The Wax Jacket: How Barbour Dressed a Nation of Riders
In 1894, a man in South Shields began waterproofing cotton for fishermen. A century later, his jackets would be worn by the Queen, Steve McQueen, and every horseman in Britain.
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The postwar silhouette of the original Classic, carried by the smoothest parallel twin Enfield has ever built.
Read the Full Story →In 1894, a man in South Shields began waterproofing cotton for fishermen. A century later, his jackets would be worn by the Queen, Steve McQueen, and every horseman in Britain.
A metal loop hanging from a saddle. It doesn't look like much. But the stirrup created knights, built empires, and changed the course of human civilisation.
In 1950s London, young riders raced from café to café before a song ended on the jukebox. They stripped their bikes for speed — and accidentally invented a culture that never died.
It began as a pouch of oiled leather slung across a horse's back. Today it hangs from the shoulders of the world's most fashionable people — and its story runs through every saddle ever made.
Born on the polo fields of colonial India and perfected on the tennis courts of France, the polo shirt is the rare garment that conquered both the stable and the street.
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