Suddenly, somehow, and all at the same time everyone started Barn Jacketsso -called Duck Boots And to wear classic outdoor workwear. It happens on the street and on the catwalks – and even more in the world of super -fast and exciting fashion collaborations. In recent months we have seen collaborations such as Ganni x Barbour,, ” Proenza Schouler x Sorel and Tibi x Llbeaneach creating a modernized version of iconic American classics.
You can’t get around this fashion trend in 2025
The trend started in the Spring of 2024and since then it has become impossible not to see the icons of classic work clothes, such as the Barn Jacket, with a high-fashion edge, as we saw it on the catwalks of Prada,, ” The Row,, ” Miu Miu,, ” Toteme,, ” Burberry and Loewe. Walk through any street New York And you most likely see someone who now wears a copy in combination with jeans-unless they wear a few utilitarian denim overall or a Carhartt jacket instead.
It is undoubtedly a complicated time worldwide, and perhaps it is the real, sober aesthetics of something that is so casual and practical, that explains the rise of the Barn Jacket and his other farm-inspired ‘family members’. The future is uncertain (if not gloomy), and wearing something that is strong, sturdy and comfortable, radiates comfort and convenience.
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Prada shows their version of the Barn Jacket in the spring/summer 2024 collection.
The Proenza Schouler x Sorel Schoenen debuted during the spring/summer 2025 show of the New York brand.
The fashion trend is a favorite at Royals
Interesting is that the Barn Jacket is a casual piece of clothing that is deeply rooted in radiating class. Originally it started as a workwear piece in 19th-century Europe, before American brands such as Carhartt and Llbean Their own versions created at the beginning of the 20th century. At that time they were designed for workers And they were therefore strongly associated with the working class. Only in the 1980s, then royals as Princess Diana and Queen Elizabeth The garment started to wear, the status changed. Both wore it to different outings, including holidays in the countryside. The jacket was then seen as a piece of clothing for leisure time – a conscious choice to wear work clothes, instead of wearing it out of necessity. Queen Elizabeth wore her Barbour Beaufort (first released in 1982) for decades.
“It’s almost like we want to wear clothing that expresses a very individualized version of ourselves,” says Patricia Mearsdeputy director of the museum on the Fashion Institute of Technology. “Sometimes you have to get into a role or wear clothes that may not necessarily have anything to do with what you do every day. Many people in New York, I don’t know if they’ve ever been in a shed, let alone in one have worked, but they are going to wear the Barn Jacket. The Barn Jacket, the Duck Boots or other work clothes on a person who does not work for real work, worn in a fashion context or as Princess Diana or Queen Elizabeth ever did, go hand in hand with some of the most glorious fashion-aesthetic movements we have seen this year, like ‘Old Money‘, For example, or even’Clean Girlor ‘or’gorpcore. ”
There is no doubt that the latest obsession in fashion also has everything to do with nostalgia. April Hennigdirector of merchandising and marketing at Moda Operandiis currently longing for the Barn Jackets from Brandon Maxwellpartly because of her own upbringing. “I grew up in Woodstock, Vermont, and that is the world of Llbean clothing. I always tend to embrace things such as a Birkenstock or UGG moment-or a Barn Jacket,” she says. “It is comfortable and practical, but it is a mix of the English countryside and also just nostalgic 90s. One of my favorite Barn Jackets was made by Pradabut now it is being done at such accessible price levels, it is a trend that everyone can embrace. ”
Work clothing is suddenly stylish
It makes sense that work clothing brands expand to fashion – if people want it, why not? Without coincidence it also coincides with the 100-year anniversary of LLBean’s iconic Field Coat. The brands that embraced these styles first do it best, so much so that fashion cannot help but respond to the spirit of the times via collaborations. “My husband is actually a farmer,” says Mears. “He said he really feels that he sees the appropriation of these companies that are increasingly focusing on a fashionable clientele.”
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The cooperation between Barbour and Ganni strongly leans on the world of equestrian sport.
Ditte Reffstrupcreative director of Ganniwanted to combine the easy and practical Danish style with the inherent British aesthetics of Barbour when she decided to create the Ganni x Barbour collaboration. “I think it is wonderful to balance the British and Danish heritage, which reflects an interaction between Barbour’s classic, functional outdoor clothing – think of waxed cotton,, ” Tartans and Utilitarian silhouettes – And Gannis playful,, ” female accents Such as the characteristic Peter Pan collars, daring buckles and striking leopard print details, “she says. Mears adds:” The interesting thing is that you can see a wide range of people wearing this type of clothing, but you can really see who the Authentic carriers are, the one who goes into the milking parlor to work versus the one who goes to the local coffee shop because they are on vacation from Brooklyn, “she says.
One thing that everyone can agree on, whether it is on a catwalk or in a real shed: we all long for comfortand if a single jacket or boot can offer that, there is no reason not to wear it everywhere.
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Barbour x Ganni
Barbour x Ganni
Proenza Schouler x Sorel
Proenza Schouler x Sorel
