There may be a way for Canadians to get their Topshop fix after all – via The Bay.
Wait a tic.
Yeah, I’m thinking the same as you; I’m still stuck in my mental vision of The Bay being a style graveyard for the over 50, but apparently this is changing. I’ve seen the change in downtown Vancouver’s Bay store, though they have a very long road to travel to bring this ancient brand to modern department store parity.
Apparently there are talks with Topshop to bring boutiques into select Bay chain locations – that means there would be a mini Topshop in Vancouver, Toronto – in CANADA. It sounds great, but I’m skeptical.
If you’ve ever been into a Topshop flagship location, it’s freaking massive and if you turn around five times without GPS, you’ll get lost. I don’t see how Topshop could whittle their collection down to that which would fit a private boutique space with its limited square foot space.
I’m thinking they will carry those collab brands for the most part, such as their recent Christopher Kane collection. That being said, what about their menswear shop, Topman? If there is a women’s boutique and not a men’s, I cry foul.
I’m not sure if I’m ready for a watered down Topshop; even if it does mean local access - I’d rather have Topshop ship to Canada first.
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A Topshop boutique in The Bay would be amazing. Topshop actually has boutique style stores in Selfridges which is across the pond, so it would be possible. Though not as cool as a full store, to be sure.
11.27.09 @ 11:55 am@Margaret: I must have missed that when I was last in LDN. All I want is for Topshop to ship to Canada, never mind little boutiques! Such epic frustration.
11.27.09 @ 12:00 pmThis is very interesting to see. The Bay could possibly reinvent their look with Topshop boutique, but I wonder if it would be exclusive to The Bay? Or could this mean many other stores will be able to carry it.
I wonder if this could also lead to Topman @ The Bay as well..
so intriguing!
11.27.09 @ 1:36 pmI second that! I rather have them ship to Canada…
11.27.09 @ 5:46 pmI remember seeing an outlet of Topshop at Selfridge’s in London.
Seeing that Selfridge’s is owned by the Weston family of Canada, I wouldn’t be surprised if Weston’s Holt Renfrew tried to make a grab for Topshop. However, the only problem is that I don’t think the local Holt Renfrew in Vancouver has space to accomodate Topshop (unless they take over the restaurant space that has been sitting vacant for some time now.)
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