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Burberry Fast Facts
- Founded: 1856
- Founder: Thomas Burberry
- Headquarters: London, England
- CEO: Angela Ahrendts
- Number of Stores: 60 stores and 10 franchises
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Burberry is a U.K. fashion house known for producing high-end clothing and accessories, including scarves, handbags and fragrances. The Burberry brand features a distinct, recognizable tartan plaid pattern on nearly all clothing and accessories, including a popular line of trench coats. Burberry will occasionally offer discounts and sales on selected items; the sales are listed on the company's official website. Other retailers, including Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom and Bergdorf Goodman, also offer Burberry sale merchandise.
Burberry frequently offers online sales on select merchandise, including clothing and accessories for men, women and children.http://www.burberryusaonline.com/shop/index.jsp?categoryId=2284855&ab=080309:hp:5
Burberry History
- Founded in 1856 by Thomas Burberry
- Burberry opened a small shop in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
- The 21-year-old Burberry was working as a draper's apprentice at the time
- Burberry developed the fabric known as gabardine; it was first introduced in 1880
- The Burberry Check pattern was first introduced as a lining in trench coats in the 1920s
- Burberry introduced the trench coat in 1914; coat was first worn by British military officers
Burberry Collections
Emma Watson for Burberry
In July 2009, it was reported that Emma Watson, who plays bookish witch Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies, would be the "face of Burberry" for its fall 2009 campaign. The 19-year-old Watson was photographed in Central London for the campaign wearing a variety of Burberry clothing and accessories.http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/06/behold_emma_watsons_burberry_c.htmlAbout this page
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