Ashish’s New Gold Standard
Topshop is the undisputed king of high-low collaborations, turning out more guest-designed collections each season than we can keep track of. But don’t miss Ashish Gupta’s, whose Spring capsule marks his fourth season working with the retailer. He’s not new to the game, but he’s got more buzz than ever: A leopard mega-platform wedge boot [...]
Faster Than A Speeding Topshop Collaboration, Fitter Than Your Average Gap Store, And More…
Looks like Mark Fast’s Topshop collaboration has given the Canadian designer a taste for, well, fast fashion. Adding to an already busy 2010, he’ll be launching his own lower-priced line of dresses, crop tops, and leggings called, appropriately enough, Faster. Haste/waste? Not this time. [WWD]
The Gap’s Fifth Avenue storefront has played host to a variety [...]
Remembering Naomi Sims, PYTs To LFW, And More…
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 [...]
Topshop Endorses Cycle Chic
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 [...]
Rachel Roy Doubles Down
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 [...]
Barbara Hulanicki’s Other Project
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 [...]
It’s Open! News From Topshop’s (Very Long) Front Line
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 Does TV
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 [...]
Acid Wash At Charles Anastase
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 [...]
Topshop Briefing: No More “Jiggery Pokery”
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 [...]





