The news that Topshop is coming back has sent millennials everywhere into a nostalgic frenzy. This week, my feed has been awash with archive looks from bygone Kate Moss for Topshop collections. Suddenly, my algorithm is spewing out indie sleaze-tinged outfits, boho dresses and an alarming amount of fringing. Like any self-respecting thirty-something millennial, I am revelling in this sudden flurry of early aughts nostalgia, but let’s be realistic, it would take more than Kate Moss and an as-yet-unconfirmed bricks and mortar Topshop store to save Britain’s High Street.
“I was heartbroken—as somebody who spent many a Saturday there—when Topshop left,” says Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London for the last eight years. We’re meeting on John Lewis’ rooftop to talk about his plans to regenerate the country’s most famous high street, and it turns out we have something in common.
