FRIDAY BARGAIN: Betty Jackson at Debenhams

The Debenhams sale is in full swing. Bundle time! This grey shirt dress from the department store’s excellent BETTY JACKSON. BLACK range is going at half price: just £25, down from £50. It’s 45″ / 115 cm long, and 94 per cent cotton. You can buy in-store or online.

There’s something very Edwardian maid-ish about this number, isn’t there? I like it: with its pin tucks and little puff sleeves, it’s as pretty as it is demure. And far chicer than those boob-popping, dry clean only strapless numbers that are crowding out the rest of the Debenhams sale rail.