Daniel Lee - Designer, Creative Director of Burberry

[LadyJunon]

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Tisci would've done this task more justice.

 

[FashionFanatico]

I am totally underwhelmed (to put it nicely) by all his outputs for burrberry till now.

 

[tatouejeremie]

they fired a lot of people after the show so hopefully he'll do better with a team he assembled himself

I am totally underwhelmed (to put it nicely) by all his outputs for burrberry till now.

 

[Frederic01]

they fired a lot of people after the show so hopefully he'll do better with a team he assembled himself

What do you mean? That Daniel was previously working with a Tisci design team up until then?

 

[tatouejeremie]

What do you mean? That Daniel was previously working with a Tisci design team up until then?

yes mostly, except for some key hires

 

[Frederic01]

Daniel at the Serpentine Summer Party in the Resort Collection, which is yet to be released...


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[Avonlea]

yikes

 

[LadyJunon]

Daniel at the Serpentine Summer Party in the Resort Collection, which is yet to be released...

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Blazy was the true mastermind behind Bottega after all...

 

[reese06]

It just needs to be tailored. Lol

he looks a mess though. And not in a, creative director wearing rags kind of way. To wear the brand you’re creative director of in such a bad way is not a good look.

 

[youthinasia]

It just needs to be tailored. Lol

he looks a mess though. And not in a, creative director wearing rags kind of way. To wear the brand you’re creative director of in such a bad way is not a good look.

At least take the sleeves up and the trouser hems. Say it with me, proportionising!

 

[Norden]

What I find most offensive is that fit around the crotch and waist area. It’s awful

 

[Frederic01]

Daniel is wearing Look Number Two from the Spring 2024 Collection.


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[GivenchyHomme]

The proportions are so wrong. He looks like he's 5 feet tall. Clearly he's not thinking about what works on the average male body. Not everyone is a 6'2 model, himself included.

 

[Lola701]

Kudos to him for wearing his own creations, which is in a funny way quite rare in menswear. But he is not the best representation for it. Wearing clothes in general is all about proportions. He tried to evoke the feeling of the collection but his clothes needs to be tailored. Slim and tapered fit are for him… clearly.

 

[GivenchyAddict]

He is just too short and he is wearing samples but the look is nice.

 

[Drusilla_]

should've hemmed it or at least rolled the cuffs back, does Burberry not work with any in-house stylists? He looks like an influencer outside the shows in a borrowed outfit, not the designer of the outfit!

 

[yslforever]

should've hemmed it or at least rolled the cuffs back, does Burberry not work with any in-house stylists? He looks like an influencer outside the shows in a borrowed outfit, not the designer of the outfit!

Apparently, they don't even have mirrors ... Some houses don't even have in-house seamstresses, they outsource 100% of the production of the prototypes; before a show and after fitting on the models, they send the garments back to the manufacturer for the alterations.
I have some absurd memories of houses sending interns, staying overnight and assuring the liaison with the studio then coming back the morning of the show with 6 or 7 taxis full of the collection, (they preferred to pay large taxi bills twice a year than to employ full-time seamstresses) but I can't believe Burberry operates like this...

 

[LadyJunon]

Apparently, they don't even have mirrors ... Some houses don't even have in-house seamstresses, they outsource 100% of the production of the prototypes; before a show and after fitting on the models, they send the garments back to the manufacturer for the alterations.
I have some absurd memories of houses sending interns, staying overnight and assuring the liaison with the studio then coming back the morning of the show with 6 or 7 taxis full of the collection, (they preferred to pay large taxi bills twice a year than to employ full-time seamstresses) but I can't believe Burberry operates like this...

That sounds like a logistical pain.
How does the designer check the designs or even hold fittings? Do they even?

 

[yslforever]

That sounds like a logistical pain.
How does the designer check the designs or even hold fittings? Do they even?

Yes it's absurd, the HQ (studios) are in Paris and the manufacturers traditionally in Normandy along the A13 highway, so usually vans are driving back and forth between the two, but houses starts early, sometimes a full year before the fashion week. So its like using couriers all the way, but the two-weeks before fashion week, everyone becomes frenzy and needs alterations, so they usually rent taxis by the day and assistants are going back and forth... days and nights.
Some of those manufacturers are specialized in prototypes, they sometimes produce only the prototypes and then pass them to the house and the other manufacturers in Italy and Portugal, for mass production. That's when they decide to produce runway pieces or not. The same way for shoes and accessories.
The real reason is that many houses don't have the full set of skills to cover all kind of fabrics, denim, leather, fur, lace, embroideries, etc... I know Givenchy outsources their leather and denim prototypes because they have flou and tailleur, but leather requires different skills (and different sewing machines, needles, glu etc), the other prototypes are done in-house.
So basically yes, the designers check the pattern and do fittings then assistants are going back to the manufacturer, as many times as necessary.

 

[lhhbl]

I think it's supposed to be like this. the models also has loose cuffs and boot legs. the only difference is the belt. but being a shorter man this silhouette didn't help him at all