Vogue and Topshop Autumn/Winter '12 Preview

Hi Everyone,

Yesterday I went to a Vogue and Topshop event held at the Topshop in the Manchester Arndale. I managed to get a ticket after seeing an advertisement in Vogue a few months ago. I sent them an email with my details thinking that all the tickets would have been taken by then but a few days later I received an email saying I had a ticket and they would send me the invite a few weeks before the event. I couldn’t believe my luck.


The ticket

 So last night (22nd August 2012) I attended the event after a quick look at the new season H&M clothes and a quick visit to Tiffany’s and Selfridges. When I went into Topshop it just looked like any other day in Topshop except for A/W clothes instead of S/S so I decided to walk around and look at the clothes.

Then I made my way upstairs and saw huge queues and a vast amount of people where the accessories used to be so I decided to just stand in a queue and hope for the best. I managed to get in the queue to get into the sectioned off area so I showed my ticket and stood up at the back of the seats (all the seats were already taken). I was handed a glass of champagne and then the area began to fill up more and more. Then after a long wait Ginnie Fraser, British Vogue's Retail Editor, gave a presentation about A/W 12 trends and showed us different items available in Topshop. Some of the clothes she talked about were gorgeous such as a military jumper and a textured skirt.



Ginnie Fraser's Presentation

Knitted Military Jumper - Topshop - £42 

After the presentation we were free to explore the shop so I decided to try on a few clothes and use the 20% discount to my advantage. Although I liked most of the clothes I tried on I decided not to actually buy any of the new arrivals yet and I decided to buy some Leigh skinny jeans instead because I’ve had my eye on them for ageeees and I thought I’d use the 20% off and some Topshop vouchers that I received for my birthday.





Leigh Super Skinny Ankle Grazer Jeans - Topshop - £38





I didn’t realise how long I’d been trying on the clothes for but most people had left the shop so I decided to pay and after a long wait (due to the new till system and a faulty Topshop voucher) and some very helpful Topshop staff I bought the jeans and received a free Topshop scarf in the process.

 

This is the free scarf that I received - Topshop - RRP £16

So overall the event was good. I got a free scarf and free champagne and the presentation but had a long delay while paying and I couldn’t get my makeup/nails done because the queues were too long but it was also kind of exciting being the last customer in Topshop and having to leave through the Topman entrance because all the shutters were down.

S x