When Christopher Bailey said he wanted the clothes in Burberry Prorsum’s pre-collection to look like they’d had a life before you met them, he was talking about much more than that slightly faded, vintage-y English rose mood that his Burberry has evoked so expertly in the past. Here, the texture of a dress in ruched and washed leather suggested something much more ancient—a sunbaked lizard’s skin, perhaps. That was in keeping with the exotic subtext Bailey was exploring. He started with uniforms from the British colonies in the 1930’s and forties that he found in the company archives, which meant plenty of the authentic military shapes and detailing—belts (the best in python), utility pockets, epaulets, wrist straps—that added spine to Burberry’s standout Fall collection. – From Style.com