How much is too much for a top?

If you can afford it Trisher then go for it. Life is too short to worry about the price of a top. Jigsaw clothes are lovely and if you can get a discount then even better.

What are you waiting for? !!
You love it. You can afford it.

opps ...posted too soon. You asked how much is too much for a top. I would hesitate to buy a top over £60 unless for a special occasion. I am more inclined towards dresses, tights and boots. I wouldn't pay more than about £85 for every day going out casual type dresses. I have paid considerably more for special occasions, always thinking I have bought something I would definitely wear again, but sadly this never happens and the most expensive items languish unworn in the back of the wardrobe.

I like the top even though it is not my style. It is way above my
budget unless it was for a wedding or other very special event.

Thanks Marydoll I'm doing the maths on that now!

No don’t much like it and have probably never paid more than £20 for a top why would anyone ? Charity shop buys are usually under a fiver and I m probably as happy as those spending hundreds

Trisher, good news. If you sign up for Jigsaw's emails, you get 15% off your first order and the best part, you can machine wash it on a delicate setting.

It's Jigsaw Suziewoozie For some reason it keeps popping up in the ads on GN. Don't know why it's all a bit pricier than I'm used to. I know that my DSs think I have no idea about prices now and I just wondered if others were spending more..
I'm not upset by those who don't like it. I know I'm a bit of an individual as far as style goes.

Life is too short, so if you like it and can afford it, buy it.

It's a beautiful top. I wouldn't care if people saw me wearing it again. I'd wear it lots.

Kate, the jacket.

Trisher, sorry to hijack your thread!

If you want to look at it it is the brand Isle - Leisure Navy Zip Sweat top at EWM.

Does it matter if People notice the top has been worn a few times. Kate Middleton is praised for “recycling”, that if wearing an outfit more than once.
I know KM won’t be a role model for trisher but if I like a top I wear it endlessly

Trisher I think the top is fabulous.

I spent £75.00 x2 on some tops I thought would be wonderful, but to be honest they are no better than my cheaper tops.

I wonder Mary if we both bought the same jacket in the sale from Seasalt, mine is a navy short box jacket at about £45.00.

Now I did buy a bargain last week from the Edinburgh Wool Mills. It is a navy zipper jacket with spots on and striped cuffs. It cost £26.00 and was my Best Buy this year. I don’t know how to put the picture in here but no doubt someone else could do it.

Trisher go for it if you like it! The only time I've ever spent loads on clothes ( in the region of £400) was for my two kids' weddings. I love clothes buying though, but tend to keep to under £50.

I agree with all those who have said that people will notice that you have worn it a few times before and you've got to wear it a few times to make it worth that amount of money!

And apparently I am going to be rude but I don't like it anyway but that doesn't matter because I am not buying it

Hotter in Chester has gone too Iam64. And that was always a part of my shopping ritual when I go there; Lakeland, Hotter, Brown's of Chester and then Sergio's for a long lunch!

Our hotter shop has closed. I can probably buy on line because I know which of their styles fit me. It isn't the same though, as wandering the shop to decided what to try on...

I love the colours in your top trisher but, like others, the price is well beyond my budget. I can't remember the last item of clothing that I bought. I did, however, succumb to 2 pairs of Hotter shoes, thanks to Maw posting about their amazing sale, some weeks back.

Trisher, good idea wait for the sale, and keep an eye on eBay incase someone wants to sell their.

I generally spend the most on core pieces, like jeans that make my waist look trim ( two pregnancies have left me with an apple body type) , coats and blazers. I think items that make me look trimmer a worth the extra pennies. Statement pieces I buy from Oasis or similar, I do like pink, leopard print and sparkles in spring and summer. Mink is my favourite, so I wait for their sales in great anticipation. ?

What’s the brand trisher?

Trisher, I hope the negative comments about the top havent put you off buying it.

trisher - treat yourself. Buy the top. You clearly want it, I bet you aren't spending much currently, we none of us are going out, cinema's, restaurants, treats generally so treat yourself and wear it lots, even if it's only round the house

I think it looks lovely on the model. If I wanted it as much as you do.... might pay that for something for a special occasion, but then expect to get a load of wear out of it. On the other hand, I think that £40, for example, is far too much for a top which hangs in a cupboard and that you might wear twice -so for me it's all about the' cost to wear ratio' really.

Some things do cost a fortune...cashmere, silk, but as I've said, I would always try to find something like that in a sale or buy it as something classic, knowing that it wouldn't date, would earn lots of compliments, make me feel good each wearing and thus make me feel that it was money very well spent. Not sure there are fixed rules, though. Just do what makes you happy!

You have obviously fallen in love with the top Trisher so go for it. I’m a ‘blend into the background’ person so wouldn't have the courage to wear it but would love to be the kind of person who could carry it off. I think the people who have responded by saying they don’t like it or, even worse, that they think it is awful are very rude. After you took the trouble to post the picture you must feel deflated, I would.