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NIGEL CABOURN
The sun may have set on the British Empire long ago, but in the fashion world at least it’s enjoying something of a renaissance. It’s all about ‘utilitarian luxury’ – stiff-upper-lipped menswear for a new breed of ultra discerning consumer who appreciates the finest details, superior quality and designs that effortlessly fuse form and function without compromising on either.
Epitomising all this is British designer Nigel Cabourn. His Spring/Summer ’10 collection entitled “Burma” is inspired by his fathers army handbook which he used as a diary of his army campaigns and maneuvers in India and Burma from 1942-45. The clothes worn by Nigel Cabourn's father – J.E.W. Cabourn – and the photographs within this book taken on his ‘box brownie’ camera provide not only the inspiration for the Nigel Cabourn collection but a reference for design and construction, with each piece faithfully recreated using genuine British heritage fabrics wherever possible; these fabrics have the finest reputation for durability and quality and have been manufactured by British manufacturers, some of which even produced for the British Army in WW1 and WW2.
The sun may have set on the British Empire long ago, but in the fashion world at least it’s enjoying something of a renaissance. It’s all about ‘utilitarian luxury’ – stiff-upper-lipped menswear for a new breed of ultra discerning consumer who appreciates the finest details, superior quality and designs that effortlessly fuse form and function without compromising on either.
Epitomising all this is British designer Nigel Cabourn. His Spring/Summer ’10 collection entitled “Burma” is inspired by his fathers army handbook which he used as a diary of his army campaigns and maneuvers in India and Burma from 1942-45. The clothes worn by Nigel Cabourn's father – J.E.W. Cabourn – and the photographs within this book taken on his ‘box brownie’ camera provide not only the inspiration for the Nigel Cabourn collection but a reference for design and construction, with each piece faithfully recreated using genuine British heritage fabrics wherever possible; these fabrics have the finest reputation for durability and quality and have been manufactured by British manufacturers, some of which even produced for the British Army in WW1 and WW2.