Barbour (textiles)
| J. Barbour and Sons | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Private |
| founding | 1894 (South Shields, England) |
| Seat | Simonside, South Shields, England |
| Branch | Textile industry |
| Website | barbour.com |
When it comes to textiles, Barbour refers to the products of J. Barbour & Sons , a manufacturer of wax jackets .
History of the Barbour Company
The company was founded in South Shields , Great Britain in 1894 . The company's founder John Barbour (* 1849, † 1918) grew up in Galloway in the south-west of Scotland . His family can be traced back to the 14th century. At the age of twenty he moved to the north-east of England, where he first became a traveling salesman for fabrics. Barbour married his childhood sweetheart Margaret Haining and had ten children. Barbour meanwhile produced oilskins in South Shields for sailors, fishermen and dock workers, which his son Malcolm Barbour continued.
During the colonial era, the company exported goods to the British colonies . In the two world wars, the company supplied the army and navy. Barbour offers an alteration, refurbishment and repair service. In addition to traditional wax jackets, the company also produces quilted jackets , duffle coats , sweaters, socks and accessories.
The Barbour company is purveyor to the court of the British royal family and is therefore allowed to use its coat of arms on the label.
After Barbour wanted to reposition itself on the market in 2008, the production facility in Galashiels, Scotland, was closed. Part of the product range is now manufactured in Portugal, Bulgaria and Turkey.
use
The British aristocracy originally wore barbour jackets when hunting, and eventually also in the city. Therefore they got a certain prestige value , even if they do not necessarily correspond to the respective fashion . Princess Diana wore Barbour jackets in the 1980s. In 2006 Lily Allen and the Arctic Monkeys wore Barbour jackets at Glastonbury .
Web links
- Barbour website - German website of Barbour
- Barbour: Celebrating 120 Years - Story of Barbour
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barbour is born again. In: independetnt.co.uk. The Independent, 2008, accessed March 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Barbour opens training academy . In: BBC News . BBC, London 2012 ( bbc.com ).
- ↑ a b Jennifer Wiebking: Helen Barbour in conversation: "Copies of our jacket don't bother me" . In: FAZ Magazin . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt a. M. November 16, 2014, p. 25 ( faz.net ).