Burberry Prorsum Fall/Winter 2012/13: Town and Country Collide at London Fashion Week | FashionTV

SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/FashionTVSUB http://www.FashionTV.com/videos LONDON - Burberry Prorsum as run by head designer Christopher Bailey may be one of those labels that not only screams British fashion but is also mainstream enough for everybody to understand its signature looks (preppy style, the Burberry trench, cable knit sweaters and more.) Inevitably, this makes us wonder, what will the label do this year to surpass the last? Or will it do the same old thing all over again? We assumed they might with the newsboy caps that replaced the color striped knit ones from last season. (Aren't newsboy caps so "been there, done that?" even with the Dickensian theme louder than ever this season?) But the rest of the collection (and the clothes themselves) left us hungry for more. The theme, this Fall/Winter 2012-2013 season at London Fashion Week, was "Town and Field" which literally meant taking two different worlds and melding them together. For Bailey and co., this meant mixing shapes (peplum and form fitting), mixing fabrics (lace and corduroy) and mixing styles (urban and countryside.) The town concept was decidedly more luxe with pencil skirts and a focus on the outerwear, while field was more nature-themed, with cartoonish animals (an owl on Julia Nobis for instance) embroidered on shirts. The fake rain that came at the end of the runway and poured on the models as they toted different colored umbrellas in a parade down the catwalk was a statement in itself at the