the British are coming!
And it’s about FUCKING TIME.
TOP SHOP … ah the joys of frantically trying to sift through all the clothes, scarves, shoes and accessories while quickly trying to both calculate my size in UK and figuring exactly how I’m getting the same clothes at twice the price due to the toilet paper in my bank called US dollars.
Shopping in Europe is one of the most obnoxious experiences I found, mainly because I really hate shopping, and I get about 7 minutes to do it on business trips, wedged between client meetings and/or running back and forth between my hotel and the conference center.
But, I must admit … Top Shop is SO worth it. I would just get giddy from the smell of leather bags and selection of overly inappropriate leggings and colors on display. Like all cheaper alternative stores like H&M and Forever 21, Top Shop has its influences and knock-offs from the big boy labels. Yet, somehow the quality is amazingly better , and in fact, I’ve had items that have lasted me years from purchases from a long time ago. What I love about it especially, is that it’s true UK fashion. Bright colors, edgy cuts, and an influence from designers like Paul Smith, Ted Baker and Vivienne Westwood. It’s preppy meets punk in a way that the Italians and French could never get. Italians are too weird and gaudi, the French to clean cut and yuppy yacht classic types.
Oh have I’ve yearned to get a Top Shop in California, the dreams, the nights of longing. Moments I craved the perfect accessory to match the dress or a really nice pair of leggings that would be different and not lace lined, yuck. Alas, it has not come yet. I’m allowed to have a zillion stores selling Fuggs and Juicy Couture sweatpant outfits outrageously priced, but nothing that’s as understated and fulfilling as Top Shop.
Yet, like all things undeserved, New York will have a Top Shop. So now Jersey girls with cheap Wet Seal makeup and tie up hooker heels get what I’ve always wanted.
A sexy Brit that knows how to dress me up and speak witty to me.
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