BURBERRY
spring/summer 2009


Unstructured time

For spring/summer 2009 Burberry's head designer Christopher Bailey has 'stirred up' the timeline for enjoying the freedom of being not chained up by time. His collection reflects the world of the outerwear specialist (since 1856) Burberry.

Burberry is presenting for spring/summer 2009 timepieces inspired by the brand’s military and regimental heritage which you can find even in the current jewellery collection perfectly fitting to "The Garden Girls” womenswear which reflects Burberry’s tradition of providing functional timeless outerwear.

fig.: Burberry spring 2009. Women's stainless steel mixed multi-chain timepieces in dark nickel and gold color.

You will find much romance in this collection which appears at the first sight hard rocking and earthy. The raincoats in classic trench coats style come in neutral earth shades with accents of pop colours reflecting a garden coming to life, the metallic jewellery is mixed with acrylic floral pieces such as necklaces featuring fantastic flowers in a soft colour palette of mushroom, sapphire, dark slate blue...

The 60ies, 80ies, 90ies ... - the time is not bonded in this collection by head designer Christopher Bailey who created silhouettes which are celebrating the 'unstructured' with loose capes and pieces with unstructured tailoring.












Video: Burberry Prorsum spring/summer 2009 at the Milan Fashion Week on 22 September 2008. By youtube.com/user/maxlinden2630.

Burberry selected for the catwalk presentation music by

>Slade – If This World Were Mine
Slade is an English glam/hard rock group (formed in the mid-60ies)

>Bryan Ferry – Make You Feel My Love which you can hear on the video above. The British singer/songwriter is the lead vocalist of Roxy Music

>Des’ree - I’m Kissing You, (second track of the video) the successful British soul vocalist of the 90ies

>The Pogues – Love You Till The End, the Irish folk rock band of the 80ies and 90ies.

Video: Burberry spring/summer 2009, backstage and catwalk, during the Milan Fashion Week on 22 September 2008.

The make up by Wendy Rowe and the hair by Paul Hanlon for Burberry is the theme of the magazine Allure's beauty editor Victoria Kirby in this video. Check out how to get the Burberry look! Victoria Kirby interviews Rowe, Hanlon and designer Christopher Bailey. By allure.com

About designer
Christopher Bailey
In October 2005 British designer Christopher Bailey (born in Yorkshire) was awarded "Designer of the Year" at the British Fashion Awards. From 1996-2001 he was the senior designer of womenswear at Gucci in Milan; from 1994 to 1996 womenswear designer at Donna Karan.

The Construction of Celebrity

Burberry is sponsoring the traveling exhibition 'Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913–2008' which started in London in 2008, was on show from October 2008 until March 2009 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) before travelling in 2009 to Canberra, Australia. Check out more about constructing celebrity fashionoffice.org/culture/2008/vanityfair10-2008.htm.


Burberry presents on the website an extensive online shop, videos from the catwalk and special events (such as the opening party in Los Angeles), podcasts... www.burberry.com.


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