Supreme x Burberry Rugby
Supreme vs. Original
Supreme version
Original — Burberry
Icon Stripe Rugby
About the original
The Burberry Rugby is a long-sleeve cotton jersey shirt with the house Icon Stripe running horizontally across the body and sleeves, a contrasting white twill rugby collar, and the Equestrian Knight Device embroidered at the chest above a Burberry wordmark. Burberry was founded in 1856 by Thomas Burberry in Basingstoke, England, and patented gabardine in 1879; the Icon Stripe (formerly called the Burberry Check) dates to the 1920s as a lining for the Tielocken trench coat. The Supreme collab applies Burberry's archive stripe pattern to the house rugby silhouette in five colorways and is specific to the SS22 collaboration. It retailed at $168.
About Burberry
Burberry is a British fashion house founded in 1856 by 21-year-old Thomas Burberry in Basingstoke, Hampshire. In 1879 Burberry invented gabardine, a breathable, water-resistant fabric woven from waterproofed yarn and patented in 1888. The company supplied outerwear to polar explorers including Fridtjof Nansen and Ernest Shackleton, and developed the trench coat for British officers in World War I. The Burberry check, introduced as a coat lining in the 1920s, became one of the most recognized patterns in fashion. The label remains publicly listed on the London Stock Exchange. Supreme collaborated with Burberry on a full collection in 2022.
