Christopher Bailey—the Burberry's brain 巴宝莉主帅：克里斯托弗·贝利
克里斯托弗·贝利（Christopher Bailey）是谁？ 他是英国约克郡人，1971年出生，你即使不认识他，也应该认识由他主理的高端英国品牌巴宝莉。从2001年5月起，将这陈年风衣变为时装宠儿，他居功至伟！
克里斯托弗 1994年毕业于英国皇家艺术学院，然后受到唐纳·卡兰（Donna Karen） 欣赏而带他赴美国发展，其后去米兰做古驰（Gucci）女装高级设计师；2001年来到巴宝莉，到2004年成为创意总监。2014年，他更晋升为CEO！这足见他在这一品牌上的举足轻重。当人们再谈巴宝莉时，他们不单是专注于那格子干湿雨衣，而是把它看作更有时尚触觉、产品发展多元化的品牌。它还有童装、配饰、表、家居、香水等。
我很喜欢2015春夏的“珀松”（Burberry Prorsum）系列，印刷颜色非常醒目。这使得女性看起来年轻，充满活力和性感。你永远无法想象10年前的巴宝莉可以做女装。
2012年，巴宝莉在香港开设第一家旗舰店，它位于港岛太古广场，克里斯托弗还亲自来港开幕呢！
Who is Christopher Bailey? Actually he is from York in UK and was born in 1971. If you do not know him, then I think if you are fashion people you may know the high-end brand “Burberry”. And yes, he is the current one in charge of the brand! Starting from May 2001 he has played magic with the brand and makes it high success.
Chris graduated at Royal College of Art in 1994. Afterwards, with the appreciation of the designer Donna Karen, he went to US. Then he moved to Milan to be a senior women's wear designer in Gucci. Till 2001 he worked for Burberry. In 2004 he was promoted to a position of creative director. In 2014, he was the CEO of the brand! All you can see he is the brain of the brand! When people talk about Burberry, it is not only about the brand which is good at trench coat, they also have good taste in fashion with diverse product lines, like have kidswear, accessory, watches, furniture and perfume.
I quite like 2015 spring/summer collection by Burberry Prorsum. The print and color is very eye catching. It makes women look young, energetic and sexy. You can never imagine Burberry could do fantastic womenswear 10 years ago.
In 2012, Burberry had opened their first flagship store in Hong Kong. It is at Pacific Place, Admiralty. Chris even came to the shop for an opening ceremony.
Christopher Bailey was promoted as CEO in Burberry at the age of 43 and has got £28 million pay package. We are jealous!
克里斯托弗·贝利在43岁时被提升为巴宝莉CEO，有2800万英镑薪酬，令人嫉妒！
Shop in Hong Kong: Shop 101 & 201, Pacific Place, Admiralty, Hong Kong.
香港地址： 香港金钟101、201店，太古广场
Illustration/插图： mr. cardigan