![]() ![]() It was the perfect prep garment, not informal yet still sporty. In the 1950s, Baracuta began exporting its products to the United States and the G9 was picked up by the students of Ivy League colleges and soon became a staple of the preppy look. The Harrington jacket was at that time called the G9. This was reinforced by the fact that in 1938, the Fraser Clan chief, the 24th Lord Lovat, gave John Miller his permission to use the Fraser Tartan for the lining. Golf was at that time was the exclusive preserve of the wealthy and upper classes, and thus the Harrington jacket benefited from its association with the sport and came to be regarded as an object of aspiration and upward mobility. Based on that, it seems impossible to prove who actually invented it first, unless archival pictures of garments with dates are revealed. The name was popularised by John Simons, the menswear retailer who is credited with bringing the Ivy League look to London. Unfortunately, the name “Harrington jacket” didn’t evolve until 1964 after a Baracuta G9 was worn by the actor Ryan O’Neal while essaying the role of Rodney Harrington in the TV series Peyton Place. At the same time, the English company Grenfell claims they made that very same style of jacket in the early 1930’s. Most sources state that the Harrington jacket was first designed in England in the year 1937 by John and Isaac Miller, the founders of Baracuta, in Manchester. This unique design feature was inspired by the umbrella.
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