Burberry Prorsum S/S 2015

Christopher Bailey's literary tale closes the final day of shows at London Collections: Men

Six male models wearing looks from the Burberry Prorsum collection. One model is wearing a belted maroon piece with a maroon jacket over the top. Next to him is a model wearing a red jacket, dark coloured trousers and an orange and white t-shirt featuring a train design. Another model is wearing a dark blue coat. The fourth model is wearing a white and orange t-shirt, red sleeveless V-neck top, red trousers and a red and white scarf. The fifth model is wearing a light brown coat. And the sixth model is wearing a blue and white t-shirt, blue trousers and a blue cardigan. All models are wearing hats, three are wearing sunglasses and some are holding briefcases and notebooks
(Image credit: Jason Lloyd-Evans)

Denim goes with everything, right? At Christopher Bailey's S/S 2015 men's show for Burberry it very well nearly did, with jean jackets tipped as a styling staple to underscore his vivid, sporty show - formulated in a sweeping colour gradient of coated, suited silhouettes cut in nubuck, velvet, linen and cashmere. Departing from inky purples, teal, burgundy and loden green, Bailey built up a jewelled rainbow of outerwear archetypes into eye-watering combinations of sunny yellow, vermillion and turquoise, an effect doubled (yet softened) in ombré cardigans or the half-tone highlight of beaten felt sunhats. Inspired by the storytelling of 20th century British writer Charles Bruce Chatwin, a passage of briefcases, shawls and a hand-painted jacket adorned in crisp calligraphy matched the carpet of the Kensington Gardens show tent, emblazoned with romantic snippets of prose.

Photography: Jason Lloyd-Evans

Three male models wearing looks from the Burberry Prorsum collection. One model is wearing a blue and white t-shirt, blue trousers and a blue cardigan. Another model is wearing a brown and white t-shirt with a castle design, brown trousers, a dual coloured scarf and is holding a briefcase. The third model is wearing a white shirt and mustard coloured jacket. All three models are wearing hats and sunglasses

(Image credit: Jason Lloyd-Evans)

Five male models wearing looks from the Burberry Prorsum collection. One model is wearing a black coat. Another model is wearing black trousers and a denim piece with a green brown coloured jacket over the top. The third model is wearing a black jacket. The fourth model is wearing purple trousers and a black buttoned piece with a dark purple jacket over the top. And the fifth model is wearing a denim jacket. All models are wearing hats and holding notebooks with some holding briefcases

(Image credit: Jason Lloyd-Evans)

Four male models wearing looks from the Burberry Prorsum collection. One model is wearing a dark blue jacket. Another model is wearing a maroon belted jacked and maroon trousers. The third model is wearing a dark olive green shirt, dark blue trousers and a dark blue jacket. And the fourth model is wearing a dark coloured belted piece with dark purple jacket over the top. All models are wearing hats and holding notebooks

(Image credit: Jason Lloyd-Evans)

Five male models wearing looks from the Burberry Prorsum collection. One model is wearing a mustard coloured jacket. Another model is wearing mustard coloured trousers and a white, black and mustard jacket. The third model is wearing dark blue trousers, a white and dark blue t-shirt and a white jacket with a blue coat on top. The fourth model is wearing blue trousers, a blue and white t-shirt, a white jacket and a dual coloured scarf. The fifth model is wearing a white and maroon t-shirt, white jacket and maroon suit. All models are wearing hats, one is wearing sunglasses and some are holding briefcases

(Image credit: Jason Lloyd-Evans)