Burberry staged its Spring 2026 ready-to-wear show at Perks Field in Kensington Gardens, returning to the location that hosted some of its most notable collections in the 2010s.
Daniel Lee, now creative director, brought the brand back to the venue in what felt like a deliberate nod to that earlier era of prominence.
Music References
The designs referenced a wide spectrum of British music culture. Arguably anticipating Sam Mendes’ forthcoming Beatles film, Lee riffed on the group’s slim-cut suits, combining them with mod-inspired tailoring to push silhouettes away from oversized shapes and towards a skinny line.
Accessories and symbols added to the festival-esque feel of the collection. A rising sun motif appeared on trousers and pastel satin bombers, later re-emerging on trenches and scarves.
Meanwhile, accessories included skinny scarves, fringed and whipstitched bags, rocker boots and medallion crochet dresses.
A Revamped Trench
Trench coats were presented in denim-effect waxed cotton, changing their traditional aesthetic into something more rock-inflected, while A-line iterations with check weaves recalled Mary Quant. Outerwear also leaned into counterculture references, with a parka designed to resemble military surplus, finished with Burberry-branded webbing, and styled with ringer shirts and straight-leg jeans.
1960s and 1970s nostalgia
Elsewhere in the collection, there were minidresses in distinct 1960s silhouettes as well as 1970s references.
It was a collection that not only looked back at Burberry’s history, but British culture and in particular, music and festival culture, to create something wholly new for SS26.
