Clothing brand · United Kingdom
Burberry
British brand iconic for its trench coats and check pattern.
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The origin
What the date says
- Milestone
- Founding
- What happened
- Thomas Burberry, a draper's apprentice, founded his store in Basingstoke in 1856 and invented the waterproof gabardine fabric in 1879.
- Year
- 1856
- Source
- Historical documentation
- Note
- Founded in 1856 by Thomas Burberry in Basingstoke.
Only the year is documented: if it falls between January 21 and February 21, the sign could be the previous one.
Keep in mind
Affinity is a symbolic reading from the Chinese zodiac tradition, not a measurement: it compares the sign of the year you were born with that of each entry's year of origin.