Launching in Japan on October 28, 2026, Burberry and Smythson have joined forces for their first official collaboration. Distributed in Japan via the Look Group, the capsule pairs Smythson's 139-year-old bespoke bookbinding heritage with Burberry's heritage outerwear DNA. The lineup ranges from gold-embossed Soho leather notebooks down to roll-up leather backgammon boards and playing card travel cases.
Featherweight Paper Meets Trench-Coat Lore
The centerpiece of the collaboration is Smythson's flagship mid-size Soho Notebook, wrapped in the British house's hard-wearing, textured Panama crossgrain leather.
Burberry x Smythson Soho Notebook (Gilded Text / House Check): ¥49,500 (tax included)
Burberry x Smythson Soho Notebook (Gilded Text / House Check): ¥49,500 (tax included)
Burberry x Smythson Soho Notebook (Gilded Text / House Check): ¥49,500 (tax included)
Instead of traditional, stuffy heraldic crests, the covers lean into Burberry's roots in British weather, exploration, and wet-weather gear. The covers feature tongue-in-cheek gilded aphorisms, like "LOVELY WEATHER FOR DUCKS" in bottle green, and "COME RAIN OR SHINE" in lipstick red and warm camel leather. Select editions feature vintage-style archive illustrations of trench-clad hikers under umbrellas with their faithful gundogs, and London trail signposts wrapped in fluttering scarves.
Burberry x Smythson Soho Notebook (Illustrated Cover): ¥53,900 (tax included)
Burberry x Smythson Soho Notebook (Illustrated Cover): ¥53,900 (tax included)
Every single notebook is hand-bound in Smythson’s dedicated workshop in Hertfordshire, England. Inside, they house Smythson's proprietary Featherweight Paper, the whisper-thin, pale-blue sheets developed in 1908 that hold fountain pen ink without bleeding through.
To bridge the two brands, the front and back endpapers are lined with either Burberry's iconic House Check or a tonal, monochrome street map of London drawn straight from Burberry's Winter runway show.
High-Stakes Travel Games: Roll-Up Chess and Card Cases
Beyond writing journals, the capsule introduces luxury travel games designed for trains, flights, and parlor rooms:
Burberry x Smythson Backgammon Roll: ¥239,800 (tax included)
Burberry x Smythson Chess Roll: ¥259,600 (tax included)
Burberry x Smythson Chess & Backgammon Rolls: Built from Smythson's Panama crossgrain leather exterior with ultra-soft leather playing surfaces. The rolls integrate zippered storage pockets lined in Burberry House Check canvas to house the carved wooden chess pieces and dice, rolling up into an umbrella-style carrying cylinder.
Burberry x Smythson Single Playing Cards Case: ¥84,700 (tax included)
Burberry x Smythson Single Playing Cards Case: ¥84,700 (tax included)
Burberry x Smythson Double Playing Cards Case: ¥174,900 (tax included)
Single & Double Playing Card Cases: Compact envelope-style travel cases crafted from Panama leather with Burberry check tongue clasps. The double-pack variant includes a pair of gold-gilt illustration decks, a featherweight paper score pad, and Smythson's signature miniature pencil.
Product Specifications & Japanese Retail Availability
Product Name: Burberry x Smythson Collaboration Collection
Brand / Heritage: Burberry x Smythson
Japanese Importer / Distributor: Look Inc.
Release Date: October 28, 2026 (Playing card cases arriving mid-November 2026)
Craft Origin: Hand-bound in Hertfordshire, England (Notebooks)
Where to Buy in Japan:
Smythson Isetan Shinjuku Men's Building (Tokyo)
Smythson Nagoya Store (Nagoya)
Smythson Japan Official Online Store (smythson.jp)
