《BURBERRY PRORSUM @ AW2012 Collection》

BURBERRY PRORSUM AW2012 collection acted as the official announcement of some of London's trends - herringbone tweeds, stripes and the new emphasis on the hips. Pleated skirt trench coat, gathered-pocket dress coat, oversized collar fitted greatcoat, seamed bell-volume coat, cropped lock-front jacket, bell peplum jacket, gathered zip-front jacket, gathered shoulder fitted down jacket to follow.

There are some cute grey T-shirts with owls or partridge sketched on them. Giant military rib knit bomber with fur collar, compact bouclé structured rib puff sleeve knit with bow belt, wide cashmere rib knit with feminine shoulder and bow belt, cashmere cartoon animal crew neck knit, lofty off-gauge cashmere knit, cut-out collar and cuffs skinny knit are this season must have.

  

  

Understated yet entirely eye-catching in either block coloured leather or patchwork suede is the accessories that crowns glory to studded leather gloves, Fair Isle scarves, neck ties in polka dot, gingham or college stripes, and those classic flat caps that turn almost every model into a uniform chiselled face, all help to transform the very classic suiting into something more seasonal.

  

  

Country-living was key - tweed caps, cord skirts with flippy hems, belts, bags and even umbrella handles featured gold fox faces. Compact structured fan knit sleeve, giant military rib knit peplum hem t-shirt, mesh fine knit crew neck with bow, tie-waisted dress, gathered waist tailored dress, degradé gathered panel fitted dress, double twist-front dress, peplum pocket fitted skirt, dropped volume skirt, button-front smooth volume skirt, tuck-pleat boyfriend trouser, narrow flared trouser are some of the most desirable of the season.

  

 

Big bags are back and to be worn with skinny fit sartorial shirts, skinny leg turned-up hem trousers, pleated tab-hem tapered trouser, the exoticism are daring. As for that suiting it’s back to being sharp and slim with relaxing tailoring, it was sumptuous in colour and texture.

Playing on details are the sculpted shoulders, bow application, waist enhancing couture construction, hand draped gathering, heritage seam detailing, knitted bow belts, knitted colour block bows, animal graphic intarsias, animal intarsias and mesh intarsia.