It was a 70s modernist affair at the Burberry Prorsum show this afternoon as Christopher Bailey unveiled the trappings of his latest offering for his men's Spring Summer collection to a fully packed audience .As usual the expectations were extremely high, something we've come to expect from Mr Bailey.This season though one cannot help but think that Mr Bailey took a spring out of jazzy club,it was not his usual clear streamline of ideas but rather a delivery that offered an unexpected mix of fabrications. There were pieces I absolutely swooned over, they proved to be huge hits from some sharp crepe silk shirts in wood cut prints worn with woolly pleated pants.The look itself is not something most red blooded men would go for but I reserve my judgement I also saw some dazzling diamond prints which were also a huge presence worn with oversized satin bomber jackets and seersucker shirts which were quite a sight.Indeed the collection was quite a feverish combination, prints were a firm favourite for most and another favourite of mine was some lean and mean skinny fitted suits with curiously oversized funnel necks and those bad-ass block parkas were awash. He played with metallics beautifully in a way that was quite unexpected , it was more of a London throw on ,a creatively thought out with a few misses.The items that proved quite disastrous were the metallic caban jackets and accessories, they completely destroyed the overall look and made the ensembles look more of 70's disco ball than a cool dandy English gent but overall it was not a bad collection.