Any minute now, (if it hasn’t happened already) Topshop is about to go into administration. It probably won’t disappear off the face of the earth, it is likely to be taken over by Boohoo, like Warehouse & Oasis, but Topshop as we know it, won’t be around anymore. In my wildest dreams, someone like Jane Shepherdson would ride in on a white horse & save the day (Shepherdson was the boss at Topshop before Philip Green turned up) She transformed it, when it lost its way, from a shop that sold cheap stretch dresses that made you look like a sausage in a skin, to a shop that sold dresses that made us go ‘ooh’ & ‘ahh’ and Topshop Oxford Circus was the ‘top’ ( see what I did there ) shopping destination for fashion loving girls & women all around the world. 

I grew up loving Topshop & a Saturday trip to Southend when I was a tween & teen centred around my visit to Topshop. I am sure my first ever ra ra skirt and jeans with white piping down the seam were both Topshop. When I was in my twenties, I would meet my friend outside Topshop Oxford Circus & we would spend hours in there, carrying around massive handfuls of stuff, listening to great playlists, it was like a daytime club with fantastic clothes thrown in. 

Topshop had some great collaborations, Christopher Kane, Jonathan Saunders and the most famous one yet was the Kate Moss collaboration in 2007 & later in 2014, the original collection included a bias cut satin nightie dress, & chiffon one shouldered tulle dress in lemon & floral tea dress which is solely responsible for the ditsy floral dress that is still everywhere.

I am holding on to my Topshop favourites, I reckon they will be just as sort after as Biba one day. I hope Topshop don’t get lost in the fast fashion abyss & one day they come back with gusto to be crowned queen of the British high street once again, till then… goodbye old friend, thanks for the memories.