Harrington jacket
The Harrington jacket is a robust, waterproof and windproof blouson with a stand-up collar and an inner lining with a Fraser tartan pattern . The jacket was created by John Miller as the owner of the “Baracuta” textile factory in December 1937 in Manchester. He called this jacket "G9".
The name Harrington jacket only came into being in the mid-1960s, when the character "Rodney Harrington" played by Ryan O'Neal wore the jacket "G9" on the popular soap "Peyton Place". The coining of the term is, probably through the first public mention, ascribed to the actor John Simons .
The "G9" was and is particularly popular with rockabillys , mods , skinheads , punks , hooligans and other subcultures.
Today the "G9" blouson is one of the most copied items of clothing in the world. The original Baracuta “G9” is now produced in around a dozen different colors and costs around 350 euros.