Halston muse and pioneering black cover model Naomi Sims died Saturday, at 61. [NYT]With the exodus of designers to London fashion week this fall, we’re not surprised that rumors are already percolating about who will fill their front rows. On tap for Topshop: Blake Lively, Taylor Momsen, Anne Hathaway, and Kate Bosworth, among others. Let’s [...]

The Copenhagen-ization of New York City continues apace: First Times Square gets turned over to pedestrians and deck chairs; now, Topshop is giving its fans a chance to try out all those fancy new bike lanes that have shown up around town. (We love you, transportation commissioner!) Starting on Saturday, the Topshop store in Soho [...]

Leave it to Rachel Roy to create a diffusion line equally appealing to polished devotees of her eponymous line and the fast-fashion fans who queue up outside Topshop and H&M. The designer debuted Rachel by Rachel Roy last night, a full line of clothing and accessories exclusive to Macy’s that will retail for around $50 [...]

By now you’ve no doubt heard that Topshop will next week launch a collection of clothing and accessories by Barbara Hulanicki—the woman behind the groovy London emporium Biba, from which countless fashion folk have culled inspiration. Click here to start making your wish list. But it isn’t only the British fast fashion chain that’s keeping [...]

I just got back from shooting Style.com’s video of the Topshop opening this morning. The line wasn’t too long when we got there at 9 a.m., and the first people in line had only been waiting since 6 a.m. I sort of wanted to see sleeping bags but, hey, we’re in a recession. (I’m not [...]

Kate Moss is flying into town tonight (on a private jet, we’re sure), and we hear that one of her first stops tomorrow in advance of the Topshop grand opening party will be a morning news show. Will the notoriously press-shy model, designer, and co-host of May’s Costume Institute gala talk fashion (her third Topshop [...]

With acid wash making appearances on the runways of such for-the-people retailers as Miss Sixty and Topshop, the sight of the fade on at Charles Anastase on Saturday makes three a very plausible trend. At Anastase, it came in somewhat sickly green and purples (it is acid, after all; it’s not supposed to be good [...]

At an early-riser press briefing this morning at the Gramercy Park Hotel, Topshop and Topman CEO Sir Philip Green confirmed April 2 as the opening date for the brand’s New York flagship outlet. Green projected a total of 12 and 15 stores to open stateside in the years to come, with sights now set on [...]

Fresh on the heels of the announcement of Topshop’s much anticipated opening date for its first New York outpost (check Style File later for news from the official press conference), Sir Philip Green held court last night at Amy Sacco’s party for Topman at Bungalow 8. Donna Karan, Mary Alice Stephenson, and Ann Dexter-Jones were [...]

In anticipation of London fashion week (it does start in one week, people), a few hotly anticipated happenings are, well, actually happening. The first? Topshop Soho has an opening date: April 2, 2009. “This has been a logistical nightmare,” Sir Philip Green declared. “America is a new territory for us and we have to get [...]