[Hed Kandi]

For those who are interested:

According to Burberry's website, this would be the first and only official Burberry store in Canada.

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3050/sasasaspe3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://www.burberry.com/AboutBurberry/Stores.aspx

[mr.x]

woohoo!!! keep these world class brands on coming.




btw, move this to the retail section.

[Hed Kandi]

woohoo!!! keep these world class brands on coming.




btw, move this to the retail section.


We have a retail section? I obviously need to venture out more. :D

[mr.x]

i think i'm going insane.

[WBC]

Woho - that drab british look at 10000% profit margins!!!

[osirisboy]

so where in shangri-la will it be located?

[Yume-sama]

I've never been a fan of Burberry. For people with more money than taste... so I guess it does fit the Shangri-la audience well.

[Dorian G.]

Too bad they didn't make it here before the brand died:
http://www.freewebs.com/chavbustersinc/Chav.jpg
I wonder if this means Vancouver will start growing its own chavs? Burberry, a new soccer stadium,--what more do we need?

[Yume-sama]

Well, we have the APC, that's chav enough.

"'Chav is often used as a stereotype to refer to poorly educated, aggressive youths"

[Dorian G.]

I don't think haymarket check really fits the APC's image . . .

Regarding image, though, I do wonder about Burberry's decision to take space in Shangri-La. I wonder why a conservative English brand (English in the sense of design influence rather than ownership) would build in a building named for an imaginary Oriental location. (Maybe I'm reading too much exoticism into the name, and the building itself is pretty standard.) Hopefully this means serious design stores will avoid Robson street from now on.

[djh]

Burberry has been Chav-tastic for at least 7 or 8 years. In Europe it has no brand value because it's so ubiqutous. Reminds me of fake Gucci and Rolex watches in the 90s. So when the Shangri-La store launches, it will be quite telling to see who actually spends money on its products.No Europeans for sure. Maybe Asian clients who think "all things Western" are worth having. Wrong.

[SpongeG]

Burberry Prorsum is where its at

and seeing some agneys dynes in huge posters won't hurt that corner :)

http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/S2008RTW/BURBERRY/RUNWAY/00010f.jpg