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Bonfire of the vanities: Why Burberry's admission it burns unsold stock might just help the fashion industry
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![designboom on Twitter: "burberry burns bags, clothes and perfume worth £28 million to stop it being sold cheaply https://t.co/lNuET5OzSm https://t.co/xj4HegRRRl" / Twitter designboom on Twitter: "burberry burns bags, clothes and perfume worth £28 million to stop it being sold cheaply https://t.co/lNuET5OzSm https://t.co/xj4HegRRRl" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dii3Y8JX0AEHqrh.jpg)
designboom on Twitter: "burberry burns bags, clothes and perfume worth £28 million to stop it being sold cheaply https://t.co/lNuET5OzSm https://t.co/xj4HegRRRl" / Twitter
![Burberry BURNED £28m of clothes last year 'amid claims luxury brands destroy clothes in bid to stop wrong people buying their range' | The Sun Burberry BURNED £28m of clothes last year 'amid claims luxury brands destroy clothes in bid to stop wrong people buying their range' | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DD-COMPOSITE-DANNI-NEW.jpg?strip=all&quality=100&w=750&h=500&crop=1)