Burberry is one of the world's famous designer brands. But branded trenchcoats and sweaters for dogs? A thought that may make you raise your eyebrows!
Is today's designer fashion selling out? Despite what you might think, high-class designer labels also cater for your pets nowadays as does British luxury label Burberry who has just released their own collection of Burberry clothing for dogs. Most notable features are the famous Burberry trenchcoat for dogs as well as the Check sweater and Burberry dog leash.
Where did this trend start? The origins of dog clothing most probably came from England due to its damp and cold climate, it was very easy for smaller dogs to catch colds when they were taken out. So for a while it was not uncommon to find small dogs dressed in cover-up "raincoats" and sausaged in small waterproof capes.
But the idea of actually dressing your dog and providing them with a wardrobe only came up recently. Sparked by such celebrities as Paris Hilton and her pet chihuahua Tinkerbell as well as the successful Hollywood movie 'Legally Blonde', dressing your dog up has become the ultimate in fashion and accesorizing.
>From an alligator-skin dog collar and leash set to an elegant Burberry trench coat for dogs, shoes, t-shirts, hats and more you can find just about everything you wear yourself in 'dog sizes'. Bloomingdale's, Neiman-Marcus, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, all the biggest names in fashion have pawed their way into the very lucrative pet-accessories market, an industry that gathered an estimated $8 billion during 2004.
Though Burberry aren't the only designer label to release their own dog clothing collection, Burberry for dogs is definitely the collection with the most fashion credibility if you consider that as well as being English, and therefore well accustomed to bad weather, Thomas Burberry's initial success was for outdoor wear, trenchcoats and sweaters. Read more about Thomas Burberry.
So if you are looking to dress your dog up, think of Burberry for dogs, with their trenchcoats, leashes and custom-made sweaters, your dog will always keep warm whilst looking elegant and refined just like Burberry clothes make you feel when you wear them. It's a sweet way of extending your love for fashion to your pet.
Unfortunately, Burberry clothing for dogs are a little pricey with the Check sweater for dogs selling at $155 and only available from select Burberry stores. But why not coordinate and shop for a Burberry mesh hat, handbag or sweater for yourself online? Shops like and sell authentic Burberry clothing and accessories at lower prices than in real shops.
Happy Shopping!
Those were my words of about ten years ago. I said them to my daughter, Joanna, who was gleefully holding up a chubby yellow tub. She seemed to think its Aloe contents held the answer to my 8-year-old Bearded Collie's arthritic problem. I disagreed. My reason? I knew that Joanna had been drinking Aloe Vera for her IBS ? and that it had helped the condition. At that stage I saw no connection whatsoever between Sam's stiffness and her stomach!
I had a lot to learn. My ?Aloe education? began with the 60 mls of the drink that I eventually agreed to pour over Sam's dinner. A finicky dog, he often refused food initially and almost never pounced on it like so many of his friends and relatives seemed to do. I'm not suggesting that he pounced now ? but to my astonishment he ambled over quite soon and, after sniffing this ?new food?, polished it off quickly (for him) and even licked his bowl clean.
Having tasted the Aloe in the tub, I found Sam's apparent enthusiasm for it mystifying and dismissed it as a very temporary blip. But I was wrong, because he was enthusiastic again the next night ? and the next. Did he know something I didn't?
Suspecting that he and Joanna shared a secret that excluded me because of my inbred skepticism about ?alternative? products, I did some digging.
In the process I learned that, far from being a cactus, Aloe Barbadensis Miller (the true Aloe Vera) is a member of the lily family, related to garlic, onions and asparagus.
Having been around for thousands of years, it has been used for centuries to maintain health and enhance beauty. Cleopatra is said to have bathed in it, while Dioscorides, the Ancient Greek physician, is reputed to have used it in his pills and potions.
But we'd moved on since then, hadn't we ? and now vets dealt with animal health? Well, yes, and they do that brilliantly! All the same, while reading about Aloe Vera's natural anti-inflammatory properties (which seemed perhaps to explain Joanna's insistence that this drink might benefit both her IBS and Sam's stiffness) I was witnessing a difference in Sam.
In the two or so weeks that had elapsed his ?bounce? had come back! For the uninitiated, I'll just mention that Bearded Collies in good health do seem to have paws with inbuilt springs ? and now Sam was bouncing around like a young thing. Still disbelieving, I said nothing to anyone, fully expecting this to be a very temporary phenomenon. But it wasn't ? and my fellow dog-walkers started commenting, as well as asking questions that I wasn't yet equipped to answer.
Before long, even Sam's vet wanted to know what I was doing differently ? and, as often happens in life, one thing led to another ?
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