burberry

THOMAS BURBERRY INVENTED WEATHERPROOF GABARDINE IN 1879, AND SO THE TRENCH COAT’S TALE BEGAN. THIS SEASON, 140 YEARS ON, AND OVER 100 YEARS SINCE THE FIRST TRENCH WAS MADE, A MYRIAD OF RUNWAY DESIGNS SIT ALONGSIDE TIMELESS HERITAGE SHAPES.

THE EPITOME OF A CLASSIC YET CONTEMPORARY DESIGN, IT WAS DURING THE 1960S THAT THE TRENCH COAT’S MOST ICONIC FEATURES, THE D-RING, STORM FLAP AND EPAULETTES, WERE PROPELLED BEYOND FUNCTION TO BECOME STATEMENTS OF FASHION.

THROUGHOUT THE LATE 20TH CENTURY, DESIGNS WERE UPDATED, REFINED AND REFRESHED. SHOULDER LINES WERE EXAGGERATED, WAISTS DRAMATICALLY CINCHED, AND FABRICS EVOLVED BEYOND GABARDINE. (IMAGES 8, 9, 10 AND 11 CREDIT: LORD LICHFIELD.)