The Cut - Daniel Lee Debuts at Burberry

After much to-do, Daniel Lee showed his first collection on Monday night for Burberry, the British raincoat label that spent nearly five years in a fashion drought, partly because his predecessor, Riccardo Tisci, wasn’t the man for the job and partly because of the pandemic. Lee quickly set Burberry on a youthful course — that is, prime for TikTokers with its loud plaid-blanket coats and cozy water-bottle holders — and perfect, too, for footballers and yobs who just love a funky T-shirt and a bigger Elmer Fudd hat to wear down to the pub.

Lee put out a lot for the first showing. And what did reporters cornering him afterward want to know? They wanted to know about the ducks. Lee had used a duck print in a closely repeated pattern for skirts, pants, and long shirts. There was also a guy wearing a hat that had a duck head built into the crown and its bill extending over the brow.

Once again, a pilot program trying out a four-day workweek has been a major success — this time in the U.K. And long weekends aren’t just good for workers. The planet benefits too. In other British news, Ian McKellen walked (and read) at London Fashion Week! Back in the U.S., the environmental disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, has everything to do with our dependence on fossil fuels. Clandestine abortion-provision groups in post-Roe America can learn from Central American activists. Brittney Griner has signed a deal to pick back up playing with the Phoenix Mercury. Tips for solo vacationing (courtesy of Thrillist). And composting doesn’t have to be hard or prohibitively expensive.

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