Burberry Prorsum
Designer: Christopher Bailey

• “Christopher Bailey laid down the marker with a show that the British designer later described as ‘a little bit sexy, a little bit Establishment.’” [AFP]
• “Burberry’s creative director, Bailey, has taken its classic trench coats on safari for a makeover.” [AP]
• “Burberry was unlike anything we could have imagined. Which is exactly as we imagined.” [The Daily Beast]
• “The materials that rained down upon Burberry’s runway, from ponyhair and neoprenes to tassles and metal embellishments, stepped outside the proverbial Burberry box.” [Daily Front Row]
• “Christopher Bailey stormed it yet again with an epic show on London Fashion Week’s so-called Super Monday that was nothing short of exquisite.” [The Daily Mail]
• “Christopher Bailey abandoned his usual mournful, romantic vibe for a harder, sexier one. Translucent rubber pencil skirts and trench coats with metal embellishments and dainty, pointed wedges tapped into the paradox that was Keeler: one part sex kitten, two parts Little Miss Prim.” [The Daily Telegraph]
• “This was Christopher Bailey on top form–a gutsy collection of future classics, as polished and luxurious as you might expect from the Burberry power house. From Burberry’s creative director, sealed with a kiss.” [ELLEuk.com]
• “This was an extremely sleek and focussed show and one that took the references to fetish that have been seen elsewhere (Jonathan Saunders, Erdem and Vivienne Westwood of course looked at that) to rather more upscale heights.” [Grazia Daily]
• “Should there be anyone watching at home who still does not feel the love – not only are the heart-print handbags available to order directly from the livestreaming of this show, but online customisation enables them to be delivered monogrammed with the customer’s initials.” [The Guardian]
• “Bailey’s love of the new has led Burberry to pioneer digital technology, but this season the focus was on young singer-songwriter Tom Odell, who performed the soundtrack to the show on a grand piano.” [The Independent]
• “Mr. Bailey is to be admired for his slick and lively shows, season after season, keeping Burberry on the high road–right up to cyberspace.” [International Herald Tribune]
• “Both elements—the classic and the sexy—were not handled with any flair or surprise by Mr. Bailey. It was a packaged deal.” [On The Runway/The New York Times]
• “A whimsical collection.” [Reuters]
• “After more than a decade of taking inspiration from the company’s noble heritage, his own cultural icons, and the small tribe of pretty young things who populate Burberry’s ads, it’s time for Bailey to get down and get ever so slightly dirty. ” [Style.com]
• “The animal prints—jaguar, giraffe, leopard—also ran the gamut from brassy to classy and were especially chic printed on sheared fur as soft as velvet.” [Vogue.com]
• “Valentine’s Day might have been and gone but that doesn’t mean the romance can’t be rekindled or prolonged–not if Christopher Bailey has anything to do with it.” [Vogue.com UK]
• “There’s gold in them thar hills or, in the case of Burberry, in the green expanse of Hyde Park–where the brand staged a show with plenty of shine.” [WWD]