Yep, identical to mine...

These were the High Street Harringtons always with the Royal Stewart tartan lining inspired by John Simons' championing of the Baracuta (which most ordinary kids couldn't afford) which you would see EVERYWHERE in the 70's.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/Royal_stewart.jpg

They brought The Look to a playground or Football terrace near you.

I remember the Black ones as being the most popular, but that probably isn't to be trusted as I moved in all the wrong circles & would only see these jackets when out & about on kids in places like Oxford Street.

Whatever their quality (And you can be too much of a snob about these things - It's only a lightweight casual zipper jacket after all), these copies of the G9 had the style in spades and made that whole Ivy/American thing available to everyone who wanted it along with Ben Sherman button-downs, copies of Levis Sta-Prest & Loakes loafers.

Probably all this is the most democratic that "The American Look" ever got.

A classic style open to all and all about presenting yourself smartly & having fun.

They were entry level items maybe, but their styling was almost perfect.
They had The Look which was what mattered most.

Ahhhhh - Mr. Bragg: Saw him in London not too long ago heading towards Marylebone High Street with a chum carrying his guitar case. He's taller than I thought and wore a very nice Blue soft-shouldered unconstructed cotton jacket with a polo shirt underneath. He looked good.

I like "The Man In The Iron Mask" best from "Life's a riot..."

His Blue jacket was probably darted (I didn't stop & stare), but it was very like the unstructured Blue jacket currently being offered by Press.

'Artisan' jackets Boden used to call them. Using the true meaning of the word.

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