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The original Burberry trench coat was designed in 1912 by Thomas Burberry to keep officers protected against wind and rain.
Made in Castleford, a town in the north of England, over 100 highly-skilled processes need to be completed to create a Burberry trench coat, the same processes that have been used since the design was borne, and in the same place.
The Burberry trench coat is crafted using gabardine, a tough and hard-wearing fabric invented by Thomas Burberry in 1879. Tight in its weave, gabardine is water-repellent yet allows for ventilation, and is still woven in Burberry’s English mill to this day.
The trench coat takes approximately about 3 weeks to make!