Burberry has just released their Christmas ad and Ireland’s own Domhnall Gleeson stars as the fashion label’s founder Thomas Burberry. The ad is more like a movie trailer and after watching it, we want to see the whole movie!
Lily James (of Downton Abbey) plays a fictional pilot based on the real-life Betty Kirby-Green, who in 1937 flew alongside A.E. Clouston on a record-breaking trip from England to Cape Town and back, wearing Burberry clothing in a plane sponsored by the company. In the ad, Lily James’ character manages to get embroiled in a love triangle with Mr. and Mrs. Burberry.
Dominic West (of The Wire and The Affair) plays Ernest Shackleton, the legendary explorer, who traversed the Antarctic also while dressed in the designer’s gear. World War I also features heavily in the film. Burberry outfitted some half a million soldiers during the war with “trench” coats, the light and water-resistant outerwear named for the Western Front’s infamous death pits.
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