Menswear
British-Made Men's Parkas — Voted by the Community
This directory lists 9 brands that make men's parkas in the UK. They are most often based in Greater Manchester. Prices run from affordable to luxury. Ranked by community upvotes.
Yarmouth Oilskins
Yarmouth Oilskins is a British brand with over 120 years of heritage, designing and manufacturing quality workwear in Great Yarmouth.
- Heritage
- Nautical
- Workwear
- Heritage
- Nautical
- Workwear
SEAM JUNKIES
SEAM JUNKIES is an independent Stirling clothing label making handcrafted outerwear engineered in Scotland, mostly produced to order.
- Casual
- Outdoor
- Slow Fashion
Shop to visit- Casual
- Outdoor
- Slow Fashion
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KerrieALDO
KerrieALDO is a Dundee-based slow fashion brand crafting handcrafted garments from locally sourced materials.
- Contemporary
- Slow Fashion
- Contemporary
- Slow Fashion
B D Garments/Northern Style
Established in 2006, B D Garments is a Belfast based manufacturer specializing in marching band uniforms and regalia. Northern Style is our in house retro clothing brand inspired by 60s design
- Casual
- Classic
- Heritage
- Casual
- Classic
- Heritage
Community Clothing
Community Clothing is a British brand founded in 2016 by Patrick Grant. They produce affordable, high-quality, seasonless staples in the UK, supporting local factories and minimising waste.
- Casual
- Classic
- Ethical
- Casual
- Classic
- Ethical
Private White V.C.
Private White V.C. is a British clothing brand known for handcrafted outerwear and tailored garments made in their Manchester factory, preserving traditional craftsmanship.
- Classic
- Heritage
- Workwear
Factory shop- Classic
- Heritage
- Workwear
Grenfell
Grenfell is a British clothing brand founded in 1923, known for its signature Grenfell Cloth—a durable, windproof, and waterproof cotton fabric developed for extreme conditions and worn by explorers and pioneers.
- Classic
- Heritage
- Outdoor
- Classic
- Heritage
- Outdoor
- Joe and Co Denim
Joe and Co Denim
Joe and Co Denim is a British clothing brand specialising in sustainable raw Selvedge Denim Jeans and classic workwear, handcrafted in the North West of England.
- Casual
- Heritage
- Workwear
Shop to visit- Casual
- Heritage
- Workwear
Peregrine Clothing
Peregrine Clothing is a British brand founded in 1796, crafting outdoor clothing and accessories for over two centuries.
- Classic
- Country
- Heritage
- Classic
- Country
- Heritage
Shops run by brands that make men's parkas
3 of the 9 brands that make men's parkas have a shop you can visit in Sale, Salford and Stirling.
Sale
Salford
Private White V.C.factory shop
Stirling
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A Brief History of British Made Parkas
The word parka comes from the Nenets language of Arctic Russia and first appeared in English writing in 1625. In the Aleutian Islands it simply means 'animal skin'. Arctic peoples, including the Inuit, made hooded parkas from caribou or seal skin to survive extreme cold. The parka reached Western wardrobes largely through the military. The US Army standardised the M-48 fishtail parka in 1948 and first used the fishtail design in 1950, during the Korean War. The cheaper M-51 followed. The N-3B, with its deep 'snorkel' hood, was developed in the early 1950s for flight crews working in very cold regions. In Britain, the fishtail parka became a symbol of the mod subculture in the 1960s. Mods wore surplus parkas on their scooters because they were practical, cheap and easy to find in military surplus shops. Newspaper photographs of parka-clad mods fixed the coat in popular memory. British-made parkas today continue this practical tradition, built to keep out the wind, rain and cold of a British winter.