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Last night saw the Drapers Awards 2009; a night where the who's who of retail and fashion come together to celebrate the greatest achievements in the industry. A fantastic night was had by all, and we can now tell you that Topman / Topshop New York won an award. The award was -
"Best New Store or Department"
So, have you visited the store yet? Or if you're in the UK have you seen the new floor of Topman in our flagship Oxford Circus branch? Thoughts below...
This month’s Controllers Passion Pit are a ray of multicoloured sunshine from across the Atlantic, much has already been made about how the band came about but such a good story deserves a short re-run. Original creator Michael Angelakos made four tracks in his bedroom as a Valentine’s gift to this girlfriend. The tracks became so popular that they were re-recorded and released on the ‘Chunk Of Change’ EP last year with an expanded line up making the band a five piece.
As this month’s Controllers, the band have selected three of their favourite up and coming bands to play at Korova in Liverpool on 19th November. Check out Little Comets and their unique brand of ‘kitchen sink’ indie. Plus dirty anthemic pop from Airship and newly announced Bicycle Thieves…
If you want to know what to expect than check out this free to download Little Comet’s track from the CTRL Myspace Page.
To listen and download your free track check out our MySpace here.
In a fantastic concept brought to you by SHOWStudio, top photographer Jez Tozer collaborated with Storm model agency to shoot the brand new clothing range designed by none other than Antony Price. Following a model casting in the morning with everyone involved in the shoot choosing their favourite model (which turned out to be the very natural Oxford, by the way) the shoot got underway early afternoon. Unfortunately you'll have to wait until Saturday to be able to see them in full (in The Independent) but lucky for you we were there getting snap happy behind the scenes! Catching up with legendary menswear designer Antony Price at the shoot, we found out that his favourite outfit in the new collection is inspired by his youth, a life in the country. See if you can guess which one it is!
It's a wrap! We can't wait to see the final shots that they chose for The Independent, and we are even more excited to see the new Antony Price collection hit the shelves. All we're saying is check back on Topman.com on Friday. Thoughts on the shoot / collection below!
Look out for the Topman street team from the 26th November and get your unique code to spend in the new store.
If you haven't been to SHOWstudio's exhibition, Fashion Revolution, then get down to Somerset House and take a look before it closes on December 20th.
As well as over twenty projects from SHOWstudio's archives and a whole load of new films and artworks, the team have devised a series of live fashion shoots.
From their Live Studio Space at the exhibition, you can see world-renowned fashion image makers shoot fashion editorial, portraits and film. Cleverly, the two-way mirror allows you to watch unseen from the exhibition space, while the action is also broadcast live on SHOWstudio.com!
One of the shoots we've been waiting to go and see is with photographer, Jez Tozer, and Storm Model's new faces wearing Kate Moss for Topshop and Antony Price for Topman. Taking place on the 18th, 10 - 6, this is a great time to go and take a look. Tickets are£5 and can be bought on the door.
Not only will designer, Antony Price, be on set to style his collection but Jez was Nick Knight's assistant for three years and with Arena, Dazed Japan, Japanese Vogue, i-D and many more under his belt, he's certainly one to watch!
We've just been handed 3 very limited edition Passion Pit tee's to celebrate the Passion Pit guys taking over Topman CTRL this month. Though we did try and cling on to one or two ourselves we've been told we should give them all to you lovely lot! For your opportunity to win, you need to send an email to contribute@topman.com with the subject header 'I want a Passion Pit Tee' and the correct answer to the following question...
Passion Pit released a full length studio album earlier this year, what was it called?
a) Manners
b) Spanners
c) Hannahs
So! Get emailing, and submit your entries by midday Friday 4th December and most importantly...good luck!
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As we put the final touches on our new latest trend feature (launching Friday 20th November) we thought we'd give you a sneak peek of what's to come. Expect shiny fabrics, a slim silhouette and even the odd sneaky shot of our photographer, Wade Fletcher! Don't forget to check back for the launch this Friday...
It's another fun-fuelled day at Topman NME Radio Takeover Towers today. If you're at Oxford Circus, London drop into the 2nd Floor and the Topman Stylist area next to Sharps Barber. Meet NME Radio DJ James Theaker and the Topman crew from 11:00 to 13:00.
If you can't make it in, then you can catch the show live on NME Radio Player.
On today's show hear from Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, listen in for the Topman Stylist challenge and competitions. Get the full lowdown on Saturdays show on the NME website.
You can squint as hard as you'd like, but there's no escaping it - metallics are well and truly here to stay for Autumn Winter 2009. Getting ready for the party season (approaching all too quickly if you ask us!) we've compiled our favourites amongst all the fab metallics we've seen arriving in the past few weeks. From detailing to accents, fabric highlights through to full on metallic overhaul, Topman have it all. You can shop it all by clicking the image below...
Yesterday night, we packed up our trusty camera and made our way to the Phillips De Pury gallery in Victoria. Taken over by the new Rankin : Destroy gallery in aid of Youth Music Week, the evening included a host of entertainment by young talent Josh Weller, Micachu and Patrick Wolf. So off we went to take some snaps of the re-worked Rankin photo's for your viewing pleasure. And if you want one? Well you'll be helping a fab charity and you'll bag yourself an original Rankin photo re-worked by one of over 70 musicians...head here to get more information on how to get involved in the auction.
