PHotography Burberry Prorsum by Catwalking.com
REPORT BY David Hayes
*Flash* *Pop* Oh there’s Carey Mulligan. *Flash* Kristen Stewart. *Flash* Samantha Cameron *Pop* Fizzle* The Oslen Twins. Kate Hudson. Anna Wintour. Is that really The Kooks on the front row?
Yes, the Burberry Prorsum show pulled out all the stops and dazzled London yet again; wall to wall celebrities, the luxurious mega-marquee, the black suited male models ushering guests in from the rain with outsized Burberry check umbrellas, the fake rain inside – complete with unsettling stormy soundtrack. “I wish they would turn that off,” said the magazine stylist next to me of the constant splishy-splashy sound effects. “I’m bursting for the loo and that REALLY isn’t helping.”
Ah well. You had to be there. Or did you? The big news of course was that this show was being live-steamed in 3D across the world and what I wanted to say was that there is really nothing like actually being there. The push and shove to get in, the electric atmosphere, the whiff of near-by celebrity, the almost touchable quality of the clothes. But I was wrong. I didn’t see any of the celebrities listed above (bar Samantha Cameron).
Updates from Twitter on my iphone filled in the many blanks. Thank you Twitter.
And from where I was sat It took me a while to work out that the ‘leather trousers’ everything seemed to come out layered over were actually thigh-high leather boots. Sure even if I couldn’t see the shoes, I could still see the clothes – immaculate military great coats, sheepskin flying jackets, khaki lace, purple pleated satin, a kind of Burberry greatest hits round up really – but I would surely have got a MUCH better view at home. And a cup of tea and a chocolate digestive to boot. Maybe this internet thing isn’t such a bad idea after all.
