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Topman goes East once again...South East

South East in East that is! Launching this weekend, this is a rather unique indoor event held over 7 days in trendy East London encompassing up and coming bands with an art exhibition. Presented by Off Modern, Too Pure Singles, Kruger, FACT, No Pain In Pop, Holy Roar and Backyard Records in Brick Lane's Vibe Bar, this week long event is not to be missed.

 

Expect to see bands such as; Crystal Fighters, Post War Years, My Tiger My Timing and The Invisible amongst many many other emerging bands. Want to find out more and grab yourself some tickets? We don't blame you. Check out www.southeastineast.com for more information on this fab event...

Esquire presents: The singular suit

We popped out of the office to go and check out the latest Somerset House exhibition; Esquire's Singular Suit. Esquire invited 18 established designers to work with an artist or creative talent of their choosing to creative a bespoke suit, challenging the form of men's suits. You can check out the results below...

 

From the likes of Ralph Lauren pairing with Ferrari, to Henry Holland with Scott Campbell and Gucci joining forces with Mark Ronson, there is a lot of talent on display at the Terrace Rooms in Somerset House. Go and check it out for yourself! It runs right up until August 31st so you haven't missed your opportunity to check it out! You can get more information over at www.somersethouse.org.uk/esquire . Can you think of a dream combination to design a suit? Thoughts below...

Your chance to film at London Fashion Week...

Busy on the 23rd September? No, well that's a coincidence! We're offering one lucky film buff the opportunity to film the MAN show on behalf of Topman at this season's London Fashion Week. We're looking for someone with experience behind the camera, with their own equipment and a passion for fashion. You can see EXACTLY what we're looking for by pressing play on the fab video from last seasons show...

Interested? Great! You'll need to send us your name and contact details, along with a link to some of your previous work to contribute@topman.com by Friday 11th September. You'll need to be free on the 23rd September all day, and be comfortable in confined spaces! If this sounds like you, get emailing! Good luck...

Monorex big birthday bash

Now 5 years old, Monorex just had to celebrate their birthday in style. And celebrate they did!  Very different to the usual Secret Wars battle grounds we're used to, the birthday bash included a Nintendo Wii on a HUGE screen, cupcakes in Monorex purple, cocktails named after the Monorex artists and music entertainment from none other than Reeps 1 (UK beatbox champion)

Topman.com had a great night, very refreshing to the usual Friday night drill. Check out the bright colours everyone's wearing as well as the amazing UV cut out display courtesy of Disko Teck & Monorex. Were you there? What did you think? Hope you didnt spot us stealing all the sweets...!

CALLING ALL ARTISTS TO THE TOPMAN TOPSHOP LIVERPOOL STORE

Celebrating the eagerly awaited re-opening of the Topman Topshop store in Liverpool next month, we've got an exciting challenge which is sure to test your artistic talents to the limit!

How would you like to come up with a design and decorate one of the walls in the new Topman Topshop Liverpool store which re-opens on September 18th.

We're on the hunt to find a local artist to design the wall using paint, grafitti or whatever through the main central staircase area on every floor.  The wall is approx 3m wide by a whopping 14m tall so get your thinking caps on.

Deadline for entries is 3 September 2009

The winner will be picked by Tim Whitmore and Paul Drummond, creative directors of Topshop and Topman respectively.

THE ALL IMPORTANT QUESTION - WHAT DO I WIN?

Thought you might ask.  Well, how about £200 to spend in the newly designed store for starters.  We will cover all materials so the sky is the limit.  The big prize however is seeing your design 14 metres high in THE biggest Topman Topshop store outside of London.  Try fitting that in your portfolio!  The winner will be interviewed by local press as well as have their winning design seen by thousands of Topman and Topshop shoppers.

There are keywords entrants should use as their inspiration for the design of the Topshop section that need to be included in the design: Fashion, Youth, Colourful, Stylish and Avant Garde.
For Topman, the inspiration words are Authoritative, Edgy, Surprising, Inspiring, Vivid and Sub-Culture.

The winner will preferably have their own team of helpers, who will have five days to complete the wall – but the store can provide an extra two people to help with painting if necessary.

The wall will need to be done between September 10 – 15, so the closing date for entries is Thursday, September 3 2009.

Entrants need to submit their design ideas to Gemma Boner at Topman by post, either on disk or on paper to: Colegrave House, 70 Berners Street, London, W1T 3NL.

Entries should be marked “Liverpool design competition”.

FOR more information, email gemma.boner@topman.com

LATEST TREND : BEHIND THE SCENES WITH IAN COLE

Shhh! We're giving you a sneak peak at our latest trend, launching online at Topman.com tomorrow. It was shot by none other than Ian Cole. Ian has some fantastic work under his belt working with many well read fashion and music publications and top models. He was an obvious choice to work with us on our latest trend, and we knew we'd made the right decision when we looked through the post shoot photo's - amazing! Here's some snaps we took of photographer Ian Cole doing what he does best...

 

Want to know more about Ian's work? You can check out his site here. Are you a budding photographer who thinks they've got what it takes to shoot our next latest trend? Leave a comment below or email us on contribute@topman.com

WAREHOUSE PROJECT 2009 : ITS COMING...

The nights are drawing in, the days will soon be getting chillier and the festival season is coming to a close. BUT it isn't all doom and gloom! The end of the Summer means the beginning of The Warehouse Project. Hosted underneath Piccadilly Train Station in Manchester, this stretch of events across the Winter months is a sure way to beat those Winter blues.

Kicking off on September 25th, the eclectic Winter line up includes - La Roux, Friendly Fires, Little Boots and Annie Mac amongst other amazing artists. La Roux has ALREADY sold out, so get the tickets to your chosen gigs now to avoid dissapointment. You can go here to get further information and book your tickets...see you there!

 

CHESTER - A BIGGER BETTER TOPMAN NOW OPEN

Look out for the Topman street team over the opening weekend for your chance to receive an exclusive offer to spend in the new store, or text 'CHESTER' to 88811 to take part now.

For full terms and conditions click here

 

HEAR HORRORS FRONTMAN'S BLACK LIPS COVER

Lumina, the side-project of The Horrors' Faris Badwan and former Ipso Facto member Cherish Kaye, is the reason why there's so much excitement surrounding the b-side of Black Lips' new single, "Drugs". Badwan has covered the Black Lips song "I'll Be With You" for the release and turned it into an intimate, gothic synth track - wonderfully different to the original.

 

With Black Lips in charge of Topman CTRL this month, you can hear this unlikely collaboration in full by clicking HERE.

STYLE WATCH : THE ACID WASH COMEBACK

A trend more than reminiscent to the 80's, acid wash is coming back and looks set to take centre stage in your Autumn wardrobe. From sweaters to stretch skinny jeans, you can expect acid wash to feature on a variety of garments in a spectrum of colours. Our favourite so far - the blue 3/4 sleeve acid wash jumper - a true flashback to the 80's! You can grab yours now courtesy of Topman by clicking on the image below...

What do you think of the 80's revival? Can't wait for more to arrive or looking forward to the next big trend? Leave your thoughts below.