Blog by TopDown Trading

Happy New Year 2021...Best Wishes From Topdown Trading Team!

We would like to take this opportunity to send all our clients and supply chains our very best wishes for the New Year 2021.

2020 has been somewhat challenging for many of us. Some speculations for the year were about seeing it nearly impossible for the fashion market to survive. However overall, good portions of the market with strong online presence have over achieved their targets reaching better results than expected.

The eleventh-hour agreement will allow for tariff and quota-free trade in goods after December 31, but won’t apply to the services industry or the financial services sector.

Do retailers put them on sale or save them until next year?

Silky, shin-length tunics in pale green, velvet mini-dresses as soft as a baby’s bottom, wonderfully impractical heels festooned with bows, and heavily embellished skirts. Party dressing is all about extravagance, sexiness and wearing something mood-lifting - but it is also a self-contained sector, with the clothes we buy for Christmas drinks or New Year’s Eve dinner rarely used outside of the festive season.

While mindful of trivialising the pandemic, big names from Tilda Swinton to Lady Gaga have been rocking facial coverings.

At the Venice Film Festival the actor Tilda Swinton pulled out an ornate gold design face mask and wore it on the red carpet, just like she would have with a statement clutch bag or a must-have piece of jewellery.

The mask was not entirely pandemic-approved – on Instagram the designer James Merry said the custom-made piece was inspired by “stingray skeletons, seaweed and orchids” – but it was symbolic of a bigger shift: the world of high fashion is finally allowing itself to embrace the coronavirus face mask.

Last week also saw Lady Gaga light up the static VMA awards show with a parade of highly fashion-conscious masks. There was the bubblegum pink one from Cecilio Castrillo (a muzzle which resembled the facehugger from Alien), a horned one from Lance Victor Moore, a futuristic one designed by Smooth Technology and then when accepting an award she wore one in metallics by Maison Met.

Follow On Updates To Our Services

Hope everyone is keeping well and safe.

We wanted to make a follow up update to give information about new and changing services at Top Down Trading.

Some Changes/Updates:

Warehouse/Visits/Appointments

Our warehouses and showroom are now open for appointments to visit our showroom, collect goods from the warehouse or to view/inspect your order.

UK Orders & Shipments

UK mainland orders are still free shipping and approx delivery target on parcels and pallets are 2-3 days. Container orders 7-10 days packing lead time and delivery timescale will depend on your location. Collection service are available Mon-Fri from 10am-4pm.

Covid 19 Updates On Our Services

Firstly I would like to wish all our clients and everyone the best of all to keep safe, well and healthy. Also I would like to give my best wishes to all NHS staff, healthcare workers, charity workers and the daily workers of transport, mail and food stores risking themselves on the frontline for the greater good of our country.

Yes this historic pandemic and its uncertainty is very severe but hopefully it will come to an end and I believe we will all come over this soon. Although the crisis, business still needs to survive and it’s very important to step up and continue trading in ways we can to contribute.

As Top Down Trading we would like you to know we are very grateful with all our clients and we will try and support you along the way through this crisis.