Good observation.

They're fine Coats/Jackets if you like them, but I don't think they need the pretend 'Trad' meaning.

Last edited by Jack_The_Lad (2007-11-25 10:57:44)

I like `em - but see no exclusivity in them never have-Grandfather had the most batttered -torn - ripped -patched and repaired- jacket I ever saw-and somehow looked perfect because of it-barbour wax jackets-are not at their best until the cuffs are frayed - the wax is dried and 3 or 4 rips and holes have been repaired.

I have never understood the desire to wear such a jacket with a suit- other than perhaps an estate tweed- I can`t help but have a little smile to myself - when I read the other forum - and someone asks should I get the Beaufort or Bedale - I intend to wear the jacket with my business suit and will require the additional length to cover my suit jacket.

I wonder what my point was here?

... That Barbour isn't and has never been 'Ivy League' in the real meaning of the term and so their appearance on the Andy'Trad' forum seems odd to me?

... They are Anglo Trad (very different to AmTrad), but even then they were very low-key until 'Sloane Ranger' gave them such a big boost.

... I suppose again I'm just asking what is 'Trad'?

... Is an English jacket popularised by a journalistic work of satire a part of any real sort of American tradition?

Only an American can tell me.

j.