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The singer Adele has admitted that she’s dying to have Christopher Bailey, creative director of Burberry, style her for the next upcoming awards season.
Adele is already having a major fashion moment right now, having just made the cover of UK Vogue – but we think seeing the singer decked out in Burberry would be the icing on the cake. Apparently, they’re already planning a style collaboration. Oh, to be a celebrity…
The Someone Like You singer told Vogue: “I love old school. Chanel, Prada, you know. And Burberry, definitely. I’ve met Christopher Bailey a few times. He’s definitely going to dress me for the next lot of awards – if I’m nominated. I’ve always loved Burberry. I remember saving for three years to get my first bag before I got signed. Five hundred quid, I think it was, made of canvas with the logo like a satchel.”
Okay, now I’m just gonna put something out there. Burberry, if you get bored of styling Adele, I’d also like to be styled by you for awards season. I know I won’t be invited or anything – just something beautiful to wear while I watch it on TV, really… No? Oh, okay then.
Christopher Bailey admits Burberry was in an “old rut” when he joined.
The designer started at the fashion house in May 2001 as creative director before being made chief creative director in November 2009 and says there was a lot of work to do to make the brand more modern.
He said: “I never wanted to be a number one person; I was always happy being a number two person. When I joined Burberry, I was 29 – a kid – and Burberry was very old, not specifically in age, but in its mindset. Burberry was just in an old rut. There was no energy whatsoever, it was a company based on past glory.”
Since Christopher joined, the label has experience a huge resurgence and he believes it’s because everyone who works there enjoys their job.
He told Britain’s Vogue magazine: “We’re a young team, but we’re now. We’re the biggest grower in the FTSE, with over 7,000 employees. And it’s serious, and I take that as a serious responsibility – the decisions we’re making affect a lot of people’s lives – and it’s busy. It’s fun!
“You can either decide this is a hellish nightmare or you can decide this is fun. What I’ve learnt is, I’m quite thirsty for moving on, for newness. I love new projects.”
There’s nothing not to love about Burberry this season. From floaty florals to socks and sandals the design house is at the top of it’s game and judging by it’s AW2010 show, which gave us a range of aviation trends, we know we’ll be loving it all the way through to Christmas too.
However, if it’s clothing range isn’t enough to get you drooling then the news that the iconic British brand is launching its first ever make-up range most definitely will.
Burberry’s creative director, Christopher Bailey, told WWD he wanted to launch the line after being frustrated with caked-on makeup in the wrong colours for his fashion shows. He said in order to solve this problem he had created a new range, which will contain 96 pieces inspired by the iconic Burberry trenchcoat, which is currently modelled by Emma Watson.
“Like the trenchcoat, it can be worn anywhere and at any time,” he told WWD.
We can’t wait to get our hands on the collection.
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We’ve been eagerly awaiting Burberry’s offering at London Fashion Week, and have been counting down to the beginning of the show.
After all the British Brand’s recent collections thanks to the amazing directorship of creative director Christopher Bailey, and high profile ad campaigns have done more than enough to boost this company onto our fashion radars. And of course who can forget the celebrities that always come out in force for this show.
And we’re pleased to say we weren’t disappointed.
Celebrities including Kate Hudson and Twiggy turned out for the show, labelled by Mr Bailey as the “the Burberry Cadet girls” collection.
It included a range of big aviation and military pea coats, parkers, trench coats, heavily embellished with leather, buckles and zips,which contrasted with the flimsy dresses worn underneath with thigh high boots.
Hues included olive green, brown and black. There were even a few fuscia pink numbers, as well as one or two lace blouses whose ruffles and colours gave a nod to the late 80s.
And of course, fabric du jour fur also made a huge appearance on collarless and aviation style jackets as well as calf length buckled boots.
Mr Bailey said before the show, the collection “takes aviation as a pivotal focus but then gets much more decorative. It’s a very detailed collection.”
We couldn’t agree more Mr Bailey, except to say the collection was beautiful.
Our British blogger pals at Catwalk Queen have the lowdown on Emma Watson’s new campaign pics for Burberry.
The Harry Potter star has made her modelling debut for the label’s autumn/winter 2009-10 campaign alongside four very handsome young men.
“Having known and admired the lovely Emma Watson for quite some time, she was the obvious choice for this campaign,” said creative director, Christopher Bailey. “I felt [she] would be strong enough to hold the campaign as the only girl, and I loved the idea of her being surrounded by these young, cool British guys.”
The Fashion Group International hosted its 25th Annual Night of Stars this week at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Donatella Versace was awarded with the Superstar Award, the top honor of the evening. In the fashion category Francisco Costa, Christopher Bailey, Carla and Franca Sozzani, and Christian Louboutin also won awards. Stars and fashion fans in attendance included Kate Bosworth, Ashley Olsen, Leigh Lezark and a few members of the cast of Gossip Girl. And of course Jennifer Lopez and Karl Lagerfeld, pictured below.
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Net-a-Porter has a new feature called Runway by Designer that’s basically like being able to click and shop on Style.com. You pick a designer’s runway, like Burberry Prorsum above, and Net-a-Porter gives you pictures of the looks they have for sale. Not only can you just click to get the shoes or outfit you want, but you also get a nice little rundown on the designer’s trends of the season. For instance you can read about Christopher Bailey’s tough-chic collection and advice to accessories with hard-edged extras when you buy the patent leather coat, $5,225, at far left and register for an update when the sandals come in stock. If you’ve got the budget, this could revolutionize how you shop the runway.
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