Mulberry Strength & Sensibility Autumn Winter '20

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AW20 celebrates the innate strength and style of women throughout British history - and their legacy in British culture. The collection sees rural codes reimagined in today’s urban settings, bringing a soft nostalgia to the city’s utilitarian aesthetic. Rules of femininity and utility are rewritten through a romantic approach to a modern uniform.

Flowing silhouettes dominate the outerwear and tailoring, with embellishment from traditional British uniforms: gold buttons, rosettes and shining medals adorn capes, double-breasted coats and relaxed suiting. They offset mid-length skirts and pussy-bow necklines that play with codes of demure dressing, becoming bolder for evening, with bright embroidery, lavish brocade and bejewelled collars.

The Mulberry house palette predominates with Heritage Oak, Navy, Oxblood, Deep Amber and Black, punctuated with arresting f lashes of Scarlet, Powder Pink and Coral Orange. Mulberry Green makes its debut as a key colour in the collection, enhancing silhouettes with a rich hue familiar from the brand’s signature sustainable packaging and responsibility charter.

The bag collection sees iconic Postman’s Lock silhouettes reimagined, with new Darley and Belted Bayswater styles joined by the Iris and a Mini Millie in playful new animations from leopard print and high-contrast check to burnished metallic. The recently launched Portobello Tote plays with size, introducing two options that scale up and down, both 100% sustainable in the same gold standard leather and recycled thread as the original.

Responsible materials also play a key role across the men’s offering, with ECONYL® regenerated nylon at the basis of the Heritage Check collection. Two new takes on the messenger silhouette join the Urban and Heritage collections, with buckles and graffiti introduced across signature families.

The jewels collection sees regal and Regency influences combine in delicate blue porcelain and sweet hanging charms, ornate baroque-style earrings and regimental ribbon decorations. They pair effortlessly with traditional rain hats to bring a feminine edge to rich winter textiles.

New eyewear frames focus on chunky acetate in core shades with a Keystone Lock signature at the temple, and a modified aviator style, the Vicky, contrasts gold chain wire with lenses in rainbow brights. They mark a final punctuation to a collection that spans contemporary femininity and British heritage influences.

“For this collection I looked to the wardrobes of strong British women from iconic eras, playing with elements they had in common, bringing them into a modern setting and creating a uniform in the image of contemporary femininity - celebrating the timelessness of women’s innate strength.” Johnny Coca, Creative Director.