London fashion week always feels like such a blur. Editors and influencers hop across the pond moments after New York fashion week wraps to be greeted by rainy days, quaint British taxis, and four days of back to back shows. Closing out the week was none other than Burberry, taking place at London’s beautifully arched Kensington Olympia. The spacious venue was accompanied by a platformed mirrored runway where pianists Katia and Marielle Labêque sat atop filling the space with calming melodies.
The fall/winter 2020 Burberry collection was titled “Memories” in honor of Burberry’s chief creative officer,Riccardo Tisci’s, fond memories of London from his youth. “Moving back to London recently – a city I first discovered as a young student – gave me a real sense of nostalgia. It was the place where I learnt to be myself and a city where I gained the confidence to be the man that I am today. I have this strong feeling of pride when I think about the early days of my career, when I was an emerging designer still learning my craft and taking inspiration wherever I could find it,” said Tisci via the show notes.
The front row was filled with notable celebrities such as Cate Blanchett, Jacob Elordi, FKA Twigs, and more and the model casting matched the prestige tenfold including Kendall, Gigi, Bella, and more. The collection was clearly a node to Tisci’s nostalgia toward both London and Burberry’s past as a whole. We saw tons of the iconic house tartan, reimagined trench coats, and a few surprises toward the end featuring a slew of rugby shirts and even a few crystal-adorned frocks.
But back to those trenches. It wouldn’t be a Burberry show without a runway flooded with the house’s staple garment, and when it came to this collection, there were a lot to digest. Since the street style set tends to cling tightly to Ricardo’s Burberry, it’s only a matter of time before we spot the following 9 trench coats ahead on some of the most stylish beings in the industry.
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