Burberry For Women

A Burberry wardrobe tends to organise itself around a coat. The trench sits at the centre, cotton gabardine, double-breasted, belted at the waist with a collar that stands or falls, and once the length is settled everything underneath answers to it. Shorter cuts read sharper over trousers; longer ones do the opposite, softening a dress or a slim knit into something less deliberate.

From there the women's range opens into tailoring, shirting and fine-gauge knitwear, with jersey and pleated skirts beneath. Bags, scarves and footwear complete it. The house check runs through the accessories in camel, black, red and white, used as a lining, a trim or the whole surface, and it is usually the only pattern in an outfit. Colour stays close to trench tones: honey beige, black, navy and stone.