This year, creative director Christopher Bailey imagined a collection inspired by poetry and British book covers from a century gone by. A mixture of genres and fabrics, Burberry surprises with a contrast between respect for tradition and sizable innovation. It’s a veritable mixture of genres: a multitude of materials and fabrics, notably pieces made of military cotton, cashmere, covered in sequins, silk, lace, deerskin, or serigraph leather.
When it comes to the pieces that compose the Spring/Summer 2015 pre-collection, the exterior garments take the cake. The famed trench coat that brought the brand its notoriety is revisited here in a multitude of typically British colors. Coats and jackets are also on the menu, penetrated with sober tones. Printed blouses, silk and lace dresses, but also skirts and bags, this prorsum collection is an eclectic grab bag of researched, powerful, and purely English colors. Colors that add up to neutral, like honey or white, appear alongside warm colors like red, pink, orange, or more intense ones like dark green and midnight blue.
The biggest surprise in this pre-collection: the motifs are words that reappear on a few pieces. Certain sweaters, bags, trench coats, dresses, or skirts are engraved with designed words or manuscript writings. The brand took inspiration from the graphic design of the covers of English literary works of the 20th century: Winds & Showers, The Orchard, and Explore and Adventure… In this pre-collection, Christopher Bailey put the accent on contrasts. A slightly off kilter style that recalls the magic and chaos of the rain in Great Britain.
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