Stylish outdoor wear. 1849 a farm in Galloway where John Barbour was born. Barbour left Scotland and started his first shop in South Shields. The main focus of Barbour was the designs that he made. Barbour knew his market well, Tyneside’s ship builders, fishermen, river and rock workers, all these professions needed durable clothing, a distinct sense of style was being achieved by Barbour.
So good were the Barbour jackets that the military asked him for production making waterproof jackets during World War 2.
While the styling evolves to meet new tastes the Sylkoil from 1910 is still the basics of most Barbour jackets. Stuarts London is a proud stockist of Barbour and is an Official Online partner. Barbour Machinist is trained for a year before they are qualified to a make a Barbour jacket. Each jacket takes up to 15,000 stitches. Barbour International is a great jacket which has hit the fashion scene by storm and made waves in the music industry. Signature jackets like the Beaufort have become a trademark design and drive a high part of the Barbour sales.
The full collection of Barbour will be available from winter 2009.