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Burberry Prorsum - real deal?

post #1 of 20
6/20/11 at 12:40am
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Pretty sure this the real Burberry Prorsum (runway line), right? New spring/fall peacoat


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post #2 of 20
6/20/11 at 12:44am
Its nice, buy it.
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post #3 of 20
6/20/11 at 12:46am
Thats not prorsom, thats the regular burberry label.

their motto is "prorsom" and it appears on most of their labels.

looks pretty good though
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post #4 of 20
6/20/11 at 1:33am
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What does a Prorsum label look like then? I thought the ones without "London" were the good stuff? Also, just wondering, anyone have an idea what this would cost retail? Bought it 2nd hand a few months ago, think I got an OK deal, but will find out in a few I guess once I hear from the professionals Thanks.
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post #5 of 20
6/20/11 at 1:56am
It does say 'Prorsum' in the knights banner if you look closely. The asthetics of this coat is not pretty. It looks like a stadard trench cut in half. It's 'battlehip grey', ugly and unstylish. If you are buying a trench for actual weather protection, buy one of regular length.
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post #6 of 20
6/20/11 at 4:07am
It is the authentic Burberry Prorsum label. The "Prorsum" is listed on the flag the knight is carrying.
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post #7 of 20
6/20/11 at 4:08am
not prorsum
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post #8 of 20
6/20/11 at 7:12am
The tag looks old...to the point where it comes from an era where there might not have been a distinction between lines such as prorsum, london, brit, etc...
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post #9 of 20
6/20/11 at 10:47pm
It is an older Prorsum label, but not too old. Maybe several years at most. The Prorsum range has gone through several different label changes.
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post #10 of 20
6/20/11 at 10:55pm
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So we have a 50/50 mix of people who this it's real Prorsum... does anyone have a label history of the Prorsum? Thanks
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post #11 of 20
6/20/11 at 11:21pm
prorsum labels generally look like this:
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post #12 of 20
6/21/11 at 12:38am
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Originally Posted by billsayers View Post
It is the authentic Burberry Prorsum label. The "Prorsum" is listed on the flag the knight is carrying.

The Prorsum flag has always been the signature of the charging knight logo. See vintage label below, clearly before Prorsum was a diffusion line:



"Prorsum" simply means "forward" in Latin. First developed in 1901, their charging knight logo was used to represent how the brand continues to advance (though its original intention was to be used as a representation of their advancements in garment technology: see their jackets being used in WW1, the Arctic Circle, etc).

Today, "Prorsum" is used as a device to demonstrate a line that is fashion forward. It is the more cutting edge and fashion sensitive offering. This logo might belong to an older Prorsum garment, but as hrb stated, their most recent garments clearly state "Prorsum" below Burberry on the tags (where London, Golf and Brit stand on those diffusions, respectively).
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post #13 of 20
6/21/11 at 1:45am
that's definitely prorsum, if it is the london one, it will say BURBERRY LONDON and in beige not in black
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post #14 of 20
6/21/11 at 2:40am
You might also want to check the words on the buttons. The button normally says, burberry prorsum, london, etc. (at least the newer garments does this).
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post #15 of 20
6/21/11 at 2:40am
If it was prorsum it would say "prorsom" on the label AS WELL AS on the flag of the horse. You will find the term Prorsom on EVERY logo which contains the charging knight large enough.
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