Solovair is a brand of British-made boots and footwear, produced by NPS Shoes Ltd., which was established in 1881. The NPS factory is based in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, an area known for its shoe industry. NPS shoes are known for their Goodyear welt technology and use it in all their shoe production. This particular technique is needed to fix the Solovair sole onto “Soft Sole Suspension” boots…

The first Harrington-style jackets were made in the 1930s.   The jacket got the nickname “Harrington” from a character in the 1960s prime time soap opera, Peyton Place. The character in question, Rodney Harrington (played by Ryan O’Neal), is often depicted in a Harrington jacket. Steve McQueen and Frank Sinatra were photographed wearing Harrington-style jackets in films and their personal lives.   The jacket became fashionable…

A Donkey Jacket is a medium-length work wear jacket for men, typically made of unlined black or dark blue thick Melton woolen material, with the shoulders back and front reinforced and protected from rain with leather or PVC panels. In 1888 George Key designed a new type of coat made of a hard-wearing material developed for those who were working on the construction of the Manchester…