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Product
Product
EVENT OBJECTIVES
1. REVEAL THE BEHIND THE SCENES OF A
F
ASHION SHOW
‘
ARROGANT
“Authenticity remains the
most important f
actor when
it comes to better connecting with the youth market”
12 %
’
WGSN, Youth Marketing
The Topshop Village is an event designed to reveal the making and
happening of a fashion show to its visitors through the run of physical
activities in the space of Covent Garden. While visitors will have the
chance to see Topshop Unique fashion show live from Covent Garden’s piazza, they will also have the opportunity to witness the making
of it in the hours leading to the show with the installation of a transparent
backstage area in the centre of the Piazza.
90%
of people want
to know
more about the behind the scenes
of f
ashion
The Fashion’s Behind the Scenes has been a growing popular
subject in popular culture over the past decade. In a world dominated by media flux of information, new generations have grown
to want to know about everything, including fashion. A recent
research within the targeted youth market has enabled me to
highlight a strong growing demand for fashion industry insight.
90% of people surveyed stated they wish to know more about
the behind the scenes of the industry. For 43% it’s an “entertaining” domain of activity and a further 27% qualify it as “fun” while a
clear minority of 12% classified it as arrogant. (1*)
Jourdan Dunn
Topshop Unique backstage
S/S 2014 Show
American TV
show, America’s next Top
Model
ENTERTAINING
FUN
27%
43%
The behind the scene phenomenon is a natural evolution of a
society in need for truth and authenticity, particularly the youth,
a market growing in a context saturated by propagandist media information.
The rise of reality television programs searching for the next “it”
model or designer, documentary about fashion magazines editors as well as the common iconization of designers are the
current examples of the over exposition of fashion Behind the
scenes culture. Unfortunately, mass medias have grown to
broadcast a rather stereotypical image of the sartorial industry –
often miles away from the reality of many industry professionals.
For this exact reason, Topshop, through the organization of the
Topshop Village, will aim to unveil the truth about what really happen behind the brand’s closed doors, insuring its visitor’s an understanding as well total transparency of its practice of fashion.
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