Christopher Bailey

Christopher Bailey M.B.E (CB) is the chief creative officer of Burberry and is one my icons. I've always wanted to do a post on Christopher because, number 1; i haven't blogged in over a year and number 2; because he's a person who i feel i would like to emulate.

I read an article by Vanessa Friedman on the Financial Times website where she conducted an interview with him and it re-affirmed how highly i thought of him. I don't want to re-write a biography on him so I'm going to leave the details of his background and early career untouched for now at least, i just want to talk about how i see him.

As most of you know  CB was the womenswear designer at Donna Karan and then moved to  Gucci where he made a name for himself  heading the womenswear division. Its clear as day to see that he sharpened his skills there as he learnt under the master himself, Tom Ford.

Bailey then moved to Burberry in 2001 and has grown in stature ever since, his take and influence  on British fashion cant be spoken about enough. He has transformed the traditional Burberry image of: "The Trench coat" and added a modern touch to it.

Under Bailey, Burberry has become more modern, relevant and accessible, the use of social media and youtube has allowed this to take place, my favourite is "Music Monday" of course, where bailey picks out a song or music video applicable for that week and posts it on their youtube channel this gives me, as a "ordinary"person who takes interest in this brand, an insight into the mind the creative genius that is  Mr. Bailey

In one youtube video i watched on the Burberry channel, Bailey speaks about his inspiration. He mentions British weather, some photographers and my favourite part of the video, Adele. I first took serious interest in Burberry and Baileys work when i watched the women's autumn/winter show of 2011 where Adele's "someone like you" was played during the show, this for me was the centre piece of the whole atmosphere surrounding the show. I was hooked.

This feels sort of incomplete as i feel like i can go on and on about this designer(i think i should) but this is merely an introduction to more  posts to come, in future posts i will write about my take on his latest designs, videos, and thoughts on fashion and the world basically(again, my view on his thoughts, if that makes sense).

Thank you very much for reading this post(if you did), it is much appreciated.

T.B.