Burberry

Thomas Burberry opened a draper’s shop in Basingstoke in 1856. In 1879 he invented gabardine, a cotton woven and proofed so tight that rain runs off it while air still passes through. The trench coat followed, cut for officers in the First World War, and the check came later, as a lining.

The pieces here are from the early 2000s, the years the check went everywhere. They are the house’s working side: bags built for daily carry, in grained leather and Nova Check canvas.