What irony! The barn coat is an expensive imitation of the $80, LL Bean field coat and the women's version of the Timberland barn coat, mentioned in the same breath as Hillary, is made in China.
when I think of Timberland I think of overpriced clothing made for yuppie outdoorsmen, but bought by urban chumps
I can’t believe that coat is being touted as some kind of Kerry trademark. W wore one in 2000 when he was in Crawford. He didn’t make a big deal of it, it was what you wore
I have worn those things in Texas for as long as I can remember, and I was born in 1947. We always called them range coats. They have been around forever.
The authentic ones are mostly made by Cardhart which makes a variety of clothing like over alls, pants, ect The best thing about them is the woven Indian blanket lining kind of like a saddle blanket. They are triple sewn, and held together with rivets. The coats are also water repellent, and heavy to wear. You will be dry, and you will be warm. They are worn by people who work outdoors in wet cold weather.
Some image consultant must of picked up on the fact W looked good in one when he was on his range, and of course tried to co-opt it for Ketchp.boy. I’m sure many of us in the west got a kick out of him wearing his with his $2500 cotton slacks with loafers.
The coat is made to be worn with jeans, boots, and probably with a cowboy hat, or maybe a stocking hat. I think I bought my last one about twenty years ago at Academy for about $50.00 bucks,
Kerry looked so out of place wearing on its no wonder they missed the boat.
Carhartt is made in the USA.