Burberry doubles down on heritage with gabardine capsule launch

Innovation (1879 style) and new product (spring 2026 style) come together to celebrate Burberry’s new Gabardine Capsule.

Taking to the highlands of Snowdonia, Wales, the luxury London fashion house highlights the “enduring appeal” of gabardine, with a film featuring the house’s new version of its protective outerwear.

It’s part of the return to its core categories and heritage strategy put in place when CEO Joshua Schulman arrived at the company, a strategy that appears to be paying off so far.

Showcasing “styles made for the elements”, the film stars explorers Connaire Cann, Jesse Grylls and Marlon Patrice alongside models Iris Lasnet and Zhuó Chen, presented in “the rich beauty of the British landscape and its glorious, unpredictable weather”.

Marking 170 years of Burberry, the Gabardine Capsule pays homage to the revolutionary fabric invented by Thomas Burberry. The collection features both products produced from, or detailed with, elements of gabardine, as well as complementary knitwear and layering products in cotton jersey.

Burberry says its pillars of outerwear heritage – from parkas and down-filled styles to quilted, Harrington and bomber jackets – are reimagined in brushed cotton nylon gabardine, dyed in the capsule colour palette of hamper beige and juniper green.

Layered underneath is ribbed knitwear in wool cashmere, alongside cotton mélange hoodies, jogging pants and T-shirts – designs that come detailed with gabardine panels and trench elements, including signature epaulettes.

Symbolising the brand’s connection to the countryside and outdoor pursuits, the capsule features a specially designed label inspired by an archival 1993 campaign: ‘Burberrys grew out of country life’, stitched inside coats and jackets, appliquéd onto jersey pieces and featured on an intarsia-knit sweater.