Christopher Bailey’s show took Burberry street while celebrities looked on, and Kane made light of a dark period in his life
When your catwalk show is prefaced by Benedict Cumberbatch kissing his hellos with Sienna Miller and Kate Moss before waving to Anna Wintour across the 32-piece orchestra warming up in the middle of the catwalk, and Cara Delevingne is holding hands with girlfriend St Vincent on the front row as Alison Moyet stands up to sing, it is fair to say your brand is riding pretty high in the status stakes.
At which point, it is perhaps possible to relax a little. In the 14 years he has been at Burberry, Christopher Bailey has elevated the brand out of all recognition, from dodgy checks to A-list chic. He has done so by aligning Burberry with high-taste reference points, from Lucian Freud and the St Ives painters to vintage books and the Bloomsbury group.
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