Five things you need to know about Topshop Unique’s show at London Fashion Week

Hot picks from British high street label’s see-now, buy-now collection include slashed zebra print dresses, city skirts slit thigh high, black vinyl jackets and lots of fuchsia pink shoes

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Models present creations at the Topshop Unique catwalk show during London Fashion Week. Photo: Reuters

Published: 11:44am, 21 Sep 2016Updated: 11:44am, 21 Sep 2016

1. The British high street label adopted the see-now, buy-now formula wholeheartedly. Topshop Unique (their premium brand) went so far as to set up rails of the key pieces at a pop-up store beyond the catwalk so the fashion crowd could snap up what they wanted. Now that’s truly instant gratification.

Looks like this from the Topshop Unique show were available to buy at rails next to the catwalk. Photo: Reuters

2. The rails of colourful, catwalk-hot fashion were perfectly in tune with the show’s venue, London’s Old Spitalfields Market. Topshop had invited young designers and craftsmen to set up stalls there for the weekend as well, so everyone could experience the buzz of Fashion Week.

3. Hot picks from the new collection were sophisticated renditions of 1980s punk-meets-New-Wave looks, inspired by two of the most popular nightclub venues of the era. Slashed zebra print dresses and city skirts slit to the nether regions were juxtaposed with black vinyl jackets, a pink cocoon coat and lots of fuchsia pink shoes referencing the glamour of New Wave, while utility jumpsuits, and denim, strapping and bondage detailing paid homage to the punks.

Daring slits were a feature of the Topshop looks. Photo: AFP

4. Chinese movie star and singer Jiang Yiyan made a glamorous entrance to join the front row of British singers and models.