Bailey is alive with color for Spring/Summer! Bailey opens the collection with a series of models wearing neoprene shoes and matching neoprene jackets and trench coats. The colors shocking and breathtaking, from bright orange, aqua or yellow. Bailey also played with a lot of texture in the opening tops. While I did not like the silver lame pieces I fell in love with the colorful palette pieces. Like the bright yellow palette covered top. One of the big misses this season is the tailoring in his pants. Something is not sitting too well in those Burberry pants! The crotch really rides low on the model; Bailey had this problem last season. Another trend that Bailey embraced this season is the short cropped hem of the pants, a trend designers are embracing thank in part Monsieur Duckie Browne. I like the short length of the pants because they actually showed off one of the powerful pieces of the collection. The new Burberry Sandal!

The second section is more covered up with a focus on color combination. One of the only misses in this section was Bailey venture back techno blue. One of the strong color pieces from this section is the mustard yellow silk blend top. The top is a little military in style but the color decadent. Another great outerwear pieces in the second section is the clear black plastic overcoat. The front of the coat is lined black satin creating a black strip in the front of the coat while the rest of the coat is see-through. Bailey used a lot of synthetics this season, is a strong statement for tomorrow. Nor consumption of organics, but then again are these synthetics biodegradable.

The must have pieces for the collection are two of Burberry’s outerwear pieces, isn’t it always! You can never have enough jackets! First is one of the bold trench coats from the opening of the collection. A bright, bright aqua wool trench coat. The body of the jacket is tailored close on the torso, what is great about this jacket is the broad tailoring in the shoulders. The other must have piece is one of the neoprene overcoats. The coat is pale brown neoprene overcoat detailed with black leather trimming the opening of coat and sleeve cuff and a single stripe down side of the sleeve. Bailey opened the show with such happiness of color and then slowly he cowered away from color. He continues his love for experimenting with fabrics and reworking construction. He even takes classic Burberry pieces and morphs them into futuristic pieces. Fashion forward but it’s just those darn pants that are holding Bailey back, the junk in the front needs to go! Overall Bailey had a lot of strong pieces for Spring/Summer. Bravo Monsieur Bailey!

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