Barbour raises the design bar for autumn 11

Trawling the gems on offer in the LOCK hall at Bread & Butter I bumped into the owner of a much respected northern independent who let on that he had placed a £26,000 Barbour order for SS11 and had sold 80% of it before he boarded his flight to Berlin. That's 80% in less than a month and all this in a season which is clearly more challenging for a brand rooted in all-weather outerwear.Barbour is