I know I complained recently about Christopher Bailey not changing it up enough at Burberry Prorsum, with his multi season run of shearling aviators, but his latest venture at the house more than makes up for it. It reminded me a lot of Slimane era Dior Homme; influenced by music, highly subversive, and undeniably young. It went against the direction that menswear is taking these days, just when we thought we were out of the studded leather woods, out comes more "it" items that will be sure to make their rounds on the street style blogs. Most exciting to me was the bag in the bottom right ($3,500). And because Burberry knows these items are going to be hot, like last season, the jackets and bags are already on pre-sale through their website, so you can get it in your closet by mid August (6 months before they would normally hit the stores). Nothing here was too ground breaking though, but menswear never is. You could easily make mental references to all the items shown; sandals that were the love child of Balenciaga and Birkenstock, jackets that look a whole lot like Rick Owens work, and the leather motorcycle pants that I could swear came right off a Balmain runway. What made all these items different from the crowd though was the styling of the looks, and the distinct Burberry touches that Christopher does so well. His vision is unique to Great Britain, and you could instantly tell when the models started walking out in wellingtons (I told you mom, boys can wear Hunter boots too! Just incase the Thimister S/S 2010 Couture show didn't prove it to you.) If this collection has any key trends in it, I'm sure we will be in for another dark spring next year. Another year of summer blacks? I won't complain. The leather on the other hand might be a bit hot and sticky for my wardrobe.
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