Topman

So… I pass by this shop every day.
And many days I’ll walk right on in.
To shop?
Not a chance — more often than not I’m too tall and broad-​shouldered for anything in this store to fit me. Now, I’m at a loss trying to figure this store out — I don’t see Manchester being overly populated with waifish hipster hobbits when I walk down the sidewalks, but apparently they all sneak in from the Shire and shop here, because the store is stocked as such. Although even if there were clothes my size, I’d look completely ridiculous walking around in purple skinny chinos and a deep cowl neck t-​shirt, so maybe it’s not that big of a deal.
No, I walk on into Topman simply to hold my phone up to a speaker, press Soundhound on, and find out what’s playing for a song or two, and then leave.
Why?
Well, I’m old. And lazy. And it’s much quicker for me to find some of the new sounds in the UK this way than me trying to search it all out on the radio, which 1) I never have the time or access to listen to traditional radio 2) I don’t see myself wandering aimlessly around the interwebs to trying to repeat the same feat. and 3) I’d ideally go hit all the local clubs to hear the real new music, but I’m a bit hampered in achieving that feat due to the points I made at the beginning of this paragraph.
So Topman for a brief update on music it is.
Is the music they play diverse? No, not at all. They’ve got a set young tragically hip demographic they’re aiming for and their playlist is focused in kind — and some of the tracks they choose have been admittedly crap, but usually I’ll walk into the store simply because there’s a song that’s caught my ear.
I’m not even stealthy holding my phone up to the speaker, either. Which doesn’t matter, as the kids working there pay me no attention. «Old man in suit standing over there, holding his phone up to the ceiling? Strange, but whatever.»
So kudos to them.
And on the rare occasion that I actually do find something worthy of buying that can actually fit me, the shop will still take swipe cards, which is great as apparently our Yankee plastic has become totally outdated compared to the rest of the world.
So in the end, 3 stars for Topman — skinny purple chinos for skinny waifish hobbits and all.

Topman, located on the first floor up in the trafford centre, manchester. I walked in here and immdiately thought wow, what a vast open store with so much on sale i just didn’t know where to begin.
They offer loads, and everything is so reasonably priced. I picked up t shirts and jeans for next to nothing, and all good quality. The rate i go through clothes, i dont really want to spend much on them because they’re soon being chucked away.
This store seems to have a little more than what is available on the high street elsewhere, probably a good earner for arcadia so they keep it well stocked and turned over.