How much is too much for a top?

trisher, I don't like it as all I can see is a face - when looking at it on the right side at boob level. A yellow/gold face profile with eye, nose and mouth, looking down towards the navel. There are ears, or maybe hair on top!

I have my eye on some beautiful wool and a knitting pattern. Together they cost £100 and I'd still have to knit it!
I bought some beautiful local yarn when I was in Tasmania; it was expensive so I only bought enough for a hat and then the pattern (a photocopy) was $4 on top. Then I was tempted by the hand made wooden needles too.
I still haven't knitted the hat! But I take it all out sometimes and admire it.

Intend to buy in the sale and usually it’s just m&s £20/30 is my usual price. I too have been cutting down and have some reduced tops that I like from m&S but knowing I’m not socialising much now has stopped me buying!

And - the same face is on the bum, and, it's made of silk, oh dear!

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For me the amount depends on the expected price per wear and/or whether it is for a very special occasion like a wedding, and what I can afford. The top in OPs photo would not be my choice for an expensive purchase because big prints do not suit me at all and I would not wear it enough. The colours are pretty though.

I think it's obscene to spend that sort of money on a top unless it's for an important wedding ie Mother of bride or something.I don't think it's worth it !!!

If it is truly your heart's desire and you can afford it, then buy it and enjoy it. I actually don't like it or think it is worth the money, but your life, your choice.

Trisher it’s a stunning top. If I were taller and slim I wouldn’t hesitate. Definitely a statement piece. I have a beautiful silk shirt that I wear often and feel great when I do. Friends don’t think ‘oh she’s wearing that again’ but often say ‘oooh I love you in that’.

I once picked up a silk shirt on an M&S clearance rail. It was originally £99, when I got to the checkout, I paid 99P!

It feels lovely on.

I think it's obscene to spend that sort of money on a top

It's obscene to spend £5 on a top made by young children in dreadful conditions then ditch it after one wearing because everyone's seen it.

Hetty58

trisher, I don't like it as all I can see is a face - when looking at it on the right side at boob level. A yellow/gold face profile with eye, nose and mouth, looking down towards the navel. There are ears, or maybe hair on top!

Isn't it funny I see rocks and waterfalls a sort of Japanese landscape.

It's Trisher's hard earned money, to do with what she wants, not really our place to criticise her extravagance.

Life is too short. If you can afford it and will get your wear out of it, what's to stop you Trisher? You don't need to justify how you spend your money.
Some posters are really quite rude.

I would spend that much on a top if I loved it, it fits well, I can get a lot of wear out of it. Over the years I must have spent 4 times that amount on cheap clothing that stayed at the back of the wardrobe

Callistemon

*I think it's obscene to spend that sort of money on a top*

It's obscene to spend £5 on a top made by young children in dreadful conditions then ditch it after one wearing because everyone's seen it.

Hear, hear. Cheap as chips clothes are essentially part of our throwaway society which encourages sweat shops and poorly paid workers.
If a t shirt costs a fiver, once you allow for the shop’s mark up (50%?) the wholesaler’s profit, and transport costs there cannot be more than pence for the person slaving away at their sewing machine.
I fully accept that more expensive items could still exploit cheap labour and I think we should all be more careful about what we buy and where it has been made.
But if it’s only a few quid - there is no way a living wage will have been paid to its maker.

No rocketstop this is obscenely expensive @ £78,219. Makes £165 sound very reasonable, don't you think?

The blouse is very special and you could wear it to a variety of places with different “bottoms” Trisher. I love the feel of silk. ?
Grammaretto the Toast nightwear is very pretty. ?
I would have spent these amounts of money without thinking twice when I was working, but unfortunately now I’m retired I am forced to be more thrifty.

Wow Chewbacca I'd just found one costing £650, but yours outclasses that!

Puzzler, good to see you back posting!

Thank you Marydoll . ?

Marydoll, I'll be down to M&S tomorrow to rake through their sale rails! My best buy from there was a party skirt which was reduced from £35 to £15. It attended every party for years until it began to fall apart.

Anno, On that same rail was a gent's black cashmere sweater also reduced from £99 to 99p.
When I got to the till, the sales assistant said everyone knew that this jumper was in the store somewhere and he had been looking for it, in order to buy it!
This was few years ago in the outlet and it still looks good.

Treat yourself trisher. It’s not something I would choose but it is probably very well made and will feel lovely on. I used to spend out on quality well made stuff (but a lot of it was not worn very often ?).

These days if I’m tempted I always tell myself ‘If I hadn’t seen that I wouldn’t be thinking about buying it’ - a bit obvious but it works most times!

I love it. It's so pretty and unusual. Life's for living and you're a
Iong time dead. Buy it ?

Chewbacca

No rocketstop this is obscenely expensive @ £78,219. Makes £165 sound very reasonable, don't you think?

Even I could knit that in an evening, Chewbacca

I could make some serious money here!

It sure doesn't do it for me but, if you really want it, go for it. Why not? Isn't it good that we all like different things? I would pay any price that I could afford for anything I really wanted. Currently avowed to continue with my ancient but well loved wardrobe without addition!!