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Close to tears, top fashion designer upset (7)

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I believe the answer is:

shatter

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'upset' is the definition.
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'close to tears top fashion designer' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'top' could be 'hat' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'hat' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ster' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for shatter that I've seen before include "Completely upset" , "Go to pieces" , "Smash to pieces" , "Crack" , "Break the minister into little pieces" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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