Thomas
Burberry, with his humble countryside origins, once sought a fabric capable of
replacing raincoats made of rubber which he felt did not breathe enough. It was
an encounter with a clothier’s apprentice and a shepherd from his region that
yielded the gabardine, the precursor to the trenchcoat, in 1880.
Hot on the
heels of this discovery, he set up shop in London in 1891; 30 years later, he
would become official outfitter at the Court of King Edward VIII. Associated
with royalty, Burberry brought its Scottish print to the forefront, as
evidenced by the King’s famous exclamation: “Bring me my Burberry!” Today, the
print has little by little invaded textiles in cities everywhere and forged a
character of its own.
Inspired by the
spring/summer 2014 collection, Burberry put it on their glasses and
sunglasses, transferring their characteristic 'savoir-faire' into the most
minute details. Of course the latest fashion trends have influenced the British
maison, therefore we find metal cross-bar bridges for a geometric shape:
or the cat-eye
The same
qualities given to the trenchcoat can be seen here: the arms of the glasses are
enveloped in leather, echoing the original coat’s buckle, while the bridge of
the glasses is set on polished metal platelets, bringing to mind the metal
fasteners that close at the coat’s collar.
Thought up in
the UK and made in Italy, this collection adopts all the different incarnations
of the Burberry palette, uniting a honey-gold color with tortoise shell or
black for the classic model. The elegance of restraint remains intact.
Find your own elegance in the 2014 Burberry eyewear collection, exclusively on Otticanet!
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