The Harrington goes along with the idea that a Harrington should be a plain and simple jacket — about waist length and about yay casual — but all the while goes about the brief in an entirely not-plain and not-simple way, being assembled with more carefully connected pieces than a world championship jigsaw.
The jacket has a standard collar which encircles the neck and is open from the body at the front so it hangs a little looser, looks a little less ecclesiastical, than it perhaps otherwise would, and it fastens with a single button.
There's a pocket under there. Not only does the storm flap on the Harrington go around the front as well as the more standard back, but it hides completely a horizontal pocket on the left side as worn, which is a good size for a wallet, say, and in its obscurity is the scourge of cutpurses across the seven seas.
There are two more pockets on the front of the Harrington — certainly more visible than the hidden one at the chest, but still not completely exposed to the elements. Indeed, the storm flap across the front of the jacket serves as a handy quasi-umbrella for hands when they're submerged into these neat little handrests.
The cuffs and hem of the Harrington are elasticated, pulling the cloth together for a pleasingly ruched appearance, and gripping the wrist and waist, respectively, in a supportive but unobtrusive manner.
The Harrington has a front of six buttons, four of which slot into a neatly constructed fly panel when the jacket is fastened, hidden from view, and thus leaving just the very top and bottom ones visible. They're horn, all these buttons, natural, only slightly polished, and each utterly unique from one to the next.
The Harrington features a two-piece raglan sleeve: arguably the most traditional sleeve for a such a jacket. The top side is a single panel, but a strip along the under arm helps bring shape and balance. On the body the sleeve has plenty of room around the bicep, and tapers to a neat, snug forearm.
The jacket has an in-breast pocket — an internal chest pocket, that is, of the jetted variety — on both the left and right sides.
The Harrington is fully lined — both the back of the body and the sleeves — with a slinky satin, making donning and undonning it a breeze, and helping to reduce friction with whatever is worn underneath.
Crisp, light cotton from Scotland, this, with a water-repellent finish. It has a very high number of fine threads per inch, so is smoother, stronger, and, crucially in this case, better in the rain than your average cotton. It is highly breathable, too, and is highly adept at wicking moisture away from the body.
