When I was in the mothership store in Paris week and a half back, I saw so many Birkins being brandished around casually by the French customers. I started drooling over the different colours and thinking of my next acquisition. Of course there was nothing in the store in terms of Birkins since it was the August holidays. Stock situation should be better for Shopmom since everyone's back to work now.
If in doubt clothes-wise, a good coat hides all evils. This summer I bought a lovely navy belted trench from Celine that should last through early autumn, and my favourite winter coat is a vintage 70's number with a fur collar that I scored for GBP 25 from Steinberg and Tolkien on the Kings Road, and which has never failed to garner compliments from SAs in every designer store I've walked into.