I am 43 and never been to TopShop, what am I missing?

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Well, I have walked through TopShop to get from Meadowhall car park into the rest of the shopping centre. But it scares me. Too bright and fashiony and cool and young.

Am I being silly?

I saw the most amazing looking woman in topshop once - very slim and Vivienne Westwoody. She was definitely over 70. So no, not too old!

I like their high waisted skinnies but I don't think they stock them anymore
Skirts
Boots
Sometimes nightwear

Leigh skinnies.

I have about 10 pairs

Like all shops, they have good and bad things. You just have to look. Have bought some nice tops there recently. And also a pair of the Joni jeans. Not a jeans person (just posted on the thread about your favourite looks on each other) and these are the only ones I have that DH compliments me when wearing.

Am far too fat for topshop these days and no doubt not cool enough. Always found it very intimidating and expensive. Would have loved to be brave enough to wear clothes from there.
Meadowhall is one of the larger ones though and the sheer size always intimidates me

Love the one in Oxford Street. Best thing is the fancy tights

Daughters buy things from topshop but mostly from sale as they fit better than other shops.

Sons girlfriend works there at weekends. Apparently the biggest seller are Joni jeans. These are high waisted I think

I have never bought anything in Top Shop even when I was young(er). Have gone in a few times over the years and have always left empty handed. Has zero appeal to me now I'm in my 40's would rather buy better quality but less stuff.

I don't get the intimidating thing at all. For me, a place like LK Bennett or Jaegar where, as soon as I walk in, I'm accosted with 'Can I help you?' which (rightly or wrongly) I always take as code for 'What do you think you're doing here?' - now that's what I call intimidating. In Top Shop no-one even notices you.

Oh dear. Almost 39 and got a pair of denim shorts there yesterday. They call them hot pants but luckily they come to mid thigh so not too short and the fit is good. I love their skinny jeans, vest tops and boots. I don't like 90 percent of it though and it is expensive for largely man made fibres.

TS intimidated me as a young teen, I was WAY too cool for it (!) as a grungy upper teen, was too chubby in my twenties-now in my thirties and It's just off bounds as It's never been in it. I see my friends wearing outfits that I love though, and ask where they're from and if they say topshop I am surprised.

Disclaimer I am now reading the whole thread to see if I really am missing anything.

I haven't bought anything from Top Shop since I was a teen.

Dd is 12y and looks in their sometimes. Tbh though it often looks very cheaply made and tatty, and yet the prices don't seem to reflect that.
And the meadowhall one, though big, seems really crammed in and messy.

So no - I don't think you're missing anything!

Even for dd I give it a wide berth

I bought some Topshop summer dresses on eBay. The prints are lovely but they are SO SHORT. I don't mind showing my legs so that's not the issue - these are actually unwearable without showing underwear. How does anyone wear them? They're not the sort to wear with leggings either. And I'm not a tall person. It's a shame as I see these lovely dresses in my wardrobe but they're impossible.

a friend supplies TopShop with some of their kitschy, gift things. He says they are the highest 'marker uppers' of all the UK retail stores. V. expensive.

Not a lot. I very occasionally shop there if I'm looking for basic items but the quality seem to have deteriorated somewhat and prices increased. I bought some pants recently to match an expensive bra as they do some unusual colours.

I'm quite petite and I used to buy all my jeans and trousers from there before they changed to skinny styles which doesn't really suit my short leg.

Most of it is too young and trendy for me now.

plain t shirts
jeans
leather bags
sandals /boots
some of their shirts/blouses
wool winter coats

agree with wfrances, online is usually better. i just got some nice swedish hasbeen copies and a fab leather bag. i try to stay away from the trendy stuff now as hate seeing teenagers in the same stuff

i think you have to be quite anti-fashion not to find anything in topshop

where is meadowhall?

Haven't been in there since I was 16, I'm 24 and much prefer shopping on asos.
Very expensive and the quality is awful.

Missing nothing - anything you can find in Topshop you can pretty much find anywhere else - it's all become very generic and not nearly as affordable as H&M. Much prefer Zara, better quality of clothes - prefer the jeans from Zara (£25.00) much cheaper than Topshop (charges £40)

Sinister it's in sheffield

44 years old and I buy anything and everything from there - depends on the item. Recent purchases:

Shoes - loafers and wedges
Coral shirt
Denim shorts
T- shirts
Short denim dress
Long silk skirt
Kimono jacket
Jewelry
Jeans

This lot in the last 4 months or so.

I often shop there as well as places like Zara, River Island, Jaeger, Massimo Duti, ASOS, Lk Bennett, Whistles, Mango, Selfridges, French Connection, & Other Stories etc etc.

34 and also a massive fan!

I buy pretty much everything there, but partcularly love the jeans (jamies for me), coats, shirts, dresses, tshirts, tops and shoes/boots. The only thing I avoid is the knitwear as it never survives the first wash..

It's not do much I think I am too old, just that I gave never shipped there and wondering if I'd been missing anything. Footwear and skinny jeans seem popular, bit I may have to pass on those, as I gave size 9ish feet and huge, muscly calfs that don't fit into any skinnies! I'll go for a browse next time I find myself in town (rare) without a child (rarer).

Waterproof eyeliner pencils.They are fab, don't shift all day and cheap as chips.