A Harrington is the most useful jacket a man can own in the shoulder seasons, and the Royston is Barbour's version. Lightweight, shower-resistant polyamide, cut with a relaxed body, and short enough that it never reads as a coat.
Streamlined and understated: a two-way zip, zip-fastened welt pockets, and a soft needlecord inner collar that keeps the neck comfortable when the zip is up. Inside, a large-scale tartan buggy lining, which is the quiet nod to where the brand comes from.
Ours goes over a polo with chinos for a spring evening, and over an oxford with denim on a damp fall afternoon. It packs flat, which makes it the jacket that lives in the back of the car from April to October.