Burberry is placing its heritage at the heart of its Christmas marketing campaign, with a star-studded cinematic trailer which celebrates the life of the brand’s founder Thomas Burberry.
“The tale of Thomas Burberry”, which celebrates the brand’s 160th anniversary, features an all-star cast including Sienna Miller, Lily James, Dominic West and Domhnall Gleeson.
The three-minute cinematic trailer will launch today globally across print, digital, social, cinema and out-of-home advertising.
While the brand is celebrating its authenticity and heritage, the film uses some artistic licence with Burberry’s life story. The film reimagines key events which have shaped the company’s history and values including the invention of gabardine, outfitting the explorer Ernest Shackleton, and sponsoring the record-breaking flight from London to Cape Town by Betty Kirby Green.
In the film, Kirby Green is re-imagined as the imaginary character Betty Dawson in the film and played by Lily James.
Chief creative officer Christopher Bailey said: “The film we have made is a brief glimpse inspired by his full and extraordinary life, which treated its way through the history of the 20th century.”
