Mission Of A Lifetime

Every Autumn I long for the perfect coat. Like everyone, it’s the one thing I’m on search for from the first day the pre-autumn clothes hit the racks. But is this task impossible? Will I ever find a perfect coat?

Like every woman in the fashion world I am longing for that cute, dusty pink, Simone Rochaesque coat that I can hide under on a rainy day and still feel good despite my frizzy, damp hair that is swept all over my face.

Simone Rocha Autumn/Winter 2013

And I found it! Unfortunately for me at the one high street store in the UK that is everyone’s first stop on their shopping trip... Topshop.

And to my utter disappointment this morning discovered that they’ve sold out! And. By the looks of it, have stopped stocking it! I felt like crying.

I thought my search was over but it goes on...