The Liddesdale is Barbour's other icon. Where the Bedale wears the heritage on its sleeve with wax and tartan and studs, the Liddesdale does the same job in a quieter register. A box-quilted layering jacket that turned thirty a few seasons ago and has been a bestseller for thirty of those years running. Every Barbour customer eventually owns one.
This is the Icons Heritage version, cut a little cleaner than the original and built with recycled fabrics to hit Barbour's Icons Re-Engineered spec. Classic box quilting through the body, a soft eight-wale corduroy collar, and the Original Classic Tartan lining behind the zip. Stud front closure, two patch pockets set at the hip, subtle Barbour embroidery on the chest, double vent at the back for a bit of ease over a knit.
Sage sits on the deeper, greyer end of Barbour's olive family. Warmer than pine, cooler than moss, quiet next to a wax Beaufort and clean under a topcoat. Pair it with a Florcombe cardigan and cords for a country weekend, or over an oxford and denim for a proper shoulder-season city jacket.
Quilted jackets do their best work as layering pieces rather than winter jackets. This one runs warm to around plus five Celsius with a knit underneath, and comfortably below zero once it zips into a compatible waxed shell. Interactive zip system, the Barbour customer's endgame.