5. TESCO VS MINT VELVET
The everyday shirt and jeans combo
Blouse, £18, and jeans, £22, Tesco, versus blouse, £69, and jeans, £79, mintvelvet.co.uk PRICE DIFFERENCE: £108 I CAN’T see the oversized puffy sleeves on these blouses being in for more than a season, so I’m instinctively drawn to the less expensive Tesco version.
That said, the supermarket belt feels cheap, although I’d be tempted to style both versions with a brown leather belt, so it wouldn’t matter.
The Tesco jeans are a revelation.
They look identical to the Mint Velvet ones — so often the dye job on inexpensive denim is a giveaway, but not in this case — plus they’re soft, comfortable and fit like a glove. WINNER: Supermarket