Highest price for best Barbie atelier jacket (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
top dollar
'highest price' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'best barbie atelier jacket' is the wordplay.
'best' becomes 'top' (top can mean the very best).
'barbie' becomes 'doll' (I've seen this in another clue).
'jacket' suggests removing the centre (the letters worn by the word as a 'jacket' are use).
'atelier' with its middle removed is 'ar'.
'top'+'doll'+'ar'='TOP-DOLLAR'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for top dollar that I've seen before include "high price?" , "The highest sum paid" , "High(est) price" .)