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. Here are the five secrets to emulating the grandest dame of fashion and winning the style stakes By Dinah Van Tulleken Published: 16:16 EDT, 2 October 2024 | Updated: 16:27 EDT, 2 October 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Over the past few years, high street and online retailers have taken the idea of disposable fashion to the next level. We're inundated with cheap clothes that look like plastic rags and don't survive one wash.
To get anything really good quality you have to spend ridiculous amounts. And even that is no guarantee, as I learned a few weeks ago when I spent such a ridiculous amount on a shirt from a designer website. I don't shop often so I wanted to buy right and buy once.
I expected a beautifully crafted piece in 100 per cent silk (at the price I paid I would have liked to know the worms' names). But when it arrived, not only was it 100 per cent viscose, the stitching on the hem was cock-eyed and it was coming undone. Both ends of the market seem to have given up on quality.
Meanwhile, in the middle – that mid-market sweet spot of stylish, affordable clothes that last – there's a gaping hole. Leather blazer, £103, blue mini dress, £44.25, warehouse fashion.
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