When Burberry Meets Liberty

To coincide with London Fashion Week, Liberty has teamed up with Burberry to make the quintessential mac of all times. It's causing quite a stir in the store's buying department, which applauds its deep Liberty berry shade, the flattering cut and it's not even available to the public yet. They are calling it, 'TRENCHTASTIC.' Scroll down the page to see special offer.

LIMITED EDITION

The limited edition Burberry trench coats, made exclusively in Liberty deep purple for women and black for men, are all lined with black and purple Burberry iconic check. Each trench coat contains an individually numbered tag (1 to 25) created by Burberry Creative Director Christopher Bailey.

The trench coat, first designed by Burberry founder Thomas Burberry for British officers in 1914, remains the natural starting point for all Burberry menswear, womenswear and childrenswear collections and is seasonally re-interpreted to reflect the mood and direction of the moment, whilst retaining the integrity of its design and function.

ROAD TEST

Who better to road test it than Liberty's very own womenswear buyer Eleanor Robinson, photographed here. "I love the colour," she says. "There's something so thrilling about the marriage of two very British brands and this coat sums up just how cool that can be."

The limited edition Burberry trench coat for Liberty is priced at £650 and will be available exclusively at Liberty from 18 September 2009 to coincide with the launch of London Fashion Week.

14th September 09