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 At the British brand's mixed menswear and womenswear catwalk
show, Chief Creative Officer Christopher Bailey offered
deconstructed knitwear, overhanging shirts and the fashion
house's trademark outerwear for both male and female wardrobes.
There were ivory lace dresses for women, worn with knits or over
ruffled white shirts with frills and striped tops. Rope
detailing adorned sweatshirt-like jumpers.
Bailey also presented one-shouldered short dresses, capes and
loose indigo blue trousers. A pair of overalls in the same shade
also made an appearance.
Men's shirts also had lace detailing while trousers were high-waisted.
A selection of jackets and Burberry's famed trench coats came in
sculpted shapes.
"I have often played with his work, his influence through other
collections," Bailey told Reuters of Moore after the show.
"But I never really got under the skin of his work and that's
what I wanted to do here, really understand his thought
process."
Moore, who died in 1986, was known for his bronze sculptures,
some of which were on display at the Burberry show venue. Except
for a few printed designs seen on a dress and men's shirts, the
color palette was mainly a neutral white, ivory, gray and blue.
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"(Moore) always wore indigo blue shirts and I had stripes in there -
he always wore ... a striped butcher's apron, so I wanted to get
that in there, but also his monumental sculptures, they were all
kind of the colors of the collection," Bailey said.
For the finale, Bailey, who like Moore comes from the English county
of Yorkshire, sent out models in intricate shoulder pieces decorated
in pearls, feathers, lace and other luxurious embellishments.
The show was the second under Burberry's "see now, buy now" retail
model - meaning fashionistas can buy items they like hot off the
runway rather than wait the traditional six months for the clothes
to hit the stores.
"We're just testing new ways of doing things, the world is changing
dramatically and it's important that we as an industry explore new
ways of showing things to our customers and people that love fashion
and design and creativity," Bailey said.
"It's been going incredibly well."
(Reporting By Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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