AQG has nailed something here which is the baggage attached to Barbour varies considerably depending on what circles one runs in.

I can understand some vitriol over city-types doing the T&C thing or over-priced Japanese editions that add nothing but price. Even this is divided too, however.

However, aren't we throwing out the baby with the bath-water? They're still nice jackets. I love mine (my feelings are perhaps directly proportionate to the fact I can keep whatever magazine or book I'm reading in that back-pocket). I agree that the standard "heavy duty" arguments ring false too for those of us who live in the city, but they're still nice. I just can't see me reacting so much to what j'offs in the blogosphere are doing that I would stop wearing a jacket that I liked when I got it and still like now.

Last edited by Decline & Fall (2009-01-23 13:08:10)

Out here in the provinces we are more likely to see an oilskin than a Barbour: http://www.oilskin.com/coat.html