Barbour Jacket

Manufactured by world renowned Barbour, the Barbour mates a waterproof Gore-Tex substrate with the warmest quilted liner in the business for a coziness that even Spanish fog and six-degree morning frost couldn’t permeate.

Said Gore-Tex is the company’s TriTex variety, which essentially means the rainproof layer is stitched between the outer leather layer and Barbour’s traditional inner liner. It means you get stylish and abrasion resistant leather on the outside without having to resort to a rainsuit when the weather turns foul. Zip in the, again stylish, liner and even the chill of a full force wintry gale might not be enough to overwhelm the Barbour. The only downside I can think of is that the outer leather might, if it rained hard enough, get soaked and weighed down by water. As inconvenient as that may be, it’s a whole bunch better than being wet and cold.

The Barbour jacket has more quality details. There’s a couple of waterproof pockets, the lining itself has inner pockets so its increased warmth doesn’t mean a lack of stowage, and the armour — including back protector which is, for once, supplied in the jacket’s base price — is high-quality D3O stuff.

The Barbour is an amazingly versatile jacket. Its leather is crash worthy, the D30 armour is certainly amply protective and the Barbour is an all-weather jacket. The coupe de grace is that the Barbour is more than stylish enough to be worn as a regular garment.