Harrington jacket

A Harrington jacket is a type of minute, lightweight jacket, made of cotton, polyester, wool or suede — usually with a tartan or check-patterned lining.

The initial Harrington-style jackets were made by British clothing company, Barracuda, in the 1930s; the company is still making the same model, the G9. This style of jacket got the nickname Harrington because it was worn by the personality Rodney Harrington in the 1960s television program Peyton Place; John Simmons, who opened 'The Ivy Shop', Richmond, London, claims to have coined this explanation.