Burberry Winter Collection Draws on British Country Homes, Equestrian Styles

Elizabeth McGovern displays a creation from Burberry during their Fall/Winter 2025/26 show, as part of London Fashion Week, on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in London. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)
Elizabeth McGovern displays a creation from Burberry during their Fall/Winter 2025/26 show, as part of London Fashion Week, on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in London. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)
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Burberry Winter Collection Draws on British Country Homes, Equestrian Styles

Elizabeth McGovern displays a creation from Burberry during their Fall/Winter 2025/26 show, as part of London Fashion Week, on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in London. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)
Elizabeth McGovern displays a creation from Burberry during their Fall/Winter 2025/26 show, as part of London Fashion Week, on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in London. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

Burberry's winter 2025 collection, presented on Monday at London's Tate Britain museum, drew on country estates and featured leather trench coats, velvet brocade suits and equestrian styles like jodhpur trousers and high leather boots.
A star-studded cast including Naomi Campbell, actors Lesley Manville, Richard E Grant and Elizabeth McGovern, and Lila Moss, daughter of supermodel Kate Moss modelled creative director Daniel Lee's fifth collection for the British brand.
It is the second show since CEO Joshua Schulman took the reins at Burberry and began implementing a new strategy focused on outerwear, scarves, and marketing the brand's British heritage in a bid to turn sales around.
The catwalk was carpeted in bright blue, a color Lee has made his trademark at Burberry, and the museum's neoclassical architecture was complemented by drapes with an impressionist print inspired by great British landscape artists.
The collection's color palette of warm browns, greys, and taupe also evoked the British countryside, with some red and yellow accents, Reuters reported.
Jacquard-woven trenches and brocade jackets were inspired by the tapestries and wallpaper of stately homes, with silk pyjama shirts and trousers evoking domesticity.
"It's that great Friday night exodus from London to the countryside for long rainy walks and to disconnect in the great outdoors," Lee said of his inspiration for the collection.
Accessories included oversized scarves with chunky fringes and leather boots featuring Burberry's signature check.
In keeping with its renewed emphasis on scarves, Burberry sent each guest a dark green and navy check scarf along with their invitation.
Burberry's was the closing show of London Fashion Week, the second leg of the autumn-winter 2025 catwalk calendar, which began in New York and will go to Milan and Paris.



Boohoo Pushes Ahead with Debenhams Rebrand despite Frasers’ Opposition

Debenhams logo is seen on smartphone in front of a displayed Boohoo logo in this illustration taken January 25, 2021. (Reuters)
Debenhams logo is seen on smartphone in front of a displayed Boohoo logo in this illustration taken January 25, 2021. (Reuters)
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Boohoo Pushes Ahead with Debenhams Rebrand despite Frasers’ Opposition

Debenhams logo is seen on smartphone in front of a displayed Boohoo logo in this illustration taken January 25, 2021. (Reuters)
Debenhams logo is seen on smartphone in front of a displayed Boohoo logo in this illustration taken January 25, 2021. (Reuters)

British online fashion retailer Boohoo said on Friday it would rebrand as Debenhams Group even though opposition from top shareholder Frasers meant the name change for its holding company did not get shareholder approval.

At a general meeting, 62.04% of votes cast supported the official name change, falling short of the required 66% of votes, the company said.

"This general meeting was only related to the technical name change of the ultimate holding company," the company told Reuters in an email.

"While this will now remain the same, the company is absolutely moving forward as Debenhams Group."

Boohoo had announced its rebranding earlier this month.

Frasers, which owns just over 29% of Boohoo shares based on LSEG data, voted against the resolution.

Frasers, majority-owned by British retail tycoon Mike Ashley, in January unsuccessfully tried to oust Boohoo's co-founder from the board, and the companies have been involved in a long-running corporate tussle.

Boohoo, boosted by an online shopping surge during the coronavirus pandemic, has been facing supply chain issues, weak demand and stiff competition from e-commerce firms such as Shein and Temu.

The company has said it sees the Debenhams brand having the potential to achieve multi-billion pound gross merchandise value in the medium term.

In March, Boohoo appointed Phil Ellis, Debenhams' finance director, as its CFO, following the appointment of Dan Finley as the group's CEO late last year.