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Vintage Harrington Leather Jackets in the UK

A harrington is a short blouson defined by three things: a pointed shirt collar, a straight zip up the centre, and an elasticated or ribbed waistband that gathers the body at the hip. Many carry a check lining. The waistband is what makes the shape. It pulls the hem in so the body blouses slightly above it, and the jacket finishes at the waist rather than over the seat.

In leather the same pattern behaves differently from cotton, which is the argument for buying one used. A new leather harrington has too much stand in the collar and no shape in the body. A worn one has already done that work: the collar has relaxed until it lies flat on its own, the elbows have taken a bend, and the hide has softened where the arms meet the body. The honest trade-off is the waistband, because decades-old ribbed knit can carry some slack.

Why buy a harrington leather jacket from Sheffield G

  • Single garment, single size, no restock. When it sells, the page goes dark.
  • The head team rechecks every jacket by hand at our Doncaster office, then measures, grades, photographs, packs and posts it from there.
  • Five measurements on every listing, taken flat with a tape: chest pit to pit, shoulder, sleeve, length and waist. The vintage label is ignored.
  • One grade only, Very Good: sound structure, hardware that works, sound lining, professionally cleaned and conditioned, and photographed with nothing edited to hide wear.

Mens harrington jacket

A mens harrington should finish at the hip with the waistband sitting on your waist, not below it. If the band drops onto the seat, the jacket has been sized up too far and the blouson shape collapses. Sleeves want to end at the wrist bone. There is no room in this cut for a thick jumper, so size it over a shirt or a fine knit.

Leather harrington jacket or leather bomber jacket

The two cuts are close, and the collar is the quickest way to separate them: a harrington has a pointed shirt collar, a bomber has a knitted or banded one. The harrington waistband is usually flatter and finer, so it sits closer at the hip, while a bomber rib is deeper and gives the body a rounder line. If the rounder shape is what you want, start on the leather bomber jackets.

Black and brown leather harrington jackets

Colour changes how formal this cut reads. Black keeps a leather harrington closest to a smart jacket, which is the version most people picture. Brown pushes it the other way, and worn brown is never one flat colour: the collar fold and the edge above the waistband lift lighter than the panels around them, the surest sign a jacket has been worn rather than stored. Both are worth comparing across the black leather jackets and the brown leather jackets.

How to get the size right

The label in a vintage harrington tells you nothing useful, so ignore it. Pit to pit is measured across the closed jacket, which means you double it to get the chest measured around. Twenty inches flat is a 40 inch chest, and that number, not the label, is what to shop against.

Size letters are worked out from the same figure: 17 inches or under is XS, 18 to 19 is S, 20 to 21 is M, 22 to 23 is L, 24 to 25 is XL, and 26 or more is XXL. On a harrington the waist measurement deserves a second look, because the elastic can sit tighter than the chest suggests. Compare both against a jacket you already own, laid flat and measured the same way. Full method in how to measure a leather jacket. Leather moulds with wear but never gains inches across the chest.

Browse the harrington jackets

Everything on this page is one of one in a single size, and the rail turns over constantly, so a harrington that matches your measurements today may not be here next week. UK delivery is free and orders are dispatched within 3 business days. Message us if you want a second opinion on fit.

Questions, answered

A harrington is a short blouson with a pointed shirt collar, a straight zip up the centre and a waistband gathered on elastic so the body sits close at the hip. The style was built around cotton, but leather changes how it ages. A leather harrington wears in rather than out, the collar softens until it lies flat on its own, and the body takes on shape at the shoulders and elbows instead of thinning.

A mens harrington jacket should finish at the hip, with the elasticated waistband holding the body close rather than hanging loose. Ignore the vintage label. Every jacket here is measured flat, and doubling the pit to pit figure gives you the chest, so 22 inches flat is a 44 inch chest. Respect the shoulder measurement most, because leather will not settle like cloth if the shoulders are wrong. The full method is in how to measure a leather jacket.

A leather harrington softens with wear, and the collar shows it first. The pointed collar starts with some stand and relaxes over time until it lies flat on its own. The elasticated waistband holds the body close at the hip, so the leather above it takes on a slight blouson shape as the jacket breaks in. High-wear points such as the cuffs and the back pick up softening and a little shine, which is the jacket wearing in rather than out.

On a vintage harrington, check the zip, the elastic waistband and the collar, because those are the parts that show their age first. On every jacket we list, the centre zip runs freely and any broken hardware has been replaced. Torn linings are replaced too, and each jacket is graded Very Good, then photographed in flat light, front, back, collar and lining, with nothing edited to hide wear. Each one is a single garment in one size, so check the measurements against a jacket you already own.