How much is too much for a top?

I’m not keen on shiny clothing and it looks cold to wear (v important factor if you live in Scotland! .

I’d never be able to justify to myself paying that much. Paying £40 for a top would have me feeling extraordinarily extravagant.

I once paid what seemed an awful lot of money for a wool and cashmere jumper. We were just talking about it today. I bought it 10+ years ago and it's still like new and still a favourite. It must be down to 1p a wear now (if that!)

That’s way out of my budget and not sure I like it trisher but if you can and do then why not.

Exactly the sort of questions I am asking myself. Where I live now, prices are HIGH and I am finding it hard to adjust. Just how high a price can I tolerate?

The top isn’t a style I would wear but if it coordinated with many other pieces, was good quality, which I could hand wash and get lots of wear out of it, even then, I wouldn’t pay that price for a top with those colours which would need constant washing.

I don’t enjoy clothes shopping but when I do shop I go for quality rather than quantity, has to be versatile, matching up with a variety of other clothes as I coordinate the few colours in varying shades which suit me My weakness is silk scarves which I have paid those prices for. Worn with various outfits during winter, although instructions are dry clean only, I freshen them up in a bowl of slightly soapy tepid water and they still look as good as the day I bought them, possibly 10yrs ago.
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I always ask myself, when tempted, do I really want it, would I wear it enough to warrant the cost, do I really need it, what else more important could I spend the money on. By the time I’ve done all that & dithered, I’ve either gone off it, it’s sold out or if lucky, its been reduced! Personally, I wouldn’t but that’s because I don’t like it
When I was a student in Paris in the late 60s, I yearned for a pair of pink suede boots in Galeries Lafayette. I visited the shoe dept so often that eventually I went completely off them (they were well out of my price range anyway ?)
If it'll give you pleasure and you can warrant paying that much - go for it

I love it and would definitely buy if I thought I would get lots of wear out of it.

Sorry no it's looks too shiny and is it supposed to be animal print. Don't like stripes either far too nautical. I'm hiding now!

trisher, it's your money and if you can afford it, I say go for it. The only thing that would bother me is if was dry clean only, hand washing doesn't bother me at all. In fact I've just washed a delicate sweater this morning.
Everyone's taste is different, so don't let anyone put you off.

I tend to wait for sales to buy things. After reading this thread, I was prompted by Maw's post to look at Seasalt. I bought a jacket in the sale and was delighted to get a further 20% off at the checkout.
My justification for buying was that my annual trip to Rome on Friday has been cancelled and I would have run amok there, having saved all year to go on a shopping spree.
Nothing bought there at full price, of course.

I once paid £150 for a hat for sons wedding..don’t ask what dress and jacket cost? I did wear the dress a couple more times though.
The whole outfit went to a charity shop in the end.

If you really like it and can afford it then why not treat yourself. Personally I couldn’t contemplate almost my entire week’s income going on clothing.

I do like it. I'd pay that if I was going somewhere special, like a wedding/christening and then wear it for about 10 years.
Currently though, I'm buying no clothes. Firstly, I'm hardly leaving the house so live largely in old jeans and sweat shirts and secondly, I avoid shops. I did a John Lewis run a couple of weeks ago to try and buy a new sweat shirt. Failed. I was almost overwhelmed with excitement at being out of the house and in JL.

Sorry, no. For one thing, I don't like it and for another I couldn't justify the expense. If I see something I really like in an on-line catalogue, I wait for several months to see if it comes up in a sale, and occasionally it does - a cosy down coat, for instance that was originally £180 and I got it for £60-ish; and a cotton knit cardigan, reduced from £65 to £27.
And I keep reminding myself that a bargain is only a bargain if I need it. (Virtue signalling?)

I’m sure you’re not implying the OP is not slim, young and lovely also Callistemon

Oops, sorry trisher

I was thinking of myself

I have some decent tops and jumpers that will “see me out”

annsixty you're never too old to treat yourself occasionally!

If it needed careful ironing then no.

The blouse is lovely. If it’s silk, in colours that suit you and you’d get lots of wears out of it, why not go for it?
I always think of how many wears I’ll get out of something expensive. It’s in a classic style so won’t date, it could last years and 10 wears will be £16.50 each wear.

Hand wash doesn’t bother me, I have a hand wash facility on the washing machine.

Its lovely trisha it looks like a watercolour on silk.
It is a stand out piece, where horizontal lined tops are everywhere.

Is there a wedding or special occasion coming up next year?

I confess that I have never paid that amount of money on one item of clothing for myself, but have bought a suit for DH that was a similar price,which often comes 'out' for weddings.

I have decided that I am buying no more clothes, possibly ever.
I have some decent tops and jumpers that will “see me out”
As I hardly go out at all now I just don’t need anymore.

If the silk one is what you like and you can afford it, no problem.
I think it is so distinctive that people would recognise it and think, oh you are wearing that again.

I wouldn't pay that much myself but if you like it and can afford it then I'd say go for it. The maximum I would spend on a top is probably £40.

I think it is lovely, it looks very soft. In the past I have bought several (Gerard Darel) tops close to that amount, but usually in the sale.

Callistemon

And, of course, the model is slim, young and lovely.

I’m sure you’re not implying the OP is not slim, young and lovely also Callistemon

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If you like an item of clothing, if it suits you and if you can afford it, go for it ??

trisher it might come up in a sale later on. ?. I think I pay upto £40 generally for a top. There’s a Mint Velvet jacket I am lusting after atm and I keep hoping it will pop up in their sale - it’s £149.99 and I really balk at paying that.

I don’t like it so I wouldn’t buy it either.
What I would pay that sort of money for is something made in the U.K. that is really fabulous (IMO) that I could wear forever.
If it’s made in China it would be a def. no no.