Hot Topic offers body jewelry, artificial tattoos, multihued hair dyes and unisex, music-influenced apparel. Orv Madden, the owner, is devoted to contemporary sounds and has managed to keep up with changing trends in music and the clothes of several genres. His shop at Westfarms stocks shoes, accessories, pop-culture products, music, holiday items and collectibles. It is located on the upper level of the Shops at Buckland Hills, in zone C.