Hot topic is very corny and a bit steriotyped. It is also very overpriced cosidereing the quality of the clothing. The salespeople are decent though.

When you first walk into a Hot Topic store, the first thing you would think is "Torture Chamber". I mean, come on! What parent would want their child shopping at a store that looks like Halloween year-round? It sells many "punk, emo, goth" outfits which sends a negative message to young teens. I personally want Hot Topic to go out of buisness.

You people kill me with your opinions, Stop bashing people for what they like, you are no better, My daughter and my son shops their and they are both very popular and have outgoing personalities.
You people need to stop telling people they are going to hell for what they wear.........Please tell me in the Bible where it said that ! Jesus did not tell one person to change their clothes first before he would save them, Jesus Said " Come as You Are !!!!!!!!!!! P.S. Love people for who they are......

Some decent stuff. I don't really shop there anymore. The clothing is not very good quality and tends to be overpriced. The only thing I really go in there for is cute accessories and cds.

Only emo's wear this crap...

My favorite store!!

I don't buy a whole lot from there anymore, as it is rather expensive and some of it is not of quality. However, they do have plenty of cool things that are harder to find elsewhere. I'm not into the whole bondage pants, etc. but they have a very good selection of pop culture merch for many major artists, movies, TV shows, etc. However, I don't kid myself that it's anticonformist to shop there---it's still mass-produced. The only difference is you're less likely to have the same outfit as the rest of the kids in your class.

ppl! stop it! i am a christian! i am not a satan worshiping freak! do not tell me im going 2 hell!!! i luv hot topic! idk wat world ur living in but there r goth and punk ppl out there! but im not goth or punk or watever im more half preppy/and half scene(but not really) ( i no, wierd combo) the store i went to was gr8. the ppl were nice, made sure that we found wat we wanted and all. i got a sick belt, (pink and blue studded one cuz of my preppyness) and yah! i got a shirt w/ hkitty on it! yah! its not all scaryy! the have some g8 music too! so b4 u start hatin on htopic... RESPECT!

u pp make me sick! just because hot topic is different and the ppl who shop there including me want to look different doesnt mean u hate it! stop bitching and im a christian and im not going to go to hell just because i shop there. sure they may look at u when ur in the store but they r rly nice and i get great service from them they r a little expensive but i think its totally worth it cuz whenever i get something there...it last a long time

Their quality sucks. Some pieces are gorgeous, some look tacky. I'd suggest people into the Goth, Punk, and Rock 'n Roll scenes seek independant stores or shop online. The sky is the limit. Even putting pieces together the right way from more "vanilla" stores can add originality and much better quality.

cool.

GOD

This store rocks you can find cute stuff i noticed a rating that said will be out of style by next year preppy i mean really you probably will only enter your little just-ice and hollister preppy tween stores have fun with that while i get good music and things i enjoy at a cool store!

hot topic is all right.

ewwwww

hell no !!!

AWSEOME STORE!!!

some decent stuff.

used to shop there back in the day for Ozzfest clothing

love it

HELL NO

BEST EVER!

HELLZZ NOO!! NOT EVN FOR HALLOWEEN!!!

best store ever!

if there werent so many tweens there. ugh.

Overpriced stuff that will be out of style by next year.

I buy the occasional t-shirt with anime on it and the gauged earrings or something but i don't go for the gloves or boots or gothic stuff. Not against gothic people or anything it's just not me. The employees at the Hot topic where I'm at are nice and i like their piercings. Pretty cool cause they have Invader Zim stuff and some cool posters.

Please.. let this place die an agonizing death!

Hot Topic is one of those stores set up to suck more money from preppy teens who claim they want to be different. The only reason I go there is for their clearance shirts with nasty sayings. Everything is over priced, mass produced, and geared towards those who want to pretend to be rebels...with mommy and daddy's credit card. Sorry dears...black nails and a Slipknot shirt doesn't make you goth/punk. What happened to all the vampire/gothic dresses they had ten years ago?

the most stuck up snobs in the world go their and idiots work their goth sucks

Though not discussed as such, this is a store that competes primarily with Pac Sun and Claires. The style of their clothing mimics that of stores that sell the same highschool demographic, which according to the company ends at about age 21. To be honest, I am glad there is a chain that sells some pre-packaged "darker" clothing (a lot of people like it), but the idea that this store is any more punk/goth than any other is where I think the mixup begins. They sell some slightly different things, but rarely any more do they deviate far from other comparable mall stores in price, style, or quality.

My advice is that people should treat it as any other store, because to be honest, stick around there for awhile and you'll notice while their employees might be dressed in black, their customers aren't... And won't be. It's the appeal of such lifestyle that makes their business successful, not that these subcultures actually shop there (the goth scene is small and often DIY, and punk was 80's -- not a profitable endeavor). Thus, they sell a lot of niche youth junk to geekier types.

some clothing there are alright but people there scare me

I buy the occasional thing from there. I tend to like the shirts (w/sayings) that they carry. I'm a total smartass so the shirts there appeal to me.

I buy alot of smartass t-shirts there...

An excellent selection, a little bit packaged but overall nice.

Store that is geared toward the 20 years old and youngers crowd that has an identity crisis. The store sets off a vibe that in order to listen to nu-metal, rap-rock, rap, metalcore, early metal (all of which I think suck), then you have to buy an ugly ass black tee shirt and not be a conformists by conforming. If you have no self esteem, blare "smells like teen spirit" after a fight with your parents because they won't take you go to the skating rink on a friday night to hang out with your other mallrat friends 'till 10:30 and talk about how bad you need a cigarette even though your 16, or listen to slipknot, this store is for you though. By the way, god have eternal mercy on your soul if you even consider considering walking into Hot Topic with anything that is not black and/or is considered preppy, take my word for it, it's not pretty, but if your going to shop here anyway you probly don't care about things being pretty either way.

I would not shop here. They're okay, not my style of clothing. I stay with the Aeropostale/Hollister Co. clothing.
Good Luck!

They have some interesting stuff...i guess.
i like their selection of knee socks, tights, etc and the guy shirts in XS.
The shoes are adorable but they only carry them in banal colors such as patent, black, and black.
Hot Topic is designed more for children or moody punkers stuck in the battle of peer expectations. meh, not bad.
Oh, and their Americanized version of a Gothic Lolita dress made me pee my pants from laughing too hard.

. . .where mallrats go to buy sh#t to wear in hopes of pissing off their parents. . .

i like this store because its different from all the other gay preppy stores and its the only store that has the bands i like. every adult that rates this sais its just a teenager phase but its not because i know people that are 40 that still go there cause they like it better than all the other stores. and people that are christians that are reading this just because you go here doesnt mean your going to hell there are christian bands in there too and if you really are christian you wouldnt be saying that there gonna go to hell you would pray for them.

Hot Topic in my opinion has d=some ok things, i generally dont shop there, but occasionally i go in to amuse myself and end up buying a band t-shirt, some stickers or a magazine. I have always found the staff at my location to be friendly and helpful, but all in all i think that mostly Hot Topic is designed to help teenagers going through identity crisis' fit into something.

well i think the people ther look kind of scary but there all always really nice and friendly unlike those abercrombie b!tche$ but in most of the stores there super small and packed together so its hard to get around except the one i go to most often is big but anyway id say they have a lot of cool stuff and funny stuff but most of there tshirts are like iron on things iorned on to a hanes t-shirt and are expensive but considering so many people steal from there i understand why.... oh and as far as hot topic stuff being used to be different from everyone else is bull sh!t i mean the whole punk goth thing is like such a trend right now that its not really being different its being the same that whole different thing mighta worked like 3-4 years ago

People should stop hatin on Hot Topic. Isnt it good that kids who shop at HT are just victims of conformity. Cuz then, you can be one of the few that r truly different. So quit yer bi**in. If everyone stopped shoppin at these stores then what? We need people to follow mainstream so we can seperate ourselves from them. So shhh, u noe im right.

Nah, their clothes have no quality, they have just gone stale. I like their Hot topic sign. Skip it.

I'll go in this store for the occasional Happy Bunny item, but that's it! Their clothes are expensive...and they don't even look good! Everything is pretty much all black, with the exception of some of their t-shirts. At least at A&F, you come out looking good!! The reason Hot Topic is around is to cater to portions of teen popluations during their goth phase. They all claim to be non-conformist, yet they dress like each other! They'll get over it once high school's over!

I like Hot Topic, and I buy some of my clothes there, but not all. I'll admit some of the clothes are even a little scary for me. At the store near me, the salespeople are usually kind of pleasant and always ask if I need help with anything. I do not like how they're always watching what you're doing, and how if you're not punk or gothic and you enter the store, you get dirty looks from them. The prices are too high, and some of the clothing, accessories, and jewelry fall apart easy. Though I'll admit, I have 2 pairs of pants from there that I've had for ages, and they never fell apart or ripped. But I did buy a pair of earrings from there that were defective and shouldn't have been. So there are positive and negative things about this store.

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I don't like the style of clothes in this store, I will have to admit, I did see one shirt that was kinda cool then I really looked at it and it had some god awful looking design on the back of it. Yeah this place sucks, and I hear the clothes are very cheap quality, and that = falling apart.

I went to the one in Corpus Christi, TX. I totally hate the employees that work there. I went in to look for jewelry with my sisters. My sister takes a long time to decide what to buy. The employees thought we were stealing because they kept looking at us up and down. The weird thing was is that they never asked us if we needed any help. They didn't talk to us once! Hello! If you think someone is stealing you are supposed to give them customer service and ask them if they need help! The selection of stuff is great for punks/goths. The store is also too small. I will never will go into that store ever again because of the sucky employees. From now on I will only shop on their online website.

I've been on their website...why would I wanna pay $30 for a Clash Tshirt I could make myself for $5?