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Rate Fashion Net World: Burberry

Original at fashionnetworld.blogspot.com external link    Sat, Apr 5

By Best article search Since very long time ago the trench coat is considered as one of the most elegant and stylish pieces of clothing. Timeless, chic, basic but highly sophisticated, it kept its originality since it was born. Everything started back in 1856 when a 21 year old boy named Thomas Burberry opened an outfitters shop in Hampshire, England. Just 10 years later the shop had grown into an emporium. By 1880, Thomas Burberry invented a whetherpoof and tearproof fabric that he called gabardine. In 1895,the Tielochen coat was developed by Burberry, which was the predecessor of the trench coat. This coat was used by British officers during the Boer War in South Africa .The design of the Tielochen coat was modified during the First World War to include shoulder st...   [read the full post]

Rate Burberry: The Art of Trench

Original at fashionnetworld.blogspot.com external link    Mon, Mar 17

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By Loulla Kassandra Burberry is considered as the most luxury brand for outerwear items. Especially in the case of the trench coat as it is a classic of the Burberry brand. A lot of designers imitate it, but the Burberry one is unique. Classic in many films as it was worn by Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca, Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's, and by Peter Sellers in the Pink Panther films. It cannot get more classic than that. The company's clientele has included Winston Churchill (wearing a trench coat on almost every public appearance), Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, George Bernard Shaw, Al Jolson, Peter Falk, Ronald Reagan, Norman Schwarzkopf, and Paul Newman.   [read the full post]

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