About Barbour
John Barbour opened in South Shields, England, in 1894, selling oilcloth to the seamen, dock workers and shipyard hands on the Tyne. The company is still family-owned and still based there. The waxed cotton jacket is what made the name, and it is the jacket people still come in for: it shrugs off rain and wind and gets better with every year you wear it.
Beyond the wax, Barbour makes quilted jackets for drier cold days and lighter layers for spring. Barbour's own factory in South Shields still repairs and rewaxes jackets sent back to it, which is a big part of why so many of them last twenty years.
At Mr. Derk, Barbour is a jacket we sell every season. The Classic Bedale and Classic Beaufort are still made in England. The history, the fits and the jackets we carry are all in our feature: Barbour Jackets in Canada: Waxed & Quilted Icons at Mr. Derk.
Not sure of your size? Barbour sizes the Bedale and Beaufort by chest in inches and the Ashby and Powell by letter, and the Transport runs a size big. It is all laid out on our Barbour size guide.
