CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY
Lee and model Edie Campbell near Lee’s home in the rolling hills of Yorkshire, England. Sittings Editor: Tabitha Simmons.Photographed by Anton Gottlob. Vogue, Winter 2027.
Daniel Lee must be considering the notion of home a lot these days. Not just his 17th-century country house in his native Yorkshire, which he bought last year, but his London place, on a leafy 19th-century square, where he has lived for the last five years. Lee, Burberry’s chief creative officer, is enjoying a reprieve from having repair professionals in—the AC has been on the blink, the underfloor heating went awry, and he has already endured one soul-destroying flood. On this hot July morning, he has sequestered himself in the basement, decorated with a beige sectional sofa and a Gary Hume painting, Greenness Is a Kind of Grief. The room looks onto the garden, and Lee has taken to lying out on a lounger; by adjusting its angle and that of the television, he can watch soccer from outside.
“My social life is watching the match on TV; it’s a bit sad, isn’t it?” Lee says in a soft voice accented by dry humor.
