8 Shocking celebrity shopaholics

Gwen Stefani
Shopaholic rating 5/10
Gwen bucks the Hollywood spendthrift theme by taking an interest in discovering kooky second-hand outfits and altering clothes for herself. 'I always loved shopping and making up my own outfits,' says Gwen. 'When I was young and my mom said '"let's go to the mall" I always said "Can't I just have a hundred dollars and go to the thrift store?" You get really cool stuff,' she says. 'I would buy the clothes and then alter everything because we had a sewing machine. My bedroom was always the room you didn't go into unless you wanted to get pins stuck in your foot. I was always doing projects and making my own clothes.' But Stefani now finds herself going for hip designers when she visits the UK. 'When I'm in London I act the way people think I am supposed to act as a star,' says the pop star. 'I splurge on Vivienne Westwood's clothes and come home with bags full of her stuff. I'll buy whatever I can because I love her clothes and they fit me really well.'

Beyonce Knowles
Shopaholic rating 6/10
'I love shopping', says Beyonce, who once expressed a penchant for British high street store Topshop. The Destiny's Child singer may like to dabble with street fashion but she also exhibits diva tendencies. This is where the star puts to practice her phenomenal organisational skills. Beyonce's mother, Tina Knowles, is employed as her (permanently on-call) fashion and hair stylist. While Beyonce buffs her face and body, Tina spends the day scouring the racks of Versace and Gucci for clothes. The pop diva says her shopping weakness is earrings, which she buys in bulk.

Sarah Jessica Parker
Shopaholic rating 10/10
She's known for being a down-to-earth star who's careful with her money, but Sarah Jessica Parker has one serious weakness - shoes. 'I have far too many shoes - I mean really, really, really too many shoes,' says the Sex And The City star. 'I've been wearing Manolo Blahniks for 16, 17 years. I'm not proud of my habit, but it's what I do with my disposable income. I can run a marathon., I can jump puddles, I can do anything in heels - the higher, the better.' SJP dates her shoe obsession back to her childhood, when her hard-up mum bought her just two pairs of shoes a year and dressed her in jumble sale outfits at 60p a go. 'That's why I have such a weird relationship with money,' she says. 'It's why I can be profligate or super-frugal. It comes from this desire to save yet, on the other hand, when I have been working so hard I think - why can't I have another pair of those Manolo Blahniks?' She is estimated to have around 100 pairs of the shoes, which range from $300 to $1,000 and she wears them at all times, even though they give her bunions and Achilles injuries. 'I've virtually destroyed my feet, but I like what a high heel does to a person,' she says. 'My feet are so abused by shoes that they're numb. They've given in.'

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