FASHION NEWS // JW ANDERSON FOR TOPSHOP

After it was annnounced that MMM is doing a collection for H&M, now the news is out that JW ANDERSON is creating his debut collection for Topshop, launching in September. The range will include clothing - from jersey and denim items to knitwear and outwear - as well as homeware, featuring pencils, memory sticks, Rubik's cubes, vintage magazines and photography books.

"I am very excited to collaborate with Topshop," said Anderson. "It gives me the opportunity to reach a much wider audience with my designs. It has always been very important to me that my collections are made accessible to anyone interested in fashion and design."

Although Irish-born Anderson has worked with Topshop before (he created a T-shirt to celebrate its 10^th year sponsorship of the British Fashion Council's NEWGEN scheme in February), this is his first ready-to-wear high street collection. A second offering will land in stores in early 2013.

"The launch with JW Anderson is a new and exciting approach for Topshop to our collaborations," said Topshop creative director Kate Phelan. "The capsule collection is a best of all his design ideas to date, a sort of must have wardrobe of covetable pieces by this unique designer.  The interesting twist however is the cool collectable items that will make up the rest of this collection, which JW Anderson has picked himself."