Saturday, 2 June 2012

DAY 2: OUTWEAR - THE WAXED JACKET

THE WAXED JACKET!
Barbour: Yachting, Fishing, Driving, Boating, Walking, Shooting


The cover below is dated 1908, but it was not until 1980, that Barbour, still a family
company, came to be known internationally and its jackets attained iconic status!

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Barbour garments and the signature waxed-cotton fabric from which they were made, 
had provided some of the first motorcycle clothing in 1911 and launched the acclaimed
 International jacket, also for bikers, in 1936. It had created theUrsula four-weather suit 
for British submariners in the WW2, and it would laterbe known for its Cowan Commando
 style worn during the Falkland Islands conflict!Yet in its 1980 catalogue the jacket was
 being co-opted for a new country fashion!

Barbour's graphic identity has changed through the decades but a checked lining
has always been a characteristic of its jackets. 








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