The designer collaborated with the Woolmark Company on a sharp, outerwear-focused collection that mixed the arty with the military, and new fabrics with old ones.
Raeburn, who makes his collections in the U.K., sourcing fabrics from the country’s mills and recycling and upcycling textiles, was in his element, taking beribboned ceremonial frock jackets, drummer jackets and Horse Guards’ cloaks and spinning them into clothing fit for stylish civilians.
Among the standouts was a claret coat with thick black ribbons draped loosely here and there across the front and a bright red duffel adorned with thin horizontal blue braided strips.
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A short red coat came with a white shearling lining and black and white bits of fabric from old guards’ jackets sewn onto it. An olive and cornflower blue lightweight duffel was fashioned from a patchwork of old guards’ cloaks.
There were beribboned bombers with a hint of a Black Watch pattern, slim and elegantly hand-embroidered boiler suits, and wool-filled puffers encased in a jacquard fabric. Raeburn deserves a salute.