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December 11, 2009
Burberry and its Chief Creative Officer Christopher Bailey rocked the British Fashion Awards this week, taking home the Designer Brand award and British Fashion council Designer of the Year award, respectively. This is the fourth British Fashion Award for Bailey, who previously won for Menswear Designer of the Year (2008, 2007) and Designer of the year (2005).
Following the ceremony, Bailey announced that Burberry Prorsum will continue to show during London Fashion Week.
“I am extremely pleased to announce that the Burberry Prorsum womenswear show will stay in London again [...]
November 22, 2009
BERLIN (Reuters Life!) – Burberry is planning to stick to its knitting in terms of branding but it is looking to expand leather goods, children’s wear and sportswear, the creative head of the British Fashion group said on Tuesday.
Christopher Bailey, 38, who was elevated last week to the post of chief creative officer – a position nobody else holds in the fashion industry – said there was solid demand for new types of Burberry goods such as belts and shoes.
“There is a huge momentum in this sector (of [...]
November 22, 2009
Its popularity sparked thousands of imitations and the print was replicated on everything from baseball caps to shoes. The label’s luxury status was dealt its final blow when former EastEnders actress Daniella Westbrook stepped out with her young daughter, both head-to-toe in the house tartan, complete with matching buggy.
After fighting hard to shake off its unfortunate associations with ‘chav’ culture the firm has divided the country into three categories according to how smartly they want to dress.
The luxury Fashion house has introduced a new tripartite system, splitting glamour [...]
November 19, 2009
Burberry, Britain’s once-staid Fashion house, can’t help it if Sarah Palin wears their trademark plaid scarves. “[T]he conspicuousness of the pattern also means that the company has little control over how it is seen, or on whom,” the New Yorker magazine observed, in reference to Palin. Minneapolis has the same problem: today the Mill City gets dragged into a lengthy New York Times recounting of Palin’s purchases at the downtown Neiman Marcus store last year during the Republican National Convention.
Of course, they weren’t really Palin’s purchases — and [...]
November 8, 2009
A number of Burberry cashmere scarves are long, whereas others are short. Each design calls for a different way of wearing and you must adjust your Style according to the design of the scarf. Every design gives a new style to the person.
Everybody wants to look stylish. Therefore they buy different Fashion accessories including fashionable cloths, shoes and handbags etc. These accessories make them different from others. But one accessory that especially creates a stylish impression is a Burberry cashmere scarf.
This Burberry cashmere scarf has a great demand [...]
October 30, 2009
Cut to the late-1990s and the images the print called to mind were not good. At one end of the spectrum were the Sloanes, who might tote a checked bag or brave the bracing King’s Road air with a scarf. At the other, were chav-tastic celebs who wore it head to toe, and enrobed their kids and dogs in it to boot. It seemed beyond redemption.
But now, thanks to the skywards-trajectory of the brand under the creative direction of Christopher Bailey, the Burberry check is no longer a [...]
October 27, 2009
1. Women Love the Smell of Burberry The Beat Cologne
Women just love it when their men wear Burberry The Beat Cologne. They love its fresh and unique scent that brings out the youth in their husbands or boyfriends. Wives think that its practical for their husbands to use The Beat as its fragrance lasts very long.
2. The Creators of Burberry The Beat
Burberry The Beat Cologne was launched in 2008. It was the result of the hard work of two famous perfumers Domitille Bertier and Oliver Polge, who used [...]
October 23, 2009
when 21 year old Thomas Burberry opened his first shop in Hampshire, England way back in 1856.
Burberry’s business soon made a name for itself in outdoors clothing. His 1880 invention called “gabardine” was a waterproof, yet breathable fabric. It was soon used in a number of outdoor outfits, like fishing attire, perfect for the wet English climate. Gabardine was finally patented in 1888.
The success of gabardine gave Burberry the weight he needed to open a shop in London itself in 1891. This remains today, and is actually [...]
