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Burberry’s new star shows off debut collection in London

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Burberry’s new star designer Riccardo Tisci put his own twist on the venerable British company’s classic style for its streetwear and luxury fashion show at London’s Fashion Week on Monday. The 44-year-old Italian designer’s first Burberry show was one of the most anticipated events of Fashion Week, attracting around 800 guests.


Kendall Jenner was among the star models debuting for the heavyweight fashion house, which was showing its 2019 spring/summer collection, although the front-row was an unusually celebrity-free zone.


With a soundtrack by trip-hop group Massive Attack the catwalk show took place in a former post office centre under renovation -- a metaphor for the change that Burberry hopes Tisci will bring to the label, following his success at Givenchy.


“I was thinking a lot about journeys as I started putting together my first Burberry collection,” said Tisci, whoc was named as Burberry’s new chief creative officer in March, replacing Christopher Bailey.


“From my personal journey back to London 20 years after I showed my graduate collection here, to how far I have come.


“I was also inspired by how much London -- the city that made me dream to become a designer -- has evolved,” he added.


“This show is a celebration of the cultures, the traditions and the codes of this historic fashion house and of the eclecticism that makes up the beautifully diverse United Kingdom.”


Tisci broke with the label’s tradition by presenting a range of evening dresses, a wardrobe it has never catered for before.


Black, sober, long and fluid, sometimes discreetly decorated with fine sequins, the robes embodied the refined luxury that is one of the pillars of Burberry’s new strategy. — AFP


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