How much would you pay for a coat?

Grammaretto the cheapest coat aon Harrods' website is currently £274.50 - but only because it's half price!

If anyone is interested their most pricey ones are over £9,000.

£400 is therefore a "snip" to some!

What would justify a nine thousand price tag?
It's not a criticism, I'm just wondering.

If it's hand stitched, then pay per hour for the stitcher, beautiful material must be costly, too.

Nine thousand, though...

I got a lovely warm Helen McAlinden coat some years ago for Christmas. It cost 600 euros, which seems crazy, but on a cost-per- wear basis is one of the best value clothing items I have bought in decades.
And no, I am not wealthy, it was a one-off!

MissAdventure
I know!

www.harrods.com/en-gb/p/the-row-woody-wool-double-breasted-coat-000000000007635073

Missed this one!

www.harrods.com/en-gb/p/the-row-jan-cashmere-coat-000000000007635137

GrannyGravy13

escaped

I'm coming back as a handbag designer!

I will join you 👜

Maybe that’s why my daughter-in-laws are so nice to me 😹😹😹

Handbag designer is on my list of desired occupations.

No, GrannyGravy13 your dil are nice to you because you're kind to everyone and never judgmental. They may also covet your handbags, however that is not why they love you!

Grammaretto, that very purchase worked for me 27 years ago. Go for it!

NotSpaghetti

MissAdventure
I know!

www.harrods.com/en-gb/p/the-row-woody-wool-double-breasted-coat-000000000007635073

Oh.

That's all I can say, really.
Rather severe looking.
It reminds me of Mary Poppins' coat.

I just tried to ‘buy’ the £9000 coat but it seems it only comes in size zero. I am devastated.

Oh, you could have got your posh bag out of its bag and looked a million dollars.

I paid more than that for a Belstaff waterproof coat around 15 yrs ago. I still wear it on occasions and it's super warm and still stylish, it was also less than half price in their sale. The coat I wear most days was around £120 in a sale from Hobbs.

I did get a bargain then even in 1969!
Though I hardly wore it after the wedding.

I don't care for those severe coats or the one that looks like a dressing gown.
It makes my pyrenean one look affordable 😍
Did you really buy one Kim?
How much did it cost you then or don't you know?

Unless I was going somewhere like the arctic where I needed specialized clothing I wouldn't feel comfortable spending huge amounts on a coat which could get stolen or damaged. Maybe, possibly, at a stretch, I'd spend out to fit in to a posh work place, but I'd regard it as a work expense and career investment. I just couldn't go spending money on really expensive items, not even a new car - which I could afford. I'm happy enough with pre-loved or last year's colours. I'm a saver and invest spare cash.

I love handbags - they are the perfect blend of form and function, have no size labels and can be beautiful.

Even if budget allowed (which it doesn't) I'd struggle to pay £9k for a bag when people are starving. I'm not a communist, and I can be extravagant, but that is several steps too far for me, even hypothetically.

I had a few lovely bags when I was working, but I found I wasn't using them in retirement, so I've kept one or two and donated the others whilst they were still in fashion. I mostly use a leather backpack one for day to day use, and swap to a more 'dressy' one when I want to up my game.

I'm on the wrong thread, aren't I?

Sorry.

It depends on the coat. We both bought down filled winter coats as we walk all year round. Not quite as much as your son spent but we didn't have any change from £500. Both coats were half price because they were "last year's fashion".

Definitely not £400. But I know some "makes " are pricey. I've just bought one from M&S for £89....and that made my eyes water. It would have been better had it bern reduced.

I am still wearing a Laura Ashley pure wool coat bought at a designer centre over thirty years ago! It’s classic, doesn’t date and I always fish it out for best. No I wouldn’t pay £400 for a coat but I have a grandson who told me how cheap the Moncler coats were in the sales when he was around 16. They were around £1000! He wears Canadian Goose, I wear Vinted or Uniqlo!

My friend bought her son a Canadian goose jacket/ coat, cost hundreds of pounds ( I thought she was mad as she is always hard up). His first outing wearing it was a walk in the woods. He ripped it on branches and the damage could not be repaired.

I got a Canadian padded coat in a sale a few years ago, and have hardly worn it as it is just too warm. I don't live in Winnipeg or somewhere where the snow gets feet deep . If we did have snowdrifts I'd just stay indoors anyway. I got some Sorel boots at about the same time, and they are stashed with the coat. In the unlikely event that I go somewhere freezing, I'll dig them out, but otherwise I'll listen out for intrepid explorers who might be glad of them.

If anyone is thinking of buying a Canada Goose jacket, I'd be doing a little research into how they are made first, that's all I'm saying...

Last coat was £210 from Jumping Ships; boiled wool, made in Britain:

jumpingships.com/product/aymestrey-coat-100-premium-boiled-wool-12-colours/

Love the colour!

Absolutely!!!

I did the same, people do not believe it is that age, I think it was about £80. You do get what you pay for. I bought a cheap coat £40 this winter, the sleeves are creased in next to no time but it was the exact colour for which I was looking.