Autumn showers? Barbour and CP Firm have gotten you coated
Famed for its water resistant wax jackets, which have been worn by everybody from Kate Moss and Alexa Chung to Prince Charles, and even obtained a Supreme makeover final yr, 127-year-old Barbour has lengthy stood because the British purveyor of outerwear. The Italian equal is CP Firm, which celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this yr and, since 1971, has stood as one of the crucial modern labels on the planet, specialising in garment-dyed outerwear. Generally seen as rivals within the area of wet-weather gear, Barbour and CP Firm have, surprisingly, hooked as much as produce a one-of-a-kind collaborative assortment.
Out there to buy now, the drop takes inspiration from CP Firm founder Massimo Osti's private Barbour Solway jacket. The Solway was launched within the Sixties and later turned one of many jackets Osti caught on his moodboard when it got here to designing his label's signature Mille “goggle” jacket (, the one with blacked-out lenses within the hood). With that in thoughts, the respective design groups determined {that a} merging of the 2 jackets would make sense.
The Mille and the Solway have been mixed to create two additional jackets: the Barbour Mille and the Barbour 500 Miglia. The primary comes with Barbour's basic wax coating in olive and tan, and options three bellows pockets, consistent with these historically used on CP Firm's outerwear.
The second jacket, the Miglia, has additionally been crafted from water-repellent wax cotton, however is shorter in size and comes with 4 pockets. Every product options Barbour's basic corduroy collar, Osti's iconic goggles embedded within the hood and twin branding on the wrist. Take into account them the holy grail of outerwear.
That's not all. There's additionally a black hoodie up for grabs, which carries an unique print depicting two members of the British military in Barbour jackets, created by CP Firm's in-house design group. Elsewhere, there are these olive and charcoal trapper hats generally seen in Barbour's collections, which now carry Osti's signature goggles, whereas there's an elegant, 100 per cent waxed (obvs) cotton army rucksack on supply, too.
Ian Bergin, director of menswear, footwear and equipment at Barbour, stated of the partnership, “CP Firm is famend for its technical and modern sportswear, and practicality may be very a lot on the coronary heart of every little thing we do right here at Barbour, so engaged on designs collectively was very pure.”
Paul Harvey, head of design at CP Firm, stated, “The items actually designed themselves, so shut was the bond between early Italian sportswear and what Barbour had been doing at the moment. I feel either side knew nearly routinely what the items would appear to be and that unique thought merely by no means modified. A symbiosis perfetto."
Out there now at barbour.com and 50.cpcompany.com
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