Burberry Prorsum continues to astound with its cool shapes, neat fabric folds, and star-studded lineup.
But although we suspect the talk of the town (or of both towns, New York and Milan) will be Agyness’ revolving hair dyes, there’s something else that made us laugh out loud:
Freja Beha dressed up as Posh Spice.
You may think it’s too common a reference for Christopher Bailey to bite, but let’s remember:
This is the designer who got major flack two years ago for courting Mrs. Beckham. Insiders fear it was this move that opened the floodgates of Chav to Burberry, which had to bury its signature check because of constant knock-offs, and associations with fried blond hair and fake nails.
So Freja dressed as Posh on the runway – she’s serving as a little bit of a middle finger, and wearing the coolest sunglasses we’ve seen in a while…