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| James Dean in his red Harrington jacket |
The history of the Baracuta G9: a legendary item that has greatly impacted menswear. Iconic is one of the most inflated words in the contemporary fashion system. A garment, a collection or a designer is hastily defined as iconic, without paying attention to the meaning of the term. Following the dictionary, this adjective "describes something or someone that is considered symbolic", in other words, an iconic object is able to represent and summarize in itself the cultural and social context that produced it. So sticking to this definition, it is difficult to find a more iconic menswear item of the Baracuta G9, also known as the Harrington Jacket.
From the American Ivy League college boys of the '50s to the Hollywood stars, through to British Mods, punks and skinheads, the Harrington Jacket was the uniform of elegance, rebellion, style and freedom without changing any of its design in more than 80 years. Making the Harrington Jacket an icon not just for the characters who wore it - it does not matter if the list includes Steve McQueen, Joe Strummer, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and half of the London subcultures - but its very nature as a symbolic object of change in men's fashion and reflection of social and cultural changes.
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