Topshop is officially back in 2025 and honestly, it feels like someone has opened a portal straight back to 2014. On Saturday afternoon, the brand staged a massive open-air fashion show in Trafalgar Square and the whole thing was chaos in the best way.
Hundreds of people turned up to watch, celebs rolled in like it was the Met Gala, and the collection itself screamed high street cool girl. Basically, Topshop just reminded everyone why it was the moment in the first place.
@marieclaireuk Topshop returned to Trafalgar Square in style, with Cara Delevingne, Adwoa Aboah and Sadiq Khan on the front row.
Quick recap: Topshop used to be the beating heart of Oxford Circus before it fell apart with the Arcadia Group in 2020. ASOS scooped it up in 2021, but tbh it kind of got lost in the chaos of 800 other brands. Now, it’s relaunching its standalone website and this fashion show was its big independence party.
The vibes? Big comeback energy.
Of course, supermodel/forever London girl Cara Delevingne was there. She told Sky News it felt like “nostalgia mixed with something eclectic but also something brand new,” which is literally the perfect way to describe Topshop 2.0. Cara basically said what we were all thinking: this comeback is taking us straight back to discovering skinny jeans and moto jackets in year nine.
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The moment everyone loved was Olivia Attwood arriving like it was her personal catwalk. She wore a tiny black mini dress with white snakeskin boots and threw in a maroon Hermès bag (casual).
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And just when you thought the guest list couldn’t get more iconic, Adwoa Aboah showed up looking impossibly cool — because of course she did. The model and activist was spotted among the crowd reminding everyone Topshop is still the go-to for actual It Girls.
@hypebae Spotted FROW at Topshop’s return to the runway: #caradelevingne and #adwoaaboah
What do you think they are chatting about? Video: Hypebae #hypebae #fashiontiktok
Between her and Cara, it was like the early 2010s British fashion scene had come alive again.
Among the famous faces at Trafalgar Square were Frankie Bridge from The Saturdays, who showed up in a burgundy leather jacket and skinny sunglasses, and TV legend Denise van Outen, who went bold in a tie-dye dress with stacks of gold bangles. Both made the Topshop comeback feel like a proper mix of pop-girl nostalgia and glam TV royalty.
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Not joking: the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan turned up. Imagine telling your 2012 self the same guy who signs off on transport strikes would one day be sat at a Topshop show. The crossover event we didn’t know we needed.
The whole thing was giving Oxford Circus Saturdays circa 2013 — except this time it wasn’t just teens panic-buying disco pants. It was a full-scale fashion show with an actual audience, celebrities, and a fresh new collection.
Topshop is officially back in the spotlight. And if the celebrity turnout was anything to go by, the girlies are ready to embrace their Topshop era once again.
Featured image credit: Instagram/@caradelevinge, @Olivia_attwood. TikTok/@stylistmagazine
