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To not believe how expensive Topshop is?

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flowerwild · 17/09/2024 13:22

So I grew up in the age of Topshop hype, when Kate Moss did a range that was like elite back then.

Obviously it declined hard, I stopped liking a lot of their stock. Now it’s on ASOS I absolutely love so much of their range but the price …

Almost £50 for a fluffy cardigan??

To not believe how expensive Topshop is?
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Whothefuckdoesthat · 17/09/2024 22:51

MangoAndLimeNandos · 17/09/2024 14:59

I was going to call you out because the 90s are def not 30 years ago.

Well now I feel old

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Don’t be daft. The 70s were 30 years ago. The 90s were ten minutes ago.

inamarina · 17/09/2024 16:43

GenAvocadoOnToast · 17/09/2024 15:53

They shouldn't be allowed to describe it as a wool coat when it only contains 2% wool. Increasingly brands are charging the earth for 98% polyester garments.

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Agree. 2% is particularly ridiculous.

Suzuki70 · 17/09/2024 16:38

I could never afford Topshop prices (I was 16 in 2001). Their jeans were more than I earned at my Saturday job, at £40 for Moto flares and the boots were about £80.

I've some Jamie jeans from the ASOS Topshop range and they are better quality than ASOS version of skinnies from the same season (Ridley).

You had New Look and Dotty P's for cheap(ISH), Topshop/Miss Selfridge/Warehouse in the middle prices and Jane Norman/Miss Sixty at the top end.

Jellybott · 17/09/2024 16:26

There's tons of their stuff on vinted in nearly new condition!

rosesareredvioletsareblueaimverytiredandsoareyou · 17/09/2024 16:17

TopShop clothes were never particularly cheap or that well made. The one on Argyle Street in Glasgow did stock loads of Levis 501s though, and that's where I got mine before the Levis shop opened.

HorribleHisTories15 · 17/09/2024 16:08

modgepodge · 17/09/2024 15:59

I always thought topshop was expensive. I went from being too poor to shop there to too old to shop there😂

Totally agree. It was a shop that made me feel both poor and uncool, despite having a Saturday job.

New2thisshizzle · 17/09/2024 16:08

Cost of materials, production, logistic, salaries etc has all gone up. Even in places that are cheap to manufacture

New2thisshizzle · 17/09/2024 16:05

I used to work there, the prices are pretty much in line allowing for inflation, they were never cheap. Yes quality has declined but that’s true for most fashion brands.

desperatedaysareover · 17/09/2024 16:04

I've still got a really expensive designer collab jacket, a Kate Moss dress and waistcoat from 2001 Topshop. The stuff was mad expensive but looked a lot more so and hasn't massively dated. Now all I need to do is lose three stone and it will be phenomenal value for money in terms of pounds-per-wear 😝

Blarn · 17/09/2024 16:01

Topshop shop was always pricier, it was a 'couple of items a Christmas and birthdays' type shop! I remember in the early 00s with the pay from my first real job buying a lovely green wool coat from there and a tweed-ish pencil skirt. Both had really high amounts of wool in. The quality now is terrible and when they do open up actual shops again I won't be going as its just going to be a disappointment.

AdviceNeeded2024 · 17/09/2024 16:00

Ah I remember the Kate Moss range!! I do miss TopShop it was one of my favourites!

I do think it was always more on the expensive side but generally I think most of their stuff was decent quality. Seems now they are a tad more expensive with less quality. That cardigan seems expensive for what it is.

I’ve also noticed New Look seems to have gone up a lot for certain things, used to get blazers from there but they are usually £50+ now whereas a couple of years ago they were around £30. I appreciate costs to manufacture have probably gone up though.

modgepodge · 17/09/2024 15:59

I always thought topshop was expensive. I went from being too poor to shop there to too old to shop there😂

Completelyjo · 17/09/2024 15:56

Topshop as always expensive as a younger marketed high street store. I remember paying £45 and £49 for going out dresses 18 years ago.

Tiddlywinkly · 17/09/2024 15:55

LBOCS2 · 17/09/2024 15:28

But I was at uni in the early 00s and clearly remember jeans being £40 back then. T-shirts were never £10 - even then - they were closer to £15. So your expectations of how much it all 'should' cost seems not to be in line with what you'd expect, allowing for inflation?

Yep, this

GenAvocadoOnToast · 17/09/2024 15:53

inamarina · 17/09/2024 15:47

I just googled that coat because I also thought £75 is not too bad.
It only contains 2% wool though.
The rest is mostly polyester and acrylic.
Coat

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They shouldn't be allowed to describe it as a wool coat when it only contains 2% wool. Increasingly brands are charging the earth for 98% polyester garments.

ChokeToDeathOnThreePoundsOfMeat · 17/09/2024 15:51

We’ve been spoilt by years of ultra cheap clothing, a distressing amount of which was made in unsafe conditions in third world countries by kids that should be in school.

Clothes should be expensive. Then perhaps people would stop treating them as disposable.

AnnaMagnani · 17/09/2024 15:49

Topshop was never a cheap shop - I was a student in the 90s and never shopped there!

I've seen items I lusted after in Topshop on Vinted new with tags and the prices were high, even for then. The quality is also completely different to fast fashion today, there will be tailoring, linings, real silk.

RedVanYellowVan · 17/09/2024 15:47

Perhaps they are ensuring that the factory workers are getting a proper wage.

£10 t-shirts and the like are a clear indicator of underpaid labour.

newfriend05 · 17/09/2024 15:45

I just think clothing has got really expensive like everything else even primark , they PJs now are not much differently priced as M&S

boulevardofbrokendreamss · 17/09/2024 15:42

I don't think £75 is expensive for a wool coat.

Irridescantshimmmer · 17/09/2024 15:35

Take out a mortgage.

LBOCS2 · 17/09/2024 15:28

But I was at uni in the early 00s and clearly remember jeans being £40 back then. T-shirts were never £10 - even then - they were closer to £15. So your expectations of how much it all 'should' cost seems not to be in line with what you'd expect, allowing for inflation?

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flowerwild · 17/09/2024 15:11

LBOCS2 · 17/09/2024 15:07

This. It was never that cheap, it wasn't occupying that place in the market.

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No I know it was never cheap. I’m just surprised at the price of certain items. Like here £75 for this.

Some of their items seems to be priced as to what you’d expect. £10 plain t shirts, £40 jeans and boots.

But I come across some items and it’s like .. really?

To not believe how expensive Topshop is?
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theemmadilemma · 17/09/2024 15:09

Yeah it was never a cheap shop.