Investment pieces

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If there is/are threads which are relevant to this, apologies, if you could link that would be ace.
I'm sick of having so much crap in my wardrobe and never knowing what to wear. Each year I buy cheap poor quality jeggings, shoes, tops etc but want to stop.
I've started with a beautiful cardi and parka and am looking at dr martens.
At this point I'm a bit stumped, I prefer skirts and tights, and have loads so wont be buying for while, except perhaps a leather mini skirt.
My main quandary is tops, I love jewel colours and have seen some gorgeous 100 percent silk items. However I'm prone to hot sweats and am wary of anything which may exacerbate this. Should I stick to pure cotton?
All opinions and recommendations welcome

Your title suggests a different question to the one you ask!

Cotton can be horrible for a sweaty person - good quality (not thin/scratchy) silk is more adaptable. (IMVHO.)

Where do you usually shop?

For basic ‘gentlewomanly’ clothes in decent fabrics I would probably suggest Arket, Toast and Margaret Howell as first ports of call - depending on budget. But these might not be your sort of style at all.

Silk is very breathable but stick to dark colours or white/off-white so that sweat doesn't show.

Silk & linen are better than cotton if you sweat because they dry much faster, so you are not clammy afterwards.