Burberry Festival: A Very British Summer Wardrobe
Few brands have played such a pivotal role in the Cool Britannia movement than Burberry. The brand has famously been worn in the crowd at festivals, on the tour buses of some of Britain's most acclaimed acts, and in muddy backstage trailers.
This season, the house puts itself firmly center stage with a collection that encapsulates the attitude, style, and collective energy of festival culture — it's less a polished portrait of a luxury brand, and more a lived-in collage of pieces that pays tribute to the music, moods, and mud of British festivals.
Ahead, discover the key pieces for a very British summer wardrobe.
FIELD-TESTED ICONS AND RAIN-RESISTANT STATEMENTS
These clothes sit somewhere between utility and nostalgia. Pieces that are simultaneously a nod to the ‘90s and built to handle 2025-level weather changes — think packable capes, coated gabardine jackets, technical parkas in Burberry Check and deep, industrial neutrals, as well as Harringtons that feel like the anchor of your festival dressing, as useful now as they were in a photo pit in 1997.
Elsewhere, the silhouettes loosen up. Oversized shirts are worn open over tanks and polos. Belts cinch over long, slouchy T-shirts. Mini kilts clash with rubber Marsh boots, puzzle piecing under fleeces, leather jackets, or a washed satin trench. Accessories lean into British practicality: new styles like the Highland handbags in coated jacquard Burberry Check, rainwear-inspired crossbodies, and curved, quilted horseshoe bags that sit close to the body. On the footwear front, it’s between chunky (the Urchin clog or the Matrix sneaker) and classic (Potter leather boots, Terrace mesh runners). All of it is made to be thrown on, stomped in, and not overly fussed over.
MOTIFS, REWORKED
The Knight emblem — first seen in the ‘80s — gets a modern revival. It's printed big across cotton jersey, or stitched subtly on the chest of a jacket. The Burberry Check, meanwhile, is reimagined as tonal knits, washed-out denim, and even argyle — not overly styled, but simple and easy to wear. Jewelry details echo the collections grounded ethos: elegant shields in silver along with playful horse and frog charms that reference the British countryside in a way that feels intimate and authentic, not twee.
Burberry calls the festival collection a 'collage,' and it's easy to see why: it’s not just about big names or big looks, it’s about the small moments. The clothing people actually wear, a shared experience of trudging in boots, displaying your check, and huddling under hoods and anoraks. The clothing that get muddy, sun-bleached, and pulled back out again the next year, ready to be well-loved all over.
Burberry isn't just showing up for festival season. It already lives there.