I think looking 'cheap' is much more fun. Minibags once found this pic of me, walking back from delivering her to primary school, on Google Streetview. After her exclamation of "OMG! That's my mum!" to her friends, they all looked and unanimously said "Hippy".
The trousers are made of old curtains, the pure wool men's argyle jumper is over another pure wool men's jumper, both from a charity shop. The hat is also wool, bought new, and the boots are leather Zamberlans (hiking boots) that I eventually wore out after owing them for twenty years. They certainly cost a lot, possible even over £100, but that's only five quid a year spread over their lifetime.
The dress in the article is hideous.