At one point in time, you could divide the world firmly into two camps: those who shopped at Topshop and those who didn’t.

What started in 1964 as a small section in the basement of a store in Sheffield called Peter Robinson, conceived by Raymond Montague Burton, quickly became the shining star of the British high street. At its peak in 2005, Topshop’s parent company, Arcadia, recorded £1.8 billion in sales and nearly £326 million in profits – up 10% from the year prior.

For millennials, Topshop’s presence on the high street cemented its status as more than just a shop – it became a social currency. Weekends would be spent whirling in its new-in designs, sipping milkshakes while blinking at your crush and dreaming of the adult life that you were on the precipice of being inducted into.

Thought Topshop was dead? Think again