Burberry’s Quentin Blake Drop Makes Illustrated Trenches This Season’s Must Have

Burberry is spotlighting a new capsule, The Quentin Blake Capsule, bringing previously unreleased illustrations by Sir Quentin Blake onto signature trench coats, ready-to-wear, and accessories in a bold, collectible drop aligned with the opening of the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration in London.

Burberry has partnered with celebrated British illustrator Sir Quentin Blake on a capsule collection that channels his “distinctly British sense of imagination” into womenswear, menswear and childrenswear. The collaboration translates his unmistakable line drawings and playful storytelling into fashion, echoing the campaign message “Drawn to it” and spotlighted across Burberry’s Summer 2026 imagery.

At the heart of the collection are bold, hand drawn motifs featuring feather prints taken from an original 1971 pen-and-ink illustration for an English-language edition of The Birds by Aristophanes, alongside a new series of previously unreleased drawings of playful figures interacting with nature. These artworks…