These days, we are all price-sensitive when it comes to updating our wardrobes. Which is why shopping the summer sales makes sense, and it's also a lot of fun, especially if, like me, you have luxury taste and a high street budget.
Today, while I was looking through the best discounts I could find online, I came across this set by Jigsaw, which has always been a shade more expensive than Marks and Spencer's Autograph line and sits on a par with brands like Massimo Dutti and COS.
The original price of the set is £270. Today, you can buy both pieces for £134. That, to me, is money well spent on a quality set that will last you for years. You can wear the items together for a full coordinated summer look, or separately. The top will work with white jeans and chic flat sandals, paired with a woven summer bag.
The trousers can be worn with a swimsuit at the beach or a T-shirt for casual strolls on your holiday, and they work equally well in either a city or holiday setting.
At first glance, though, this relaxed T-shirt and trouser set Lin a soft shade of khaki ooks like it's made from silk, hands down the best fabric for summer (and also, for the most part, prohibitively expensive), when in fact it is made from cupro.
Matching trousers here
Cupro (short for cuprammonium rayon) is a plant-based fabric made from cotton linter—the tiny, silky fibres that stick to cotton seeds and are normally discarded as waste.
The fact that it is made from cupro makes it properly breathable, hypoallergenic, and a vegan alternative to silk that drapes elegantly and resists shrinking.
Or, in other words, a total winner of a fabric, especially if like us at Good Housekeeping you try to avoid wearing polyester.
If you have the money to invest in this set, it is fully available in every size from 6-18, and it is an investment in summer style that you can wear for years and will never regret.
