First look: J W Anderson for Topshop

What happens when one of London Fashion Week’s most buzzed-about designers joins forces with the Topshop retail empire? A bat sweater. And a turtle-print denim skirt, schoolgirl pinafore dress and quilted paisley top, of course.

These pieces and more appear in J W Anderson’s debut collection for Topshop, hitting stores and Topshop.com just in time for LFW on 14 September.

The range, Anderson’s first high-street collaboration, bears many of the signatures that have come to command showgoers’ devotion. There’s the paisley to start—a highlight of his spring summer 2012 collection—and a couple of iterations of his knockout varsity jacket.

It’s not just clothes, either: Anderson took the idea of the supermarket as his theme, opening the door to non-fashion items like marker pens, slap bands and sweets.

The designer said he was ‘very excited’ to work with Topshop.

‘It gives me the opportunity to reach a much wider audience with my designs,’ he said. ‘It has always been very important to me that my collections are made accessible to anyone interested in fashion and design.’

Click through the gallery above to see selections from JW Anderson for Topshop. Shop the range in store and online form 14 September.