The Modern Gentleman's Blog

Actor and car and motorcycle racer Steve McQueen is the focus of the eponymous line of Barbour clothing. They chose Steve McQueen because he was a fan of their International Jacket (seen left). You probably know something of his high-profile body of work–like Bullitt, The Getaway, and The Magnificent Seven, to name just a few–but we [...]

Long before street fashion started wafting upward like tendrils of heat from summer concrete, the nautical workwear of fishermen bubbled up from the murky waters of Brittany into the haute world of Coco Chanel. Jean-Paul Sartre‘s coterie brought the tee to the streets of St. Germain, and Lee Marvin is credited as the first actor [...]

Following a great response to its debut, Barbour has introduced a second season of the Steve McQueen collection. As one of the most famous wearers of the International jacket, McQueen was something of a brand ambassador before that term was in vogue. You can check out On The Fly’s selection of these vintage inspired goods [...]

We’ve heard it said that there are more dogs than kids in San Francisco. Clearly, some subset of the local pooch-owning population must be concerned about having their pet sartorially prepared for all situations. To those folks, we say this: consider the Barbour dog coat. You can get it in the same waxed cotton so [...]

For the second year in a row now, On The Fly will have a temporary "pop-up shop" open in 1 Embarcadero Center in San Francisco’s Financial District, right next door to our original store on the Street Level. It will feature leather goods from Mulholland, Martin Dingman, S.T. Dupont, Barbour, Dunhill (coming Tuesday), and maybe [...]

We assume most of our customers are already familiar with Barbour, the British outerwear company founded in 1894 in South Shields with two Royal Warrants to their name. Today, it is a fifth generation family owned business. Although it sources products from around the globe, Barbour’s classic wax jackets –their signature pieces with names like [...]