Fashion Week Favourites: Burberry Prorsum is Pastel Perfect

As you may have gathered, Fashion Week is upon us. New York has recently finished and London started, and my Instagram has been close to implosion with the amount of runway and front row pictures, not to mention backstage beauty shots. There's nothing like the thrill of the new, and even though autumn has just started, these shows are good enough to get you excited for spring again!

So I thought I'd do a couple of posts on my favourite SS14 shows, and first up is Burberry Prorsum. You might find it interesting (then again you might not...) to know that Burberry's AW12 collection was actually my first proper blog post! Check it out here.

There was everything you'd expect from a Burberry show; Cara Delevingne, Edie Campbell and Jourdan Dunn on the catwalk, a front row full of British icons and the latest twist on the classic trench coat. With a colour palette of dreamy pastels and muted greys/nudes, delicate lace teamed with sheer panels, art deco embellishment and relaxed but ladylike shapes, this is Burberry at its most feminine, plus a hint of androgyny from boxy coats and laid-back knitwear. Topping it off with a rainfall of petals in the finale? Just, beautiful.

Here's some of my favourite looks from the show:

I'll be sitting next to Sienna Miller in that front row one day!!

All images from the Vogue website, check out the full show and their report here.

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Burberry Prorsum AW 12 - Tweetwalk!

Today was the Burberry Prorsum Womenswear Autumn/Winter 2012 show at London Fashion Week. Burberry, lead by creative director Christopher Bailey, is definitely one of my favourite designer brands and always delivers stunning collections that combine traditional British style whilst nailing current trends. It is a life ambition for me to own a signature Burberry trench coat!

It seems odd to be talking about Autumn/Winter collections in the middle of February but such is the way of fashion! I followed the pictures Burberry was tweeting live from the runway (the Tweetwalk!) and was instantly impressed, so much so I almost want it to be autumn again just to be wearing these styles.

After putting a tribal twist on the Spring Summer collection, Burberry well and truly returned to it's British heritage for autumn.

The coat, of course, was key, and came in corduroy, belted around the waist to maximise the impact of the hourglass silhouette, as well as cropped puffas and panelled trenches. There was definitely a 40's 'land-girl' feel to the collection with peplum midi skirts, quilted accessories, and an earthy palette of browns and greens, along with tweed and houndstooth print. There was a modern element of fun with owl motif tee shirts and stripes, as well as edgy studded leather gloves and crisp white shirts, with velvet being the texture for eveningwear.

Those present included Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Eddie Redmayne, with Cara Delevingne, Arizona Muse and Jourdan Dunn walking in the show.

The link for their twitter profile is https://twitter.com/#!/Burberry for more pictures, descriptions and information.
Here are some pictures from their feed @burberry:

For the finale, Burberry embraced the renowned British weather by putting on a display of rain and thunder, hence the umbrellas!

Here's the final image, with Christopher Bailey.

The Burberry show is sure to feature heavily in the magazines come the September issue, and I can't wait to see how the high street interprets it!

Sophie.