Burberry Prorsum: An English Gentleman’s Journey
By Michelle Taylor
Photos by Giovanni Pucci

MILAN, Jun 27, 2005/ FW/ --- Christopher Bailey doesn’t miss a beat. Between the ‘Sound of Silence’ the journey for the Burberry Prorsum Spring Summer 2006 collection begins with post war young men before turning into divine playboy delicacies.

Gold buttons are the new must haves on everything buttonable from jackets and trenches to college bombers and cashmere cardigans.

Patent shiny shoes with little tassels match the ankle length trousers perfectly, whether denim or cool cotton.

The English gentleman journeys from the cloud covered capital to the Caribbean for sunshine and a summer of dreams, wearing nothing but floral for his swimsuit, maxi bag or pants matched with brown leather sandals while sipping a martini…obviously stirred not shaken.

Returning home he has found a new elegance all of his own. The Sports jacket is reunited with matching trousers in Saville Row know how, a gold link watch hangs from his wrist and cool sunglasses cover his eyes.

Mysterious to a point of intrigue, yet perfectly camouflaged in his surroundings, this Burberry man is out of college and in the midst of something far greater than he has ever known.

Burberry Prorsum

Burberry Prorsum

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