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New cargo shorts, Mr. bin Laden?
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This photo from Afghanistan stopped me cold. Is the guy in the white cap wearing a Burberry scarf? Have they opened a little shop in downtown Kabul to compete with Louis Vuitton and others?
Okay, another possibility. Say the scarf is counterfeit, an occasional problem with this distinctive plaid. This still means designer stuff has made it to Afghanistan!
So, if he is ever captured, Osama bin Laden may be wearing the double breasted belted trench coat with epaulettes and, ironically, what Burberry calls a “gunflap.” He may be sporting their $240 cargo shorts, and a slathering of Burberry men’s aftershave, described as a “refined and elegant woody ambery fragrance…” It makes you think.
More Burberry news: Smuggling melons in a stocking cap?
Afghans travel in a bus as it rains in Kabul April 9, 2008. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
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I bet it’s a knock-off.
Absolutely, totally genuine Burberry scarf — just for you special price. I have coats, bags. You come to car.
For a moment I thought you were saying that Pete Doherty was in Afghanistan, which for some reason scared me. On behalf of whom I’m not sure.
I found my thrill on Burberry hill
Burberry, smurberry
How can someone be caught by the same people who provide his freedom?