BURBERRYS of LONDON
The story of the Trenchcoat

Burberrys have an impressive portlölio of patrons ranging from politicians and stars of the screen, to literary figures and society dignitaries. The distinguished list includes Winston Churchill, Lady Diana Cooper, Rudyard Kipling, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Harry Lauder, W. Somerset Maugham, Dame Nellie Melba, George Bernard Shaw, A.A. Milne, Pola Negri, A1 Jolson, Marlene Dietrich, Katherine Hepburn, Jane Fonda, Peter Falk, Dustin Hoffman, George Bush, Ronald Reagan and General Schwarzkopf. Equally well represented in royal and aristocratic circles, Burberrys have twenty-two crown heads of Europe, fourteen Eastern potentates and 319 peers of the realm among its loyal clientele. The company proudly displays warrants from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The Prince of Wales. With such a reputation of tradition and excellence, the Burberry has even earned itself an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary.

The world's film industries have clothed some of the best known stars in the Burberry Trenchcoat to convey discernment and character. Stars filmed in Burberrys include Gary Cooper and,Joan Crawford in Today zoe Live ( 1935), Jaqcues Tati in Mon Oncle (1958), George Peppard in Operation Crossbow (1958), Julie Andrews in Torn Curtain (1966), Genrge C. Scott in Patton (1970), Robert Mitchum in Farewell My Lovely (1975), Meryl Streep in Kramer V.s Kramer ( 1979), Michael Douglas in Wall Street ( 1988) and Warren Beatty in Dick Tracy ( 1990) . In the Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), Peter Sellers kept two Burberrys on set in case one was ruined during filming.

Die weltgrößten Filmgesellschaften kleideten einige der bekanntesten Stars in Burberry Trenchcoats, um Überlegenheit und Charakter zum Ausdruck zu bringen. Stars, die in Burberry gefilmt wurden, sind Gary Cooper und Joan Crawford in Today we Live (1935), Jacques Tati in Mon Oncle (1958), George Peppard in Operation Crossbow (1958), Julie Andrews in Tom Curtain (1966), George C. Scott in Patton (1970), Robert Mitchum in Farewell My Lovely (1975), Meryl Streep in Kramer gegen Kramer (1979), Michael Douglas in Wall Street (1988) und Warren Beatty in Dick Tracy (1990). In The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), hielt Peter Sellers zwei Burberrys bereit, für den Fall, daß Einer während des Filmens ruiniert würde.





























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