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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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