When I Buy the Farm, Bury Me in This Barn Jacket

I can say with just a touch more bass in my voice that the barn jacket is the outerwear piece of 2025. Ever since a 25-year-old Sid Mashburn—yes, that Sid Mashburn—designed J.Crew’s in the 1980s, the style has been an increasingly popular, if inoffensive, all-American staple. But this season, something shifted. From Prada and Loewe’s runway shows to L.L.Bean’s 100th anniversary relaunch, the jacket is everywhere. This is a good, overdue thing: Originally designed for farmers and