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Archive for the ‘Save or Splurge’ Category
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
The Fashion Police love striped tops. We know some people would argue that stripes are for convicts, not for police officers, but we beg to differ, and we think these long-sleeved t-shirts are a handy kind of wardrobe basic to have around.
The thing is, though, as much as we like our long-sleeved t-shirts, we just can’t imagine paying £226 for one. Not even if we were rich. And especially not when you can get more or less the same thing for £10. OK, the Dorothy Perkins shirt on the right of this picture isn’t exactly the same as the Proenza Schouler one on the left, but it’s just one example of this style – there are a lot of stripes around at the moment, so it wouldn’t be too hard to find another one for a similar price.
Would you bother, though, or would you just buy the £226 designer shirt? Someone presumably would, because it’s currently out of stock, telling us that although we tend to save our pennies on items like this, there are presumably lots of others who wouldn’t hesitate to splurge. Are you one of them? Do you save or splurge on long-sleeved t-shirts?
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
These two dresses aren’t exactly the same, but then, with a £2,000 price difference, you wouldn’t really expect them to be, would you?
The dress on the right is by Victoria Beckham, and is currently out of stock at Net-a-Porter, which just goes to show that, yes, there are people in the world who would pay that much for a dress.
The dress on the left, meanwhile, isn’t exactly “bargain basement” at £95, but as we said, it does represent a £2,000 saving on the original, so could be a slightly more realistic option for those of you looking to get the same look on a non-Beckham budget. It’s from French Connection.
Which would you choose, though, assuming you’d choose either? Would you save or splurge?
Monday, September 14th, 2009
“Simply slips on!” declares the product page for this hat at Browns Fashion. Well, they had to try and find some way to make it sound unique and exciting, didn’t they? Otherwise they’d have to have written, “Looks just like any other beanie, but is made by Rick Owens, so we’re going to charge you £115 for it.”
Seriously, Rick Owens is a great designer and some of his stuff really is innovative. Not this, though. This is a beanie hat. And yeah, it’s 68% baby alpaca, and we’re sure it’s lovely and soft, but we just don’t think Rick Owens had to slave for hours over the design, somehow.
What do you think, readers? Is a designer beanie worth the money, or are you happy to save your pennies on a budget version?
These "shirts" are similar only in terms of the colour (and even that isn't identical), but as we looked at the Next shirt, we thought it had a bit of a "Vivienne Westwood" feel about it, and then when we tracked down an ACTUAL red and white stripe shirt by Vivienne Westwood… we actually liked the Next version better.
And the world stood still, the sun started to revolve around it, and pigs took to the sky on wings of gold. THAT'S how surprised we were to discover that we liked something by NEXT better than something by The Good Dame Viv.
What about you, though, readers? Assuming you were in the market for a red and white stripey shirt, would you rather save or splurge?
First up, we'd just like to say that it was not The Fashion Police who ruthlessly chopped off the top of the head of the model above, it was ASOS themselves. Sorry, model!
Second up: There are lots of differences between the two pairs of trousers seen here: in fact, the only real similarity is that they're both red, and they're both cropped. Personally, we much prefer the narrow legs and flat front of the ASOS versions on the left, which are more streamlined, with a bit of a pin-up girl vibe. That said, we'd kinda prefer the length of the Jil Sander pants on the right, which also look a little more comfortable.
If money was no option, which would you choose? Would you Save or Splurge?
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
First things first: the "Love This" sticker on the blazer on the right of this picture comes from the River Island website, not from The Fashion Police
With that said, though, we really have to agree with them: we DO love it. And given the choice between it and the ABS blazer on the right, our money would go to River Island every time. The "Splurge" jacket may have the more traditional menswear shape, but we think the cheaper version would be more flattering to the female figure, so it's the one we'd go for, even if money were no object.
What about you? Would you save or splurge?
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
An eagle-eyed reader drew our attention to the similarities between the two pairs of shoes shown above. Sure, there are some big differences, too: the heels are different heights and shapes, and one shoe is patent while the other’s aren’t, but they’re both rainbow-fronted t-bar sandals, they both use the same colours in the same places, and as such, they make us wonder: which would you buy?
On the right, Delia’s Volatile Kendra sandals will cost you $70.50, while on the left, Moschino’s versions are $645.
Would you Save or Splurge?
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
When it comes to sunglasses, we’ve admitted before that, given that we wear them so often (due to light-sensitive eyes, not Anna-Wintouritis, we hasten to add) we’re generally willing to look on them as an investment and pay a little bit extra.
We’d have happily paid a little bit extra for Prada’s butterfly framed sunglasses, too (£175 from NET-A-PORTER  ) – until, that is, we found these looky-likies from ASOS which, colour aside, are pretty similar, but only £11.75 to Prada’s £175.
Which would you choose? Would you Save or Splurge?
Thursday, February 12th, 2009
The Fashion Police have long been of the opinion that a good pair of jeans are worth spending money on. We’re not saying you should remortgage your house for them, or anything, and we’re also not saying the best jeans are always the expensive ones (we like River Island’s efforts, personally), but given how much we tend to wear them, they do tend to be one of those items we’d be spending a bit more on, because once we find that elusive perfect fit, we’re not going to want to walk away from it.
Is the same true of denim jackets, though, we wonder?
We’ve spoken before of the return of the denim jacket to Fashion Land, and there’s no doubt that there’s even more of them around at the moment than before – particularly the mid-wash variety, as shown above. We’ve also admitted to quite liking these, especially during the summer months, when they can look good thrown on over a cotton dress. Sure, it’s all a bit 90s, but it’s a 90s look we don’t have much objection to, and it’s still better than all of the acid-wash 80s horrors that are floating around at the moment, so we can live with it.
Would we be willing to pay a lot of money for it, though? Well, probably not. We don’t think the “perfect fit” argument applies here in quite the same way it does for jeans, so while we like the look of the Current/Elliot denim jacket on the right of the picture above (£200 at NET-A-PORTER ) better than the £45 Miss Selfridge version on the left, we’d probably buy the Miss Selfridge version – assuming we were going to buy one at all.
What about you? Would you Save or Splurge?
Friday, February 6th, 2009
Similar prints, but different shapes for these two dresses: the New Look dress on the left is a sheer fabric with a drawstring waist, while the Stella McCartney version on the right (which is presumably where New Look took their “inspiration” from) is silk, and comes in a slimmer shape.
Of course, the price tags are different too: one dress is just £25, while the other is £553. Which would you buy, though? Would you splash out a few hundred on the designer label, or would you be content with the cheaper high street version?
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