Wishlist #1

It's that time of year again, the time to make some brilliant new additions to your wardrobe to brighten up the boring half of winter, the half without Christmas but with the most depressing day of the year; Valentine's Day. I digress.

Here is a lovely overview of things I want but cannot afford from Topshop...aaahhhh, Topshop, how I love and adore you...

Grey Boyfriend Blazer

I have been coveting this blazer ever since I saw it's black sibling. After deliberating over them both for a long time I think, should I ever decide to actually purchase one, grey is the better option. I can just see myself wearing it with a nice crisp white shirt and black leggings combo.

Lace Bodycon Dress

Bodycon is the most unforgiving fashion ever created, but I would gladly stick to a cabbage soup diet to fit in this lovely dress. I think I'd want to try and wear it in a non-feminine way, play down the lace a bit with some biker boots.

Black and Gold Heels

*sigh*

Pale Denim Skirt

I like the stonewash feel of this skirt, very white trash. I reckon you could probably dress this up or down for different looks. Probably I'd just end up wearing it every day until I spilt something on it.

Studded Black Boots

My current boots have a hole in the sole. This generally isn't very useful for footwear (and also sounds like the title of a bad country record), thus I need a new pair. These are a likely candidate as, if you squint a lot, they resemble a rather lovely pair made by Chloe.

Grey Bodycon Dress

Yes, yes bodycon again. I've tried this one on though, and it's lovely. It doesn't even make me look like a sack of potatoes, definitely score! I have a soft spot for strapless numbers, shoulders are sexy.

Cropped Sweatshirt

Very Fame.

Giraffe Bracelet

In all honesty I saw this and thought of my sister, if I ever buy it I'm sure I'll lend her it from time to time...

Off-Black Cardigan

My name is Ciara and I am a cardigan addict.

Belt

This one reminds me of a Chanel belt I saw Cheryl Cole wearing. One of her better outfits, I'll have you know, I'm not a massive Cheryl Cole fan usually.

Blue T-Shirt-Dress

Something classy to slob around in, just what every girl needs on a fat day. And any other day since this dress is such a wonderful shade of blue.

Hubble Bubble Toil and...Chanel

It may not be anywhere near Halloween right now, but it seems to me like witchcraft and wizardary are on the way up in the fashion stakes. Chanel have just announced Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, as the new face of their Coco Mademoiselle perfume, after a long and careful consideration as to whether she has the right look. She's young, she's rich, she's beautiful - and she's a bit posh, which doesn't go amiss - obviously she was going to be perfect for Chanel. There was the minor scandal of her partying with Jonny Borrell, but let's be honest here, what 18 year old doesn't let their hair down with a slightly sleasy rock star every now and again?

Having just signed a two-year contract with Chanel worth £3million, and with the rumoured £2million she earns for each film in the Harry Potter franchise, Emma definitely has the means to go flashing the cash. Perhaps she will stick to her magical roots and drop a few thousand pounds at Luella on the Fall Collection - you know the stuff I mean, the runway show began with a model wearing a fabulous witches hat and some pumpkin-orange tights. Not entirely appropriate for day-to-day wear but such headwear would make a big splash on the red carpet - just look at the media coverage that Sarah Jessica Parker got for *that* hairpiece at the SATC premiere.

Sadly, I think Emma may be too classy and elegant to rock the witches hat, but there are tamer pieces in the collection and, really, isn't Luella a more suitable and fun designer for an 18 year old to be wearing than Chanel? With this particular collection Luella brings together a folky look with her trademark dresses and the overall effect is one
that is quirky, youthful and fun. Agyness Deyn is a big Luella fan, I reckon Miss. Watson should take a leaf out of Aggy's book and mix it up a bit - and go party with some cooler rockers, or Nick Grimshaw. I can't imagine anything better than a party with Grimmy.

So, pretty much it seems to me that we should all take some fashion tips from the magical community for autumn, not that all of us can be the face of a fabulous advertising campaign and therefore able to afford the best, but authentic witches don't go to boutiques and neither shall we.

P.S. On the subject of wizardry, I saw a photo of Daniel Radcliffe the other day. His chin is all stubbily; not a good look. He isn't even 19 yet, someone buy that boy a razor!