Fall 2006 Burberry Prorsum
It's the company's 150th anniversary, so Christopher Bailey has heritage on his mind, and he's decided that the one thing that unites the three strands of Burberry's history—tailoring, outerwear, and eveningwear—is the trenchcoat. No surprise there perhaps, but to prove just how far that trademark trench can go, he showed it in washed leather, herringbone and houndstooth wool, quilted silk, and even a lustrous brocade.
Bailey is on something of a mission for fall. Bored with jeans and T-shirts, he wants to see his men more dressed up. So he claimed the Duke of Windsor (an idol also cited at Missoni, by the way) as inspiration for elegant worsted pinstripes, Chesterfield coats, and three-piece suits tailored dandy-sharp. There was a formal edge to the ruffled shirts and fringed scarves, the pleated front on a wool/silk sweater, the beaver collar on a coat, or the way the burgundy of a velvet stripe on a trouser leg was picked up in the revers of the accompanying coat.
Still, Bailey was determined that his drive to dress not get too precious, so he added flourishes of low style: bobble hats, oxblood winklepickers, studs outlining the v-neck of another sweater. And never mind the trenchcoat: Burberry's outdoors ruled in a fur-trimmed anorak and a chunky duffel coat (over a gotta-have-it cabled cashmere sweater in papal purple).
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All of these models look like Lurch (the addams family) with Spindle legs ..
HAHAHAHAHA wtf (who not what) would wear these ensembles.
Nice if you can afford it...
Wow, incredible stuff, Burberry never misses, that white tuxedo shirts are everywhere--very editorial. And those bags, they'll be all over the place, A+!
Is it just me or do all these models look like they just lost their best friends? Or are they sad because they hadn't eaten in days?
What's with the zombie/mummy modles? They look like they should be burried. The skinny look doesn't work for these guys and they need to be told that.
I'd shoot myself if I ever looked that bad.
first of all models are supposed to be the walking hangers wen it comes to runway. thats about it. they show off the clothes not thmeselves. and second... im going to south coast to pick up those beanies and the white turtle neck in the last picture.they did some really nice stuff this season
Good Lord, eat some pizza and cheeseburgers guys! And who would ever wear this garbage? Every "fashion" show or photo shoot I've seen looks like someone ripped off the local thrift store. But, only the back room of the thrift store, because the thrift store was even too embarrassed to put the stuff out on the shelf. Love the big poofy scarfs - looks like a flock of geese is attacking.
Why not take time to post Springs collections?? Fall collections came out in Feburary.
I long for the day men wear those crap outifts in public so I can laugh at them hysterically. I mean, really? Leopard print v-neck sweaters with tuxedo shirts, bow ties and beanie caps? GUFFAW!
I don't get the Europeran aesthetic at all. The models are generally unattractive 14 year-olds--woefully thin with little muscle tone. Where do they find these models? What is with the hat? It looks ridiculous. I loved the Spring 2005 merchandise, but for the most part, the clothes have been really bad since then. Why would anyone pay more than a $1000.00 to imitate a punky teenager. The models the American designers use look almost pudgy in comparison.
I give this collection a B+. Very nice design and construction, and the color palette is interesting (tho' not always to my liking--I don't like the gold or burnt orange or plum).
Yeah- I don't see it. If we saw anyone actually wearing these outfits we would laugh- apparently except the queens at South Coast Plaza.
Creepy men in creepy clothes... Anyone who would wear this stuff WOULD be laughed at, yet they would probably walk around like they were the fashion trend setters for the world.