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Barbour vs Belstaff

Two British waxed-cotton outerwear houses: Barbour cuts a roomy country jacket at mid-high prices, Belstaff a slim motorcycling silhouette at a higher tier.

BarbourSouth Shields · $$$

Choose Barbour for relaxed waxed field jackets — Bedale, Beaufort, quilted Liddesdale — plus re-waxing and repairs.

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BelstaffStoke-on-Trent · $$$$

Choose Belstaff if you want the body-hugging Trialmaster biker cut, leather jackets and a higher price.

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At a glance

	Barbour	Belstaff
Origin	South Shields, United Kingdom	Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Founded	1894	1924
Price	$$$	$$$$
Made in	United Kingdom & China	Europe & Asia
On sale now	29 discounted	4 discounted
Retailers tracked	4	2

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Style comparison

Minimalist / Contemporary

BarbourBelstaff

Urban prep / Ivy

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Gorpcore / Outdoor

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Positions come from how strongly each brand is tagged to a style across its range — directional, and only the axes that separate them are drawn.

How the fits differ

Barbour

runs small

Barbour waxed jackets are widely reported to fit fairly trim through the chest, so many buyers size up to allow room for the mid-layers the jackets are designed for.

Belstaff

runs small

Belstaff is widely described as cutting slim on an Italian/European block, so the labelled size tends to feel a size smaller than equivalent US or high-street pieces, with waxed jackets loosening only slightly with wear.

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