BURBERRY SS 2026: BACK TO PERKS FIELD

Camz
Sep 27, 2025
2 min read

When the past becomes present again

Perks Field, a discreet patch of Kensington Gardens, has seen its fair share of Burberry history. From the hat-heavy Bruce Chatwin collection of June 2014 to the boho politeness of Fall 2015, the space once echoed with the hum of Christopher Bailey’s reign. The last time Burberry set foot there was January 2016, on the very morning David Bowie’s death cast a shadow over London. After that, Perks Field was left to the dog-walkers of Bayswater, a memory fenced off by Burberry’s shift to see-now-buy-now modernity.

Until tonight. Daniel Lee has brought Burberry back to Perks Field, reportedly even inside the same gabardine tent of those past shows. Whether true or not, it felt like fashion feng shui: a conscious act of reconnecting Burberry with a high point in its modern legacy.

A love letter to music

Lee’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection wasn’t just about the venue; it was a riff on the most powerful thread in British culture: music. “Musicians have always been the best in terms of style,” Lee declared backstage, the words practically vibrating over the heavy-metal soundtrack Black Sabbath courtesy of his Harley-riding father’s influence.

And yet, the collection played across genres. Anticipating Sam Mendes’s upcoming Beatles film, Lee worked the iconic skinny Beatles suit: spliced with the mod sharpness of the Small Faces as a counterpoint to the baggy silhouettes dominating fashion. Suddenly, a shift towards slim felt inevitable.

Reworking the trench coat canon

Burberry’s eternal trench was everywhere, but with new riffs. Short trenches in denim-effect waxed cotton abandoned gabardine propriety for a rock-tinged counterculture vibe, underscored by Western-style chest yokes. A-line versions came shorter, doused in bright weave-effect checks, looking like Mary Quant had dipped her brush into Burberry’s archive.

Then came suede trenches, perforated with paisley through needlepunch—a psychedelic whisper stitched into a house classic. Accessories followed the rhythm: whipstitched bags, skinny fringed scarves, stacked rocker boots. The Burberry vocabulary turned into a playlist.

Band gear for every era

Lee’s lineup leaned heavily into the 1960s and ’70s, but not exclusively. A standout parka with a shearling-lined hood mimicked military surplus, Burberry webbing and all, layered over a flower-logo ringer tee, straight-leg jeans, and check tactical boots. The effect was instant: a festival uniform ready for Glastonbury, Coachella, or even Woodstock, depending on your playlist.

Chain-mesh minidresses in check and crochet, strung with bronze medallions, took the stage like lead singers, while satin bombers glowed with pastel sunbursts down their side stripes. The motif eventually reappeared as tarot prints too small to read on the runway, but loud enough in symbolism. Fate, style, destiny: pick your card.

Conclusion

Burberry’s return to Perks Field wasn’t just a homecoming. It was Daniel Lee staging a performance where fashion met music in a tent that remembered both triumphs and ghosts. If this was a setlist, it was efficient, tight, and deliberately crowd-pleasing, the kind of show that makes you tap your foot without realizing it.

Burberry, it seems, is not just back in the field. It is back in the game.

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