TOPSHOP UNIQUE - Spring/Summer 2013

London Fashion Week is here and there is always one collection that I look forward to - TOPSHOP UNIQUE. The main reason of course is that Topshop have an absolutely amazing design team, who really relish the opportunity to push their boundaries to create something entirely amazing. Additionally, some of the fab unique pieces make it into stores, making their collection the only one to hit the runways that I can actually afford...Thank you Topshop.

Always a brand to go innovative on the catwalk, for the Spring/Summer 2013 collection Topshop Unique went truely interactive when showing their collection on the 16th. You didn't have to be in the front row to catch all the action as it happened, the show streamed live with a clever little Facebook app that allowed viewers to click and capture their favourite looks from the comfort of your sofa...take that Olivia Palmero (yeah you look great, but what do you actually do).

If that wasn't enough Topshop gave viewers the chance to customise the catwalk by changing the colour of the looks and accessories and share them the very moment they hit the runway. It was like running your own catwalk...I tell you it was fantastic. I only wish I had took advantage of ordering some of the looks direct from the catwalk to have them delivered to my door way before they arrived in store...damn this being poor lark.

So here is the fantastic Spring/Summer 2012 collection from Topshop Unique...you will not be disappointed! The Space Age silhouettes, palette and fabrics interspersed with pops of vibrant yellow...yes please!

To see the collection from Topshop Unique in it's entirety, just follow the link.

What is your favourite piece? I am dying over the silver and white trousers.

Gems x

TOPSHOP UNIQUE - SPRING/SUMMER 2012

With each season that goes by, I look forward to what Topshop Unique come up with - being one of my favourite high street brands, I love how the awesome design team further pushes the boat out for their Unique collection.

For the Spring/Summer 2012 collection, Head of Design Karen Bonser, was inspired by the glamour and opulence of Ancient Egypt - those mothers loved the bling bling. The collection explores what a modern day Egyptian would wear in urban London - I don't know about a modern Egyptian, but I know I would wear almost every piece.

For your deliberation, here are some of my favourite looks.

As ever many of the pieces from the Unique collection will appear in store, so head down to your nearest Topshop now...I SAID NOW!!

Or I guess you could check out the Unique collection online, here.

What do you guys think of the collection?

Gems x

TOPSHOP DESIGNER T-SHIRT COLLECTION

British high-street juggernaut 'Topshop' is celebrating ten years of sponsoring fledgling British design talent, by inviting some of their NEWGEN alumni to design a capsule T-shirt collection. Participating designers include Erdem, Christopher Kane, Holly Fulton, Gareth Pugh, Richard Nicoll, Meadham Kirchhoff, Roksanda Illincic and Jonathan Saunders amongst others. I am loving the capsule collection, particularly the fun and flirty lace-collared option from Erdem, and the stylish, yet just a little bit creepy, graphic doll print tee from Meadham Kirchhoff.

Erdem

Meadham Kirchhoff

Holly Fulton

Roksanda Illincic

The shirts will be available from the Topshop stores across the globe and online at topshop.com during London Fashion Week. The proceeds are to be donated to Centrepoint, a charity dedicated to helping the young homeless in Britain. When t-shirts look this awesome and at the same time raise money for a worthy cause, that's fashion, well-done. Add one to your wardrobe guilt-free, I know I will be!

Visit the official Topshop website, here.
Photographs courtesy of Telegraph UK