Collecting Barbour since 1993
WP People is a project that brings together faces, stories, places and leaders. The faces of clothing enthusiasts, friends, collectors, customers and colleagues who over the years have researched, collected, worn, worn out and mended the most iconic garments of the WP brands. Garments that are by definition out of fashion but continue to resist frenetic and fickle market trends by signalling a distinct style that unites many, many clothing enthusiasts in one big family.
Andrea Sbrana (@swellmobofflorence) has always been a vintage collector and a lover of WP brands. The Barbour Bedale jacket he’s wearing has a very specific story that Andrea wants to share with us in his favourite Florence pub.
In August 1993, he came to England and Scotland for a holiday he had long dreamed of, being a huge fan of English football, pubs and brands. Wandering around the various floors of Harrods in search of the hunting and fishing department, Andrea knew he’d found it once he’d caught a scent of that unmistakable smell of jacket wax. But it was in Scotland that he decided to buy his first jacket, in Fort William – a small village on the Highland coast just under Ben Nevis. There, in a hunting and fishing store near the marina, he found a great assortment of stuff that was way cheaper than in London.
