Burro Spring 2011 Collection

the mod­ern brit–burro has always been a design-​​led british brand rooted in uk street, under­ground and main­stream cul­ture, tak­ing ele­ments of each of these and rework­ing them into mod­ern, wear­able menswear …
design­ers su & olaf parker say : “for us mak­ing clothes is about bal­anc­ing cul­tural and his­tor­i­cal ref­er­ences with new tech­niques and atten­tion to detail” …
the col­lec­tions are researched and thought pro­vok­ing, with a strong con­cern for detail but with­out the ridicu­lous arti­fice of ‘fashion’ …

shot by ivan jones with typ­i­cally british look­ing young lads, spring 2011 has plun­dered some of burro’s ‘great­est bits’, rework­ing and updat­ing some of the label’s sig­na­ture ideas …
style ref­er­ences are a mix­ture of ‘mod’ style mod­ernism, tra­di­tional school uni­form and a nau­ti­cal feel mixed with youth­ful sub­ur­ban revolt … the graphic style of the col­lec­tion mixes col­lege stripes, nau­ti­cal prints, tra­di­tional checks and pale colour block­ing …
fab­ric and print are as ever, para­mount in the col­lec­tion with colour block­ing and fab­ric mix­ing within gar­ments a strong graphic fea­ture … the over­all sil­hou­ette is long & slim, col­lars are small & neat, shoul­ders are nar­row, jack­ets are fit­ted … fab­rics range from fine, loose mohair to lightly tech­ni­cal out­er­wear fab­rics to light­weight but robust shirt­ings and dry han­dle fine gauge knits …