I entered the store a mere girl and left a woman, with hair freshly dip-dyed by Bleach London and a neon pink crackle-effect manicure,” remembers Olivia Allen, who was a regular at the “big Topshop”.

Saturdays spent at Topshop were a biblical experience. A free weekend meant weaving through the Oxford Circus flagship and dodging tourists while clutching armfuls of questionable bodycons, ‘Nerd’ ...

Despite shrinking budgets and guest lists, the French capital recorded a 53 percent year-on-year increase in MIV, according ...