Searching for generic images for a U/X personas project, I happened upon the Exactitudes project featuring typologies of people who wear similar uniforms. My fave typology from Exactitudes is the one featuring a group identified as “farmcore.” From afar, the only thing that seems to identify someone as farmcore is wearing a Barbour jacket. Things that …
Tag: Barbour for women
Archival Keeperwear
Shopping from 2001: Barbour Keeperwear Jacket I don’t hunt but I love the purpose-built features of a well made shooting jacket. Juliette, owner of Hub & Bespoke, recommends the Barbour quilted nylon Keeperwear, a jacket that has been in the Barbour product line for over a decade. The Keeperwear resembles the classic Liddesdale but comes …
Shopping from the past: Barbour jackets
Aspirational layering (zippers, webbing, waxed cotton and wool) For a little winter cheer, I’m reprinting pages from my favorite Barbour print catalog from the early 1990s. Compared to current offerings, the catalog presents a minimalist collection of jackets. Each has a specific, distinctive feature making it unique to the line. Once you memorize this catalog …
STP Salvage: Barbour and John Partridge
Archival clothing excavations from Sierra Trading Post (discontinued and close-out items soon to be disappearing from view). Wool Donegal Sweater Keeperwear Quilt Jacket (for Women) New Classic Eskdale Jacket Newfoundland Quilt Vintage Wax Beaufort Linhope Shooting Vest (for Women) Barbour Beauchamp Waterproof Country Tweed Pullover John Partridge Linchfield Vest John Partridge Tuareg Hooded Jacket John …
Archival Salvage: Barbour Waxed Silk Jacket
Waxed Silk Utility Jacket One more submission to the archives, a Barbour waxed silk jacket on clearance at Country Attire.
Archival Salvage: Barbour for Women
Wool Cardigan New Hampshire Jacket Newhampton Jacket Newmarket Mac Jacket Beauchamp Hooded Jacket Newbury Coat A few discontinued, waxed cotton Barbour jackets (for women) salvaged from STP for inclusion in the permanent archives.