Topshop Fashion Shows

Topshop has held shows at London Fashion Week since 2005, over the years, Topshop Unique has got bigger and bigger, it being the collection taken to LFW every year. 
Owner of Topshop and retail billionaire Sir Philip Green usually sits in the front row for the shows although 2016/17 he swerved the show completely because of the negative news surrounding him at the time. 
Last year it was decided that Topshop would be absent from the show for the first time since 2005. Despite it's absence, they continued to sponsor other shows with their show space in Covent Garden, including big names such as House of Holland and Nicola Formichettei's Nicopanda. 
Apparently Topshop taking a sabbatical was no surprise to anyone, the brand was going through major change at the time. 
Since launching their livestreams, everyone is able to get a front row view of the shows without even being there, they have been staged at some of the most iconic London show spaces: The Tate Modern, The Old Eurostar Terminal at Waterloo and bespoke tents in Regent's Pake and Bedford Square. 





Spring/Summer 2006
Their unique catwalk debut in 2005 (September) was the most talked about show in London that season. Designed by an in-house team of 14 young women and led by a woman, Nick Passmore. The collection included boxing influenced hooded playsuits and judo style jackets.




Autumn/Winter 2010

Unique went wild with faux fur, from leather parkas lines with shaggy shearling, to woolly eyebrows, the attention to detail didn't go unnoticed by the fashion critics who lavished the quirky woodland themed show in praise. Under the creative direction of Emma Cook, Unique took on a fantastical new direction. 








Spring/Summer 2011
One season later, the look focused on 70's disco princesses and provided further proof that Unique was all about bringing fantasy and escapism to fashion, one rainbow-haired model at a time.


Spring/Summer 2013
By 2013, Unique took on a much more literal runway narrative. When British Vogue's Director, Kate Phelan took the reigns, the steered Topshop in a slicker, more minimalistic direction. The colours were monochromatic, cuts were sharply tailored and Cara and Jourdan were staking their claim as the Topshop squad. 


Autumn/Winter 2013
Topshop teamed up with Google+ to live-stream the show and the cameras captured the event from every conceivable angle. There were even 'model cams' so you could see what the runway looks like through the eyes of Cara & co capturing every minute.















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