Blah blah, Topshop, blah blah, high street, blah blah, New Look, blah, Primark, blah. I know we're not exactly hard done by in this country for affordable fashion, but take a look at this, my dear American friends, before you complain that we've got better shopping than you...

Exhibit A, a top from Warehouse that I've been coveting for months. The price? £40 (though it is 100% silk). On the right? Forever 21's alternative. It's 100% polyester, yes, but it's also only $17.80 (about £10). For a top you'll only wear a few times, I know which price I'd rather pay. It's not the first time this has happened, either. There's a $22 alternative to a £50 Oasis dress too, and lest we forget the Diane VonFurstenberg debacle.


