soppy and probably very annoying post about what I got for my 19th and I hope you enjoyed it and don't think I am too much of a cheese ball. Over and out. 

Soph X 

What I've Learnt Over 19 Years

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY 

I want to start this blog by saying how bloody grateful I am that I get to spend my day of birth with so many amazing people who I wouldn't be me without. I want to share a few of the most important things I have learnt over my 19 short years and I hope you will enjoy. 

The first thing I have learnt is that you need to take everyday as they come because you never know what will happen tomorrow and you really never know how much time you have left with people. Never take what you have for granted because sadly in this world there will always be someone a lot more worse off. 

I've learnt to not let boys dictate my life, I think it is fair to say I am a pretty free soul and I'm only serious when I need to be so having someone in your life that isn't letting you be you or that is constantly upsetting you then let him go. I'm quite lucky that this has only really happened to me once and it was only for about a month of my life but oh my god never again will I let someone treat me as badly as I was no matter how much I want to be with them. But also don't think you have to stay in a relationship if they're doing absolutely nothing wrong but the spark is gone. I'm lucky a few of my ex boyfriends can still see me as a friend because I wouldn't ever want to lose a person I've had a strong bond with and being in a relationship is a personal and intimate experience which you want to be sure you haven't wasted the time you have spent on them but know when the end is the end (made sense in my head). 

I have learnt how to forgive and forget. Nobody is perfect and I know that so when someone has done something you don't think is necessarily right don't hold a grudge. People do not go out of their way to hurt your feelings and if they do then they clearly are NOT the people you need in your life. My friends and family show me so much love and yes at times things upset me but I then remember that I've probably unintentionally upset them too and that is okay because everyone can make mistakes BUT I know that they will never leave me and I will never leave them. You have to sit and think could I really live without you? And most of the time I say HELL TO THE NO. 

Being able to count your friends on one hand is not a bad thing. I say it all the time but people come and go and like I just said it's the people that you can't bare to be without that are worth the tears, the laughter and the memories. I never really felt part of something growing up and then when I moved to Cambridge not only was I surrounded by the most loving and caring family members (also you tanya and rob) I began to make a real circle of friends. I have a few friends down south and I love them to the moon and back but Cambridge has opened doors for me I never even thought were there. My little circle of very close friends make me laugh, carefree and most importantly HAPPY in the place I thought I would never find any of those things. 

The last thing I've learnt in the 19 years of my existence is that your hard work will pay off. Never in a million years did I think I would have being a VM for a huge fashion high street store, Experience at both fashion week and top model events, Charity work and loads more on my CV but I do and I owe that all to myself. There was many a time I was ready to give it all up and not bother but I'm so determined and to not only live a successful and happy life but I also want to pay back my family for everything they have done for me whether that be in support or of them just being so proud to call me a Foskett. My family are the reason I keep going because although I've had a huge person in my life disown me the important people have always stuck by me and supported me no matter what I've chosen to do with my life. 

SO there are some of the important things I've learnt over my 19 years and I know there are a lot more things to learn but for now I've learnt to respect myself, the ones I love and to treasure every moment because you're only young once and now it's the prime time to live my life to the most crazy and the most fabulous it can be. 

Soph X 

My New Job- VM For Topshop

BECOMING A VISUAL MERCHANDISER FOR TOPSHOP

After four long months I finally started the job I was dreaming of getting. It's not my dream job but it is the start of my dream job adventure. Since being in college and since leaving college I have had zero clue of what I wanted to do and I don't know if you can relate but I get so anxious about what I'm going to be doing for the rest of my life and whether I will be fulfilled enough. I've worked as a sales assistant since october at Topshop and I'll tell you now that is not the life I wanted to be living and the only thing good about that job was the people I've had the pleasure of meeting and being able to call my friends. However a job was advertised for a visual merchandiser which was exactly the thing I had been waiting and I actually applied while I was on holiday.... I was that eager... I'm a loser. 

I have never done anything like this and to be honest I didn't know this job even existed a year ago but here I am writing this as a vm for Topshop and a Topshop 'flagship' merchandising store. The store I work in is huge and I knew that as a sales assistant but then when you get given the task to dress all the tables in the store and make sure all the 'trends' have the right accessories in them you really understand how huge the store is. Just merchandising the bag wall (image above) took about two hours and that's how I know this job is going to be very creative, stressful and most of all fulfilling. 

WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY DO:

I've has this question asked by every single person i've told and basically in a nut shell my job is to make the store pretty but also shopable AND that is a lot easier said than done. We have about three 'girls' in our store which all have different trends and styles plus ivy park, concessions, jersey, swim, bags and tall, petite and maternity sections. You have to match the products with the girls, make sure you have outfit builds within each of the trends and accessories and graphics to go with them. To make my job even more full on we are also becoming vm's for Topman on the lower floor which is a whole other kettle of fish and I've actually had some experience in that before so I'm hoping it's not too scary though I will be needing a ladder for the majority of my time as everything is so bloody high up. 

The few images above are some of things I've already merchandised in my two days and although I still have a lot to learn and a lot to improve on I think I'm doing okay. My ideas and the way I would place things are very different I feel to how the other vm's would and that's my favourite part of this job because I can be me and do my thing and no one is judging me for it. Being creative is so much fun and it really releases a lot of bad energy for me so this job is literally a therapy session and the hours are great which is just an added bonus but there is so much work to do and I already feel a tiny bit stressed with being under pressure and having to live up to exceptions even though I have no idea what they are yet!

So that is my new job and when I know what I'm doing and I start gaining the skills of a vm I will get back to you but for now have this post as a 'good things come to those who wait' and also a 'started from the bottom now we here' kinda thing and enjoy the rest of your day. 

Soph x 

All About My Jewellery

SOMETIMES CHANGE ISN'T NECESSARY 

'A girls best accessory is her smile' yes this may be true but you have to have a bit of bling in your life to achieve that smile... or well at least I do (easily pleased). I am the most BORING human when it comes to jewellery because there is nothing I love more than dainty, simple, plain and meaningful pieces of (mainly) silver and gold. I LOVE pieces that I know I could never have to take off again because I'm lazy yet I can't leave the house without a necklace, earrings or bracelets as I literally feel naked so the pieces I wear are things I never take off SO they need to go with everything. I'm going to jump right in. 

MY NECKLACE

This is probably the piece I love the most purely because it is so simple and pretty yet it never ever gets in my way and it goes with absolutely everything. I got this necklace on my 18th birthday from my uncle and aunty and it's from Links. If there is one person I look up to when it comes to all things jewellery it is 100% my aunty Caroline because she has FAB taste and has the exact same mindset as me when it comes to wearing jewellery and what pieces we like. I'm VERY picky and I love everything about this necklace because not only does it have the most beautifully simple design it also sits just how I like necklaces to sit and that is not too long but also not a full on chocker. 10/10 from me. 

MY BRACELETS 

 Bracelets have to be very specific for me because like I said I am very picky so I always tend to gravitate towards this kind of dainty silver link style. The first bracelet is another from Links and again very kindly gifted to me from my uncle and aunty with a star charm added to it as well. I LOVE this bracelet which is no surprise seeing as I love everything apparently BUT nevertheless I am obsessed with the links and the actual fastener which isn't your bog standard clasp but instead it actually acts like a link and just adds such a classy look. The second bracelet I actually have no idea where it is from but it compliments my Links bracelet very nicely and is again super simple so it goes with literally everything.

MY RING

My ring is my most prized possession and I've worn it solidly for four years. It was my Grandmas and when she passed away I was allowed to pinch a few pieces out of her collection. Up until I got my Links necklace I also wore my grandmas locket every single day but it kept breaking and was too fragile to carry on being worn frequently. To me I will wear jewellery because of the meaning behind them rather than making a fashion statement and I'm lucky enough to have pieces that actually would be something I'd pick out myself. This ring means so much to me and it makes me all gooey inside when people compliment it because it makes me think of my beloved Grandma and how cool and fashionable she was at my age and I want to be just like her in that sense. I know it's gold but it has beautiful silver details and diamonds in the shape of a flower and it honestly couldn't shout 'sophie' any louder than it already is. Thank you Grandma.      

MY EARRINGS

My earrings are the only thing that I actually don't mind putting effort in to changing and have no personal meaning behind. I don't feel me without earrings in and I know that sounds silly but I just love having something cool going on on a part of my body I am quite self-conscious about. I actually used to have 10 piercings but I worked at Legoland in Food and Beverage and not only do they hate you looking 'un-kept' and 'messy' you also can't wear earrings for hygiene reasons and seeing as I was working 10 hours each day for about 3 months I just didn't have the time or effort to keep putting them back in and then having to take them straight out again so most of them have closed up but I WILL be getting them back and I will be happy again. For now I have my tragus piercing, my first and second holes and my cartilage and that will have to do. I'm planning on doing a piercing blog post soon so keep your eyes peeled if you care about pain and whether they are worth it! Anyway I wear silver hoops pretty much everyday and I never take the studs out so pretty boring again but oh well that is just me!

SO if you have got this far well done you deserve a strong coffee and a shot of vodka but thank you anyway for reading. Hope you're having a fantastic day and hopefully I'll see ya next time.

Soph X

4 Pieces 3 Outfits

MIX AND MATCH

My main aim when I buy clothes is to make sure the are super versatile and easy to put with more than one thing. So this post is kind of like a day in the outfits kinda post (that is not a thing but I think I can make it one) and I hope you enjoy my three outfits with pieces I have mixed and matched on this sunny sunday. 

OUTFIT 1-RELAXING IN THE SUN. 

I spent today mainly getting my chores and to do list done while also trying to enjoy the sun so I needed a super comfy but also cool outfit as it was quite hot. These are my fav shorts for the summer as the are incredibly lightweight, a beautiful colour for you tan and they are also super cute. I got them in the H&M sale about two years ago but I am sure similar pairs are floating about! I paired the shorts with my primark £3 cross sandals because I basically wear them as slippers as they are that comfy! And then the top. I love this top and have done for a few years now. It's an oldie from topshop and I just love everything about it. Its super flattering because of the neckline and the length and I'm a sucker for white crochet IT IS SO PRETTY. I thought if i'm going to be wearing a bikini (from New Look) I might as well show it off and this top helps perfectly bring a pop of colour through to the outfit. 

OUTFIT 2- RUNNING ERRANDS

 I needed to pop out and get a few bits and bobs so I kept the top on and just paired with my Mom black slightly distressed jeans from Topshop as I wanted to look a tiny bit put together and I was worried no one else would be in proper summer clothes (anyone else get nervous about that? just me? okay) so I chucked them on with my other white cross over sandals from trusty Tesco and went on my journeys. This is a more me outfit as it covers me but I still have that pop of colour and skin coming through.

OUTFIT 3-EVENING OUTTINGS

If you are wanting a more casual but still dressy up outfit for a summers evening I highly recommend wearing mom jeans with a very nice top or in my instance my red boob tubed dress from pretty little thing. I love the pop of colour and red is my fav so it was a must really. The belt also adds a more put together look and the heeled sandals add more of a going out kind of vibe but also keeping on the more casual summer evening feel. 

So there it is 4 pieces 3 outfits. Hope you're enjoying this sunshine as much as me. 

Soph x