After how many months of
harassment and pretend threats on Twitter Topshop finally caved and launched
their Cape Town store at the V&A Waterfront this past week.
Now we can all get that London
look Kate Moss forever taunts us about by stepping into our very own Topman
store in Cape Town. After a very stuffy and flamboyant Tommy Hilfiger store
launch around the corner, stepping into the cool and spacious Topshop was a
dream. My little piece of heaven.
Greeted by two beautiful young
ladies, I was tagged and ushered to receive my glass of champers and peruse the
store. I of course wasted no time in trotting straight, or in my case gaily
forward, to the Topman section of the store.
Yay!
There it was. The London look
for men. British through-and-through and totally priced at my wallet’s level of
maturity especially on payday. Topman is going to be the best thing to hit uber
cool kids in Cape Town and you can consider your Mr Price days upgraded. My
favourite portion of the section is the TopmanLTD ranges which brings you
limited edition pieces that can carry collections that have even more edge than
the usual collections in the store.
The store’s layout is well
thought-through and clearly marked. Loved the oversized images in the changing
rooms and accessories wall. I do believe I belong in the shoes corner. All
those shoes and I only have one pair of feet. How will I manage?
The store also introduced its TOPSHOP Personal Shopper feature. You get
to have a moment of luxury when you sit down with one of the stylists for a
consultant on what to buy in the store for literally any event in your life.
From buying a capsule collection for work or even putting together something
for a gala dinner, you get to have one-on-one attention all for free.
And then of course there were
the lovely guests including; Leizel van der Westhuizen, Skattie What, Bee
Diamondhead, Nico, Clay Morar, Didi Moses, Bronwyn Day, and so forth and so
forth.
The highlight of my night,
apart from Topman finally opening, was meeting Nico aka @NicoIsMyName! I had
heard him earlier in the evening jokingly call himself ‘the vintage man’ and I
thought ‘lovely, must meet him later’. And I did meet him and he’s now
officially my best new friend. Follow his vintage travels through champagne
nights and priceless fashion moments on twitter.
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