END. – still celebrating its twentieth anniversary – has embarked on a new project that brings together two seemingly distant worlds: Barbour’s heritage and Harlem’s chaotic, rebellious, creative energy. Bridging the gap is Shaun Crawford, a multidisciplinary artist raised in graffiti-soaked 1990s New York, who took one of the British brand’s most iconic pieces, the Solway Jacket, and transformed it into a one-of-a-kind work.
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Over the years, Crawford has built an artistic practice that mixes painting, sculpture, embroidery, dyeing, and textile experimentation. His industrial inks “DOEMDIRTY” and cold-dye techniques have become the signature of a language that speaks of permanence and impermanence at once—just like graffiti on city walls. After collaborations with Supreme and Arc’teryx, his approach finds a natural expression in Solway Re-Loved, a project that invites us to rethink an iconic archive without betraying its memory.
For this collaboration, Crawford immersed himself in Barbour’s historic South Shields factory, transforming the Solway in just three days into a garment that blends tradition and rebellion. The result is a jacket with leather panels inspired by vintage track tops, a faux ocelot collar and hood that unleash punk energy, and hardware details that break up the silhouette with a contemporary edge. “The Solway is a classic, but I wanted to flip it and make it my own,” says the artist. “When I think of the UK, I think of Barbour—but also punk and track jackets. This jacket brings those worlds together. It’s elegant, but it’s loud. It’s me.”
The dialogue here is between Harlem and England’s North East—between street culture and long-standing craftsmanship. The result is a collectible piece that speaks both to lovers of authentic design and to those who live urban culture as a form of identity.
The Shaun Crawford x Barbour Solway Jacket will be unveiled exclusively by END., accompanied by a special event in London on Thursday, 4 September 2025, featuring a conversation between the artist and Gary Janes at the Soho store. It will be an opportunity to get close to the creative process and the campaign film—celebrating not only the jacket, but the meeting of two worlds that together rewrite the codes of style.
